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M. Petrovic and D. Barceló: Surfactants and related pollutants in waste waters, sediments and sludges -- J.G. Lo: Volatile organic compounds in wastewaters during treatment -- E. Benfenati, M. Negri: Organic contaminants in leachates from industrial waste landfills -- E. Eljarrat: Toxicity potency assessment of persistent organic pollutants in sediments and sludges -- A.R. Blanch and J. Jofre: Pathogens in wastewaters -- J. Philp: Wastewater toxicity assessment by whole cell biosensor -- S. Diaz Cruz, D Barceló: Occurrence and analysis of selected pharmaceuticals in wastewaters and sludges.

Intro -- Brominated Flame Retardants -- The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry Also Available Electronically -- Aims and Scope -- Series Preface -- Volume Preface -- Contents -- Introduction to Brominated Flame Retardants: Commercially Products, Applications, and Physicochemical Properties -- Human Health Effects of Brominated Flame Retardants -- Sample Preparation and Chromatographic Methods Applied to Congener-Specific Analysis of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers -- Recent Methodologies for Brominated Flame Retardant Determinations by Means of Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry -- Current Levels and Trends of Brominated Flame Retardants in the Environment -- Bioaccumulation of Brominated Flame Retardants -- Degradation of Brominated Flame Retardants -- Human Exposure to Brominated Flame Retardants -- Emerging Brominated Flame Retardants in the Environment -- Index.

When discussing the issue of contamination of the aquatic environment, water pollution is still the major aspect that has been regulated and extensively studied, but poor attention has been devoted to sediments. Sediments have been described as the sink or storage place and a source for contaminants entering river systems through various pathways. But bottom sediments have various functions in the environment, such as providing habitat for many aquatic organisms, and are an important component of aquatic ecosystems. This volume of the handbook deals with various aspects of sediment contaminati

This study evaluates the current situation regarding PBDE and HBCD levels in different river fish species. We collected published data in the last five years in different countries around the world. These levels of pollution were compared with Environmental Quality Standards (EQS) for biota established by the European Directive in the field of water policy. Although HBCD situation is not critical, with only some values exceeding the limit about 5 times, the PBDE levels clearly exceeded the established EQS, with 25% of fish samples exceeding up to ten thousand times. Although it is expected that levels of pollution by PBDEs will decrease over the next years due to the ban in their use, it is not expected that this decrease will reach the EQS values by the end of 2021, as demanded by the European Directive. Hence, it is necessary to implement new strategies in order to minimize the impact of PBDEs on the environment. © 2017 The Authors ; This work was funded by the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007–2013) under the Globaqua project (No. 603629 ), by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through the Redes de Excelencia project NET-SCARCE ( CTM2015-69780-REDC ) and by the Generalitat de Catalunya (Consolidated Research Groups 2014 SGR 418 - Water and Soil Quality Unit). ; Peer reviewed

Intro -- Series Preface -- Volume Preface -- Contents -- Introduction: Personal Care Products in the Aquatic Environment -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Anthropogenic Contamination as the Main Threat to the Aquatic Environment -- 2.1 Behaviour of Organic Contaminants in Aquatic Biota -- 3 Main Ingredients in Personal Care Products -- 3.1 Biocide Compounds -- 3.1.1 Benzotriazole -- 3.1.2 Triclosan and Triclocarban -- 3.2 Preservatives -- 3.3 Fragrances -- 3.3.1 Nitromusks -- 3.3.2 Polycyclic Musks -- 3.3.3 Macrocyclic Musks -- 3.4 Surfactants -- 3.4.1 Phthalates -- 3.4.2 Nonylphenol and Nonylphenol Ethoxylates -- 3.5 Insect Repellents -- 3.6 UV Filters (Sunscreens) -- 3.7 Siloxanes -- 4 Health Effects of PCPs on Biota and Humans -- 4.1 PCPs as Endocrine Disruptors -- 5 Legislative Framework and Water Awareness Initiatives -- 5.1 European Framework -- 5.2 Other Frameworks -- 5.3 Water Awareness Initiatives -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part I: Occurrence of Personal Care Products in the Aquatic Environment: Case Studies -- Occurrence of PCPs in Natural Waters from Europe -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Fragrances -- 3 UV Filters -- 4 Phenolic Chemicals and Detergents -- 5 Preservatives -- 6 Repellents -- 7 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Personal Care Products in the Aquatic Environment in China -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Production and Usage of PCPs in China -- 3 Occurrence and Fate of PCPs in the Aquatic Environment in China -- 3.1 Antimicrobial Agents -- 3.1.1 Antimicrobial Agents in Sewage and Sludge -- 3.1.2 Antimicrobial Agents in Surface Water and Sediment -- 3.2 Synthetic Musks -- 3.2.1 Synthetic Musks in Sewage and Sludge -- 3.2.2 Synthetic Musks in Surface Water and Sediment -- 3.3 UV Filters and UV Stabilizers -- 3.3.1 UV Filters and UV Stabilizers in Sewage and Sludge -- 3.3.2 UV Filters and UV Stabilizers in Surface Water and Sediment.

Intro -- The Llobregat: The Story of a Polluted Mediterranean River -- The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry Also Available Electronically -- Aims and Scope -- Series Preface -- Volume Preface -- Contents -- The Llobregat River Basin: A Paradigm of Impaired Rivers Under Climate Change Threats -- 1 The Llobregat River Basin -- 1.1 Geology -- 1.2 Vegetation -- 1.3 Climate -- 1.4 Hydrological Alterations due to Global Change -- 2 A Historical Perspective on Human Exploitation of the River -- 2.1 Early Uses: The Feared River -- 2.2 Bridging the River -- 2.3 Approaching the River: Mills and Irrigation -- 2.4 River Industries -- 2.5 Dams -- 2.6 Water Pollution and Salinity Conflict -- 3 The Llobregat as an Overexploited River: Interconnectivity in the Llobregat Basin and the Urban Loop -- References -- Low Llobregat Aquifers: Intensive Development, Salinization, Contamination, and Management -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Hydrogeological Characteristics of the Low Llobregat Area -- 3 Groundwater Development -- 4 Hydrogeological Conceptual Model Under Natural Conditions -- 5 Hydrogeological Conceptual Model Under Disturbed Conditions -- 6 Hydrogeochemistry and Mass Transport -- 7 Groundwater Contamination -- 8 Groundwater Management in the Low Llobregat Aquifer System -- 9 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Managed Artificial Recharge in the Llobregat Aquifers: Quantitative Versus Qualitative Aspects -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The Need for MAR into the Llobregat River Aquifers -- 1.2 A Summary of Managed Artificial Recharge Practices: Objectives and Methodologies -- 2 Scarification Activities at the Riverbed (Lower Valley) -- 3 Deep Injection from Drinking Water Quality Surpluses (Delta) -- 4 Surface Ponds in Castellbisbal (St. Andreu Basin) -- 5 Surface Ponds in Sant Vicenç dels Horts (Lower Valley).

War has disastrous effects on people and the physical, biological, economic, and social environment. The state-of-the-art of research on the environmental consequences of war and its aftermath is presented in this Handbook. In this title, a broad range of topics are included, such as the prevention of war and its environmental repercussions and selected environmental and human health effects of chemical warfare agents and the atmospheric transport and deposition of pollutants under warfare with two main case studies: the Balkans and the Gulf war.This book is of great help in bridging the gap b

Biosensors for the Marine Environment: Introduction -- Microgravity Changes Membrane Properties and Triggers Bioluminescence in Pyrocystis noctiluca as an Approach for New Biosensor Concepts -- Addressing Ciguatera Risk Using Biosensors for the Detection of Gambierdiscus and Ciguatoxins -- Antibody, Aptamer and Affimer-Based Affinity Tools for Marine Toxin Biosensing -- Environmental DNA as a Tool for Single Species Detection -- Paper-Based Devices for Virus Detection in Water -- Electrochemical MIP Sensors for Environmental Analysis -- Whole-Cell Biosensors and Phagocytosis with Cryo-Conserved Cells in Coastal Areas and in Orbit (ISS) Under Microgravity -- Marine Whole-Cell Biosensing for "Real-Time" Determination of the Ballast Water Treatment Efficiency -- Sensors for Monitoring Faecal Indicator Bacteria in Bathing Waters -- Electrochemical (Bio)sensors for Toxins Control in the Marine Environment. .

Iodine containing disinfection byproducts (I-DBPs) and haloacetaldehydes (HALs) are emerging disinfection by-product (DBP) classes of concern. The former due to its increased potential toxicity and the latter because it was found to be the third most relevant DBP class in mass in a U.S. nationwide drinking water study. These DBP classes have been scarcely investigated, and this work was performed to further explore their formation in drinking water under chlorination and chloramination scenarios. In order to do this, iodo-trihalomethanes (I-THMs), iodo-haloacetic acids (I-HAAs) and selected HALs (mono-HALs and di-HALs species, including iodoacetaldehyde) were investigated in DBP mixtures generated after chlorination and chloramination of different water matrices containing different levels of bromide and iodide in laboratory controlled reactions. Results confirmed the enhancement of I-DBP formation in the presence of monochloramine. While I-THMs and I-HAAs contributed almost equally to total I-DBP concentrations in chlorinated water, I-THMs contributed the most to total I-DBP levels in the case of chloraminated water. The most abundant and common I-THM species generated were bromochloroiodomethane, dichloroiodomethane, and chlorodiiodomethane. Iodoacetic acid and chloroiodoacetic acid contributed the most to the total I-HAA concentrations measured in the investigated disinfected water. As for the studied HALs, dihalogenated species were the compounds that predominantly formed under both investigated treatments. ; C.P. acknowledges support from the European Union 7th R&D Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement 274379 (Marie Curie IOF) and the Secretary for Universities and Research of the Ministry of Economy and Knowledge of the Government of Catalonia and the COFUND Programme of the Marie Curie Actions of the EU's FP7 (2014 BP_B00064). The EU is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. This work has been financially supported by the Government of Catalonia (Consolidated Research Groups 2014 SGR 418-Water and Soil Quality Unit and 2014 SGR 291-ICRA). ; Peer reviewed