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Health Hazard of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and Its Progress in Treatment Technologies

Ke Xu

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Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are one of hotspots in scientific researches, and now POPs have became one of worldwide problems. In this paper the properties and the hazard to humans health of 12 POPs on UNEP control list are described. POPs are semi volatile,toxic,bioaccumulative and persistent in the environment. At the same time, main sources of POPs are described . Treatment technologies of POPs are reviewed. Especially,physical,chemical,and biological remediations of soils contaminated by organochlorine pesticides and the treatment technologies for dioxins contamination of waste gases, soils and water are emphasized.

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Key concepts: Bioaccumulation, Pollutant, Environmental science, Environmental chemistry, Health hazard, Pesticide, Human health, Organochlorine pesticide