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In the 1960s and 1970s persistent organic chemicals were detected in almost all environmental media, often far away from their emission sources. The measurements of chloroorganic pesticides like DDT and Dieldrin could be explained by their dispersive use. However, other compounds like PCBs which are solely used in closed devices were also found ubiquitously. This observation led to the recognition that almost all chemicals have a tendency to be distributed over various environmental media of differing properties. The driving forces are advection and dispersion with wind and water and the partitioning between environmental phases.
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Trapp, S., Matthies, M. (1998). Multi-Media Models. In: Chemodynamics and Environmental Modeling. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80429-8_5
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