Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Ecosystems of the North Pacific

The book reports the results on the fate of POPs in the abiotic  and biotic components of the aquatic environment North Pacific Ocean  (include Russian part of North Pacific), possible health risks for  coastal residents Pacific Ocean exposed to these hazardous pollutants  are systematized. In particular, indicator organisms (fish, birds, and  mammals), indicating the pollution of the region, were identified; the  possible ways of xenobiotic transfer from the sea to the land are shown;  the targets of POPs impact on living organisms were determined; the  time of circulation of pollutants in the biosphere was determined; a  list of “priority” toxicants for the region based on quality screening  was compiled; the risks to human health from the consumption of  contaminated aquatic organisms were assessed; the levels of POPs in the  human body were measured.

The book is interesting for  specialists in the agro-industrial complex, aquaculture and medicine,  teachers and graduate students of universities, researchers, which  interested in the problems of persistent organic pollutants (POPs).

There  are no similar books on the study of POPs in the Russian part of the  Pacific Ocean in the world literature. This book is useful to scientists  of the world who study the fate of POPs.