Old Sins Throw Long Shadows – Old and Emerging Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Swiss Environment

Abstract

Temporal trends and concentrations of dioxins and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the Swiss environment are presented.

Keywords

• Brominated flame retardants (bfr)
• Dioxins
• Persistent organic pollutants (pop)
• Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (pcdd)
• Polychlorinated dibenzofurans (pcdf)
• Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (pbde)