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Volume 20, Issue 4

April 2013

11th Forum of the International HCH and Pesticide Association

Issue Editors:

Roland Weber,
Gulchohra Aliyeva,
John Vijgen

71 articles in this issue

The need for an integrated approach to the global challenge of POPs management
Roland Weber
Gulchohra Aliyeva
John Vijgen
Editorial 10 November 2012 Pages: 1901 - 1906
Integrated methodology for assessing the HCH groundwater pollution at the multi-source contaminated mega-site Bitterfeld/Wolfen
Peter Wycisk
Reiner Stollberg
Roland Weber
11th Forum of the International HCH and Pesticide Association, Gabala, Azerbaijan 27 March 2013 Pages: 1907 - 1917
Dioxin/POPs legacy of pesticide production in Hamburg: Part 1—securing of the production area
Roland Weber
Hans Gerhard Varbelow
11th Forum of the International HCH and Pesticide Association 10 July 2012 Pages: 1918 - 1924
The dioxin/POPs legacy of pesticide production in Hamburg: Part 2—waste deposits and remediation of Georgswerder landfill
Rainer Götz
Volker Sokollek
Roland Weber
SI: HCH and Pesticide Forum 10 July 2012 Pages: 1925 - 1936
POP-contaminated sites from HCH production in Sabiñánigo, Spain
J. Fernández
M. A. Arjol
C. Cacho
11th Forum of the International HCH and Pesticide Association 17 January 2013 Pages: 1937 - 1950
HCH contamination from former pesticide production in Brazil—a challenge for the Stockholm Convention implementation
J. P. M. Torres
C. I. R. Fróes-Asmus
J. M. H. Vijgen
11th Forum of the International HCH and Pesticide Association 24 July 2012 Pages: 1951 - 1957
Landfill mining from a deposit of the chlorine/organochlorine industry as source of dioxin contamination of animal feed and assessment of the responsible processes
João Paulo Machado Torres
Claudio Leite
Roland Weber
11th Forum of the International HCH and Pesticide Association 25 July 2012 Pages: 1958 - 1965
Former DDT factory in Pakistan revisited for remediation: severe DDT concentrations in soils and plants from within the area
Asma Younas
Isabel Hilber
Thomas D. Bucheli
11th Forum of the International HCH and Pesticide Association 22 November 2012 Pages: 1966 - 1976
PFOS and PFC releases and associated pollution from a PFC production plant in Minnesota (USA)
Fardin Oliaei
Don Kriens
Alan Watson
11th Forum of the International HCH and Pesticide Association 06 November 2012 Pages: 1977 - 1992
The legacy of persistent organic pollutants in Azerbaijan: an assessment of past use and current contamination
Gulchohra Aliyeva
Crispin Halsall
Roya Aghayeva
11th Forum of the International HCH and Pesticide Association 24 July 2012 Pages: 1993 - 2008
Distributions, sources, and ecological risks of hexachlorocyclohexanes in the sediments from Haihe Plain, Northern China
Fu-Liu Xu
Xiang-Zhen Kong
Shu Tao
11th Forum of the International HCH and Pesticide Association 03 October 2012 Pages: 2009 - 2019
Water–gas exchange of organochlorine pesticides at Lake Chaohu, a large Chinese lake
Hui-Ling Ouyang
Wei He
Fu-Liu Xu
11th Forum of the International HCH and Pesticide Association 13 December 2012 Pages: 2020 - 2032
The residues, distribution, and partition of organochlorine pesticides in the water, suspended solids, and sediments from a large Chinese lake (Lake Chaohu) during the high water level period
Wen-Xiu Liu
Wei He
Fu-Liu Xu
11th Forum of the International HCH and Pesticide Association 12 January 2013 Pages: 2033 - 2045
Bulk atmospheric deposition of persistent toxic substances (PTS) along environmental gradients in Brazil
Rodrigo Ornellas Meire
Admir Créso Targino
João Paulo Machado Torres
11th Forum of the International HCH and Pesticide Association 25 July 2012 Pages: 2046 - 2053
Obsolete pesticides and application of colonizing plant species for remediation of contaminated soil in Kazakhstan
Asil Nurzhanova
Sergey Kalugin
Kabl Zhambakin
11th Forum of the International HCH and Pesticide Association 14 August 2012 Pages: 2054 - 2063
Insecticide substitutes for DDT to control mosquitoes may be causes of several diseases
Md. Mahbubar Rahman
11th Forum of the International HCH and Pesticide Association Open access 06 September 2012 Pages: 2064 - 2069
An assessment of dioxin contamination from the intermittent operation of a municipal waste incinerator in Japan and associated remediation
Nobuo Takeda
Masaki Takaoka
11th Forum of the International HCH and Pesticide Association 22 December 2012 Pages: 2070 - 2080
The Forum of the International HCH and Pesticides Association—a platform for international cooperation
John Vijgen
Gulchohra Aliyeva
Roland Weber
11th Forum of the International HCH and Pesticide Association 09 September 2012 Pages: 2081 - 2086
Recommendations on chemicals management policy and legislation in the framework of the Egyptian–German twinning project on hazardous substances and waste management
Burkhard O. Wagner
Elham Refaat Abdel Aziz
Roland Weber
Project Highlights 16 February 2013 Pages: 2087 - 2097
Erratum to: Landfill mining from a deposit of the chlorine/organochlorine industry as source of dioxin contamination of animal feed and assessment of the responsible processes
João Paulo Machado Torres
Claudio Leite
Roland Weber
Erratum 29 November 2012 Pages: 2098 - 2098
Degradation of dyes from aqueous solution by Fenton processes: a review
Puthiya Veetil Nidheesh
Rajan Gandhimathi
Srikrishnaperumal Thanga Ramesh
Review Article 22 January 2013 Pages: 2099 - 2132
Glutathione and its dependent enzymes’ modulatory responses to toxic metals and metalloids in fish—a review
K. Srikanth
E. Pereira
I. Ahmad
Review Article 20 January 2013 Pages: 2133 - 2149
Lead tolerance in plants: strategies for phytoremediation
D. K. Gupta
H. G. Huang
F. J. Corpas
Review Article 22 January 2013 Pages: 2150 - 2161
Co-digestion of kitchen waste and fruit–vegetable waste by two-phase anaerobic digestion
Yu-Qiang Yang
Dong-Sheng Shen
Xuan-Yu Lu
Biodegradability assessment of organic substances and polymers 04 January 2013 Pages: 2162 - 2171
Optimisation of decolourisation and degradation of Reactive Black 5 dye under electro-Fenton process using Fe alginate gel beads
O. Iglesias
M. A. Fernández de Dios
M. A. Sanromán
Research Article 26 June 2012 Pages: 2172 - 2183
Recovery of hydrogen and removal of nitrate from water by electrocoagulation process
Jothinathan Lakshmi
Ganapathy Sozhan
Subramanyan Vasudevan
Research Article 27 June 2012 Pages: 2184 - 2192
Seizure modeling of Pb(II) and Cd(II) from aqueous solution by chemically modified sugarcane bagasse fly ash: isotherms, kinetics, and column study
Bhavna Shah
Chirag Mistry
Ajay Shah
Research Article 28 June 2012 Pages: 2193 - 2209
Comparative and competitive adsorption of Cr(VI), As(III), and Ni(II) onto coconut charcoal
Yunhai Wu
Yajun Wen
Yunying Wu
Research Article 13 July 2012 Pages: 2210 - 2219
Characterizing the interactions between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and fulvic acids in water
Rui Lu
Guo-Ping Sheng
Han-Qing Yu
Research Article 17 July 2012 Pages: 2220 - 2225
Coal fly ash as adsorptive material for treatment of a real textile effluent: operating parameters and treatment efficiency
Carmen Zaharia
Daniela Suteu
Research Article 20 July 2012 Pages: 2226 - 2235
Simultaneous removal of nitrate and pentachlorophenol from simulated groundwater using a biodenitrification reactor packed with corncob
Xuming Wang
Lijun Xing
Meilin Han
Research Article 21 July 2012 Pages: 2236 - 2243
Development of a new polyclonal antibody for the determination of polychlorinated biphenyls in indoor air by ic-ELISA
Han-Yu Chen
Hui-Sheng Zhuang
Xiu-Ling Ji
Research Article 28 July 2012 Pages: 2244 - 2251
Electro-Fenton decolourisation of dyes in an airlift continuous reactor using iron alginate beads
O. Iglesias
E. Rosales
M. A. Sanromán
Research Article 01 August 2012 Pages: 2252 - 2261
Fate of selected pharmaceuticals in river waters
P. Calza
C. Medana
C. Minero
Research Article 01 August 2012 Pages: 2262 - 2270
Predicting adsorptive removal of chlorophenol from aqueous solution using artificial intelligence based modeling approaches
Kunwar P. Singh
Shikha Gupta
Premanjali Rai
Research Article 01 August 2012 Pages: 2271 - 2287
Pentachlorophenol dechlorination and simultaneous Cr⁶⁺ reduction by Pseudomonas putida SKG-1 MTCC (10510): characterization of PCP dechlorination products, bacterial structure, and functional groups
Satyendra Kumar Garg
Manikant Tripathi
Anamika Singh
Research Article 05 August 2012 Pages: 2288 - 2304
Photocatalytic degradation of Reactive Red 195 using anatase/brookite TiO₂ mesoporous nanoparticles: Optimization using response surface methodology (RSM) and kinetics studies
Nikolaos Tzikalos
Vassiliki Belessi
Dimitra Lambropoulou
Research Article 05 August 2012 Pages: 2305 - 2320
Development and modeling of a flat plate serpentine reactor for photocatalytic degradation of 17-ethinylestradiol
Dawei Wang
Yi Li
Chao Wang
Research Article 07 August 2012 Pages: 2321 - 2329
Kinetic effects on the interactions of Rh(III) with humic acids as determined using size-exclusion chromatography (SEC)
Antonio Cobelo-García
Research Article 09 August 2012 Pages: 2330 - 2339
Distribution of selected essential (Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Se, and Zn) and nonessential (Cd, Pb) trace elements among protein fractions from hepatic cytosol of European chub (Squalius cephalus L.)
Nesrete Krasnići
Zrinka Dragun
Biserka Raspor
Research Article 11 August 2012 Pages: 2340 - 2351
Application of Fenton, photo-Fenton, solar photo-Fenton, and UV/H₂O₂ to degradation of the antineoplastic agent mitoxantrone and toxicological evaluation
Rodrigo Pereira Cavalcante
Lucas da Rocha Sandim
Valdir Souza Ferreira
Research Article 12 August 2012 Pages: 2352 - 2361
Artificial and enhanced humification of soil organic matter using microwave irradiation
Min Chan Kim
Han S. Kim
Research Article 16 August 2012 Pages: 2362 - 2371
Degradation of sulfonamides antibiotics in lake water and sediment
Yuan Zhang
Jian Xu
Yucheng Chen
Research Article 19 August 2012 Pages: 2372 - 2380
Kinetic behavior of anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen in aqueous medium during its degradation by electrochemical advanced oxidation
Silvia Loaiza Ambuludi
Marco Panizza
Mehmet A. Oturan
Research Article 19 August 2012 Pages: 2381 - 2389
Origin and vertical variation of the bound fatty acids in core sediments of Lake Dianchi in Southwest China
Lifang Wang
Fengchang Wu
Jidun Fang
Research Article 19 August 2012 Pages: 2390 - 2397
Tracer-based source apportionment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in PM_2.5 in Guangzhou, southern China, using positive matrix factorization (PMF)
Bo Gao
Hai Guo
Teng-Yu Liu
Research Article 29 August 2012 Pages: 2398 - 2409
Pilot monitoring study of ibuprofen in surface waters of north of Portugal
Paula Paíga
Lúcia H. M. L. M. Santos
Cristina Delerue-Matos
Research Article 30 August 2012 Pages: 2410 - 2420
Groundwater quality in Imphal West district, Manipur, India, with multivariate statistical analysis of data
Elangbam J. K. Singh
Abhik Gupta
N. R. Singh
Research Article 31 August 2012 Pages: 2421 - 2434
Visible-light-induced photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI) with coupled Bi₂O₃/TiO₂ photocatalyst and the synergistic bisphenol A oxidation
Juan Yang
Jun Dai
Jiantong Li
Research Article 31 August 2012 Pages: 2435 - 2447
Enhanced organics and nitrogen removal in batch-operated vertical flow constructed wetlands by combination of intermittent aeration and step feeding strategy
Jinlin Fan
Shuang Liang
Jian Zhang
Research Article 02 September 2012 Pages: 2448 - 2455