Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

POPs
  • -carbon based organic chemicals
  • -highly soluble in lipids
  • -disperse to long distance in an atmosphere
Intentionally
  • -wanted products are produced
  • -highly lipophilic and neurotoxic
Unintentionally
  • -unwanted products are produced as byproducts
Organochlorine pesticides
  • -DDT
  • -DDE
  • -Dicofol
  • -Methoxychlor
  • -Lindane
  • -Aldrin
  • -Mirex
Industrial chemicals (PCB)
  • -2-chlorobiphenyl
  • -2,2’,3,4’-tetrachlorobyphenyl
  • -3-chlorobiphenyl
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)
  • -Anthrone
  • -Benzanthrone
  • -Benzo[A]pyrene
Furans compounds
  • -2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran
  • -1,2,3,7,8-pentachlorodibenzofuran
Dioxin compounds
  • -2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxin
  • -1,2,3,7,8-pentachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin