Lohmann, Rainer, Gioia, Rosalinda, Jones, Kevin C., Nizzetto, Luca, Temme, Christian, Xie, Zhiyong, ...
Surface seawater and boundary layer atmospheric samples were collected on the FS Polarstern during cruise ARKXX in the North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean in 2004. Samples were analyzed for persistent...
Keyte, Ian, Wild, Edward, Dent, John, Jones, Kevin C.
Mosses have the potential to play a significant role in the global cycling and fate of semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs), due to their extensive distribution at high latitudes and the long-range...
Chaemfa, Chakra, Barber, Jonathan L., Kim, Kyoung-Sim, Harner, Tom, Jones, Kevin C.
Passive air samplers (PAS) can be used to monitor semi-volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere. Polyurethane foam (PUF) disks are a popular sampling medium because they have a high retention...
The increasing use of nanomaterials in almost all sectors of society (e.g., health or energy to agriculture and transport) has generated a need for innovative detection methods for nanomaterials, to...
Air-boreal forest transfer and processing of polychlorinated biphenyls. (2009)
Moeckel, Claudia, Nizzetto, Luca, Strandberg, Bo, Lindroth, Anders, Jones, Kevin C.
The exchange of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) between different compartments of a typical mature boreal forest was investigated. The study focused on fluxes of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)...
Moeckel, Claudia, Harner, Tom, Nizzetto, Luca, Strandberg, Bo, Lindroth, Anders, Jones, Kevin C.
Depuration compounds (DCs) are added to passive air samplers (PAS) prior to deployment to account for the wind-dependency of the sampling rate for gas-phase compounds. This correction is particularly...
Becker, Sara, Halsall, Crispin J., MacLeod, Matthew, Scheringer, Martin, Jones, Kevin C., Hungerbuhler, Konrad
In 1974, Junge derived an empirical relationship between the variability of concentrations of volatile trace gases in air at remote locations and their atmospheric residence time. Here, the Junge...
A mass balance of tri- to hexa-brominated diphenyl ethers in lactating cows. (2009)
Kierkegaard, Amelie, De Wit, Cynthia A., Asplund, Lillemor, McLachlan, Michael S., Thomas, Gareth O., Sweetman, Andrew J., ...
Beef and dairy products can be important vectors of human exposure to polybrominated diphenylethers (BDEs), and hence an understanding of BDE transfer from feed to cows’ milk and tissue is...
Liu, Xiang, Zhang, Gan, Li, Jun, Yu, Li Li, Xu, Yue, Li, Xiang-Dong, ...
China has a history of large scale production and application of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) although, data on their nationwide distribution and seasonal variations in the atmosphere is still...
Llabjani, Valon, Jones, Kevin C., Thomas, Gareth O., Walker, Lee A., Shore, Richard F., Martin, Francis L.
Whether polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) induce effects in target cells is increasingly important given that their environmental burdens are rising. Attenuated total reflection...
Pozo, Karla, Harner, Tom, Lee, Sum Chi, Wania, Frank, Muir, Derek G. C., Jones, Kevin C.
Concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in air are reported from the first full year of the Global Atmospheric Passive Sampling (GAPS) Network. Passive air samplers composed of...
Gasic, Bojan, Moeckel, Claudia, MacLeod, Matthew, Brunner, Jürg, Scheringer, Martin, Jones, Kevin C., ...
Diel (24-h) variations of concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in air are reported at two sites in Zurich, Switzerland, a city surrounded by hills. One site was located in the valley...
Jahnke, Annika, Barber, Jonathan L., Jones, Kevin C., Temme, Christian
A method intercomparison study of analytical methods for the determination of neutral, volatile polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) was carried out in March, 2006. Environmental air samples were...
Paul, Alexander G., Jones, Kevin C., Sweetman, Andrew J.
This study makes a new estimate of the global historical production for perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (POSF), and then focuses on producing a first estimate of the global historical environmental...
Barth, J. A. C., Grathwohl , P., Fowler, H. J., Bellin , A., Gerzabek , M. H., Lair , G. J., ...
AquaTerra is one of the first environmental projects within the 6th Framework program by the European Commission. It began in June 2004 with a multidisciplinary team of 45 partner organizations from...
Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in global background soils. (2009)
Nam, Jae Jak, Sweetman, Andrew J., Jones, Kevin C.
The levels and distribution of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were investigated in global background soil samples. Total PAH concentrations (sum of 15 compounds) ranged over 5 orders of...
Chaemfa, Chakra, Wild, Edward, Davison, Brian, Barber, Jonathan L., Jones, Kevin C.
Polyurethane foam disks are a cheap and versatile tool for sampling persistent organic pollutants (POPs) from the air in ambient, occupational and indoor settings. This study provides important...
Seasonality of air-forest canopy POP exchange. (2008)
Nizzetto, Luca, Jarvis, Andrew, Brivio, Pietro A., Jones, Kevin C., Di Guardo, Antonio
Forest canopies represent an extensive organic surface available for partitioning of semivolatile organic pollutants with the atmosphere. To date, the ability of forests to sequester such compounds...
Field calibration of polyurethane foam disk passive air samplers for PCBs and OC pesticides. (2008)
Chaemfa, Chakra, Barber, Jonathan L., Gocht , Tilman, Harner, Tom, Holoubek, Ivan, Klanova, Jana, ...
Different passive air sampler (PAS) strategies have been developed for sampling in remote areas and for cost-effective simultaneous spatial mapping of POPs (persistent organic pollutants) over...
Nam, Jae Jak, Gustafsson, Orjan, Kurt-Karakus, Perihan, Breivik, Knut, Steinnes, Eiliv, Jones, Kevin C.
Black carbon (BC) and total organic carbon (TOC) contents of UK and Norwegian background soils were determined and their relationships with persistent organic pollutants (HCB, PAHs, PCBs, co-planar...
Clustering of non-polar organic compounds in lipid media : evidence and implications. (2008)
Wild, Edward, Cabrerizo, Ana, Dachs, Jordi, Jones, Kevin C.
Semivolatile and nonpolar organic compounds, such as persistent organic pollutants, have a tendency to accumulate in organic matter phases from air and water. Once they enter living systems, they...
Moeckel, Claudia, Nizzetto, Luca, Di Guardo, Antonio, Steinnes, Eiliv, Freppaz, Michele, Filippa, Gianluca, ...
The distribution of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) within background soil profiles was investigated in boreal (Norway) and montane (Italy) areas. The typical build-up of slowly mineralizing...
Zhang, Gan, Chakraborty, Paromita, Li, Jun, Sampathkumar, Pichai, Balasubramanian , Thangavel, Kathiresan, Kandasamy, ...
India is of prime interest due to the large past and ongoing use of pesticidal persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Rapid dissipation of POPs to the atmosphere in the tropical climate of India...
Polychlorinated biphenyls in air and water of the North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean. (2008)
Gioia, Rosalinda, Lohmann, Rainer, Dachs, Jordi, Temme, Christian, Lakaschus, Soenke, Schulz-Bull, Detlef, ...
Air and seawater samples were collected on board the R/V Polarstern during a scientific expedition from Germany to the Arctic Ocean during June–August 2004. The air data show a strong decline with...
Bohlin, Pernilla J., Jones, Kevin C., Tovalin, Horacio, Strandberg, Bo
Air quality data of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) indoors and outdoors are sparse or lacking in several parts of the world, often hampered by the cost and inconvenience of active sampling...
Nizzetto, Luca, Pastore, Cristina, Liu, Xiang, Camporini, Paolo, Stroppiana , Daniela, Herbert, Ben, ...
The concentration of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the air and vegetation was measured periodically in two alpine forests, during the growing season. Foliage samples from nine plant species...
Field derived accumulation and release kinetics of DDTs in plants. (2008)
Di Guardo, Antonio, Nizzetto, Luca, Infantino, Alfonso, Colombo, Ilaria, Saporiti, Elena, Jones, Kevin C.
Vegetation plays an important role in influencing the air/surface exchange of semivolatile organic compounds (SOCs). In order to predict the capability of different plant species to capture chemicals...
Temporal trends of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the UK atmosphere : 1991-2005. (2008)
Meijer, Sandra, Sweetman, Andy, Halsall, Crispin J., Jones, Kevin C.
Internationally there are few long-term air monitoring programs, which are necessary to assess the effectiveness of source abatement measures as required under the UNECE POPs protocol. In the United...
Moeckel, Claudia, MacLeod, Matthew, Hungerbuhler, Konrad, Jones, Kevin C.
Short-term variability of concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and chlordanes in air at a semirural site in England over a 5 day period is reported. Four-hour air samples were...
Wilford, Bryony H., Thomas, Gareth O., Jones, Kevin C., Davison, Brian, Hurst, Debra K.
The occurrence of the major components of the decabromodiphenyl ether (deca-BDE) flame retardant and other PBDEs was investigated in daily air particulate samples from 17th April to 20th May 2004 at...
Gioia, Rosalinda, Nizzetto, Luca, Lohmann, Rainer, Dachs, Jordi, Temme, Christian, Jones, Kevin C.
Air and seawater samples were collected on board the RV Polarstern during a cruise from Bremerhaven, Germany to Cape Town, South Africa from October–November 2005. Broad latitudinal trends were...
Nizzetto, Luc, Lohmann, Rainer, Gioia, Rosalinda, Jahnke, Annika, Temme, Christian, Dachs, Jordi, ...
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were simultaneously measured in air and surface seawater between 49° N and 25° S in the open Atlantic Ocean. Elevated concentrations of PAHs (Σ10 PAHs ≈...
Nam, Jae Jak, Thomas, Gareth O., Jaward, Foday M., Steinnes, Eiliv, Gustafsson, Orjan, Jones, Kevin C.
The levels and distribution of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined in soil samples from background locations in the UK and Norway, to investigate their spatial distribution and...
Uptake and storage of PCBs by plant cuticles. (2008)
Moeckel, Claudia, Thomas, Gareth O., Barber, Jonathan L., Jones, Kevin C.
The uptake kinetics and storage of PCBs by isolated cuticles and cuticular waxes from Hedera helix, Prunus laurocerasus, and Ilex aquifolium were studied. Small chambers were used, allowing variation...
Jafari, Amirali, Moeckel , Claudia, Jones, Kevin C.
Butter is a readily collected, integrative and inexpensive sampling matrix for the spatial mapping of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) at the national or regional scale. As air-plant-animal...
Wild, Edward, Dent, John, Thomas, Gareth O., Jones, Kevin C.
The uptake, transport, storage, and processing of semivolatile organic chemicals (SVOCs) by vegetation plays an important role in their environmental fate. Understanding these processes at the plant...
Assessing the importance of ab- and adsorption to the gas-particle partitioning of PCDD/Fs. (2007)
Lohmann, Rainer, Gioia, Rosalinda, Eisenreich, Steven J., Jones, Kevin C.
The gas-particle partitioning of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) was examined (i) by re-interpreting results from controlled field experiments and (ii) in diurnal...
Bi, Xinhui, Walsh, Michael J., Wei, Xiaomin, Sheng, Guoying, Fu, Jiamo, Martin-Hirsch, Pierre L., ...
We set out to determine whether infrared (IR) spectra of treated MCF-7 cells derived using attenuated total reflection Fourier-transform IR (ATR) microspectroscopy could be used to signature...
Barth, J. A. C., Grathwohl, P., Jones, Kevin C.
Article Outline Acknowledgements References The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) by the European Commission is the major concept for achieving sustainable management of water in EU Member States....
Kurt-Karakus, Perihan Binnur, Stroud, Jacqueline L., Bidleman, Terry, Semple, Kirk T., Jantunen, Liisa, Jones, Kevin C.
Variability in the enantioselective degradation of chiral organochlorine pesticides (alpha-HCH, cis- and trans-chlordane (CC and TC), and o,p'-DDT)in the field and laboratory was investigated....
Zhang, Gan, Li, Jun, Cheng, Hairong, Li, Xiangdong, Xu, Weihai, Jones, Kevin C.
The South China Sea (SCS) is surrounded by developing countries in Southeast Asia, where persistent organic pollutants (POPs), such as organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), are still used legally or...
Breivik, K., Sweetman, Andrew J., Pacyna, J., Jones, Kevin C.
Previously published estimates of the global production, consumption and atmospheric emissions of 22 individual PCB congeners [Breivik K, Sweetman A, Pacyna JM, Jones KC. Towards a global historical...
MacLeod, Matthew, Scheringer, Martin, Podey, Heike, Jones, Kevin C., Hungerbuhler, Konrad
Persistent semivolatile contaminants such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) cycle between air and surface media in the environment. At different locations and times, PCB concentrations in air over...
Polychlorinated naphthalenes in the Global Atmospheric Passive Sampling (GAPs) study. (2007)
Lee, Sum Chi, Harner, Tom, Pozo, Karla, Shoeib, Mahiba, Wania, Frank, Muir, Derek C. G., ...
Air concentrations of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) were measured as part of the Global Atmospheric Passive Sampling (GAPS) study to assess their spatial distribution on a worldwide basis for...
Gioia, Rosalinda, Sweetman, Andrew J., Jones, Kevin C.
Passive air samplers (polyurethane foam disks) were deployed at 23 background locations along a broadly west−east transect in 8 northern European countries and analyzed for PCBs, PBDEs, PAHs, and a...
Fate of higher brominated PBDEs in lactating cows. (2007)
Kierkegaard, Amelie, Asplund, Lillemor, De Wit, Cynthia A., McLachlan, Michael S., Thomas, Gareth O., Sweetman, Andrew J., ...
Dietary intake studies of lower brominated diphenyl ethers (BDEs) have shown that fish and animal products are important vectors of human exposure, but almost no data exist for higher brominated...
Fenlon, Katie A., Jones, Kevin C., Semple, Kirk T.
The behaviour of pesticides in the soil is a complex issue and is controlled by the physical, chemical and biological properties of the soil. The ability of microorganisms to degrade pesticides is...
Sources, fate, behaviour and effects of organic chemicals at the regional and global scale. (2007)
Jones, Kevin C., Halsall, Crispin J., Martin, Frank, Semple, Kirk, Sweetman, Andrew J., Thomas, Gareth O.
Wang, Jun, Guo, Lingli, Zhang, Jun, Lee, Celine S. L., Li, Xiangdong, Jones, Kevin C., ...
The Pearl River Delta (PRD) is one of the largest fast-developing economic zones in China. Hong Kong and the mainland part of the PRD differed in socio-economic development history and chemical...
Analysis of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances in air samples from northwest Europe. (2007)
Barber, Jonathan L., Berger, Urs, Chaemfa, Chakra, Huber, Sandra, Jahnke, Annika, Temme, Christian, ...
Air samples were collected from 4 field sites in Europe: 2 sites from the UK, Hazelrigg (semi-rural) and Manchester (urban); 1 site from Ireland: Mace Head (rural); and 1 site from Norway: Kjeller...
Bohlin, Pernilla, Jones, Kevin C., Strandberg, Bo.
Exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and related compounds such as PCBs, brominated flame retardants, organochlorine pesticides and PAHs is regarded as an important environmental risk...
Booij, Kees, Van Bommel, Ronald, Jones, Kevin C., Barber, Jonathan L.
Concentration data for organic contaminants in remote areas are scarce, particularly for open ocean systems. These data are much needed for the global fate assessment of these compounds, both for...
Validation of a passive atmospheric deposition sampler for polybrominated diphenyl ethers. (2007)
Gocht, Tilman, Moeckel, Claudia, Chaemfa, Chakra, Thomas, Gareth O., Jones, Kevin C.
An atmospheric deposition sampler was validated with respect to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), a compound group that is widely used as flame retardants in many types of consumer products....
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the air of Chinese cities. (2007)
Liu, Xiang, Zhang, Gan, Li, Jun Li, Cheng, Hai-Rong, Qi, Shi-Hua, Li, Xiang-Dong, ...
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined in the air of 37 cities and 3 rural locations across China during the winter, spring, summer and autumn of 2005, using polyurethane foam (PUF)...
Nizzetto, L., Jones, Kevin C., Gramatica, P., Papa, E., Cerabolini, B., Di Guardo, A.
As a part of the Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network, atmospheric organochlorine pesticide concentra tions were measured in both the gas and particle phases at seven sites near the Great Lakes....
Evaluation of performance reference compounds in polyethylene-based passive air samplers. (2006)
Bartkow, M.E., Jones, Kevin C., Kennedy, K.E., Holling, N., Hawker , D.W., Muller, J.F.
Polyethylene-based passive air samplers (PSDs) were loaded with performance reference compounds (PRCs) and deployed in a wind tunnel to examine the effects of wind speed on sampler performance. PRCs...
Harner, T., Bartkow, M.E., Holoubek, I., Klanova, J., Wania, F., Gioia, R., ...
There have been a number of developments in the need, design and use of passive air samplers (PAS) for persistent organic pollutants (POPs). This article is the first in a Special Issue of the...
Lohmann, R., Jurado, E., Dachs, J., Lohmann, U., Jones, Kevin C.
Previous attempts to establish global mass balances for polychlorinated dioxins and furans (PCDD/Fs) have focused on the terrestrial sink, thereby neglecting deposition to the oceans and atmospheric...
Influence of UV-B Radiation and Temperature on Photodegradation of PAHs: Preliminary Results (2006)
Nadal, M., Wargent, Jason J., Jones, Kevin C., Paul, Nigel D., Schuhmacher, M., Domingo, J. L.
The joint impact of UV-B radiation and temperature on photodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) sorbed to an organic solvent was assessed in this study. This approach was...
Nadal, Martí, Wargent, Jason J., Jones, Kevin C., Paul, Nigel D., Schuhmacher, Marta, Domingo, José L.
The joint impact of UV-B radiation and temperature on photodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) sorbed to an organic solvent was assessed in this study. This approach was...
Reductions and changing patterns of ambient PCDD/Fs in the UK: Evidence and implications (2006)
Hassanin, A., Lee, R. G. M., Johnston, A. E., Jones, Kevin C.
Archived herbage samples taken between the mid-1800s and the present day from the Park Grass permanent grassland experiment in the UK were analysed for PCDD/Fs. The concentrations of...
Barber, Jonathan L, Walsh, Michael J., Hewitt, Rebecca, Jones, Kevin C., Martin, Francis L.
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are hydrophobic and persistent additive flame retardants that seemingly transfer into environmental compartments where they bioaccumulate i.e. in human biota....
Toward a Global Network for Persistent Organic Pollutants in Air: Results from the GAPS Study (2006)
Pozo, K., Harner, T., Wania, F., Muir, D., Jones, Kevin C., Barrie, L.
The Global Atmospheric Passive Sampling (GAPS) study aims to demonstrate the feasibility of using passive samplers to assess the spatial distribution of persistent organic pollutants on a worldwide...
Measurement of DDT Fluxes from a Historically Treated Agricultural Soil in Canada (2006)
Kurt-Karakus, P., Bidleman, T. F., Staebler, R., Jones, Kevin C.
Organochlorine pesticide (OCP) residues in agricultural soils are of concern due to the uptake of these compounds by crops, accumulation in the foodchain, and reemission from soils to the atmosphere....
Schumacher, M., Jones, Kevin C., Domingo, J. L.
This study was designed to evaluate soil and air (gas and particle) transfer of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) to vegetation in residential and industrial areas. In a...
Smith, K. E. C., Northcott, G., Jones, Kevin C.
Pasture vegetation plays an important role in the air-surface exchange and food chain transfer of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Therefore, considerable research has been focused towards...
Organohalogen chemicals in human blood from the United Kingdom. (2006)
Thomas, Gareth O., Hodson , Susan, Jones, Kevin C., Wilkinson , Matthew
Blood serum from 154 volunteers at 13 UK locations in 2003 were analysed for a range of PCBs, organochlorine pesticides and PBDEs. HCB, p,p′-DDE and p,p′-DDT and β-HCH were the dominant...
Hansen, K.M., Prevedouros, K., Sweetman, Andrew J., Jones, Kevin C., Christensen, J.H.
Two models that use different approaches to model the environmental distribution and fate of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and feature different approaches to the description of environmental...
Herbert, B. M. J., Halsall, Crispin J., Jones, Kevin C., Kallenborn, R.
Empirically derived field diffusivities were determined over a 24 h period for a selection of anthropogenic chlorinated chemicals in both fresh and aged snow at Tromsø, Norway. Diffusivities in...
Wild, Edward, Dent, John, Thomas, Gareth O., Jones, Kevin C.
Two-photon excitation microscopy (TPEM) was used to monitor the air-to-leaf transfer and within-leaf movement and distribution of phenanthrene in two plant species (maize and spinach) grown within a...
Short and medium chain length chlorinated paraffins in UK human milk fat (2006)
Thomas, Gareth O., Farrar, D., Braekvelt, E., Stern, G., Kalantzi, O. L., Martin , Francis L., ...
Chlorinated paraffins (also called polychlorinated n-alkanes — PCAs) are a class of industrial chemicals comprising chlorinated straight chain hydrocarbons. They have a wide range of applications...
Short and medium chain length chlorinated paraffins in UK human milk-fat. (2006)
Thomas, Gareth O., Farrer, David, Braekevelt, Eric, Stern, Gary, Kalantzi, Olga I., Martin, Francis L., ...
Chlorinated paraffins (also called polychlorinated n-alkanes — PCAs) are a class of industrial chemicals comprising chlorinated straight chain hydrocarbons. They have a wide range of applications...
Evaluation of performance reference compounds in polyethylene-based passive air samplers (2006)
Bartkow, Michael E., Jones, Kevin C., Kennedy, Karen E., Holling, Neil, Hawker, Darryl William, Muller, Jochen F.
Microcosm studies on the air–soil exchange of hexachlorobenzene and polychlorinated biphenyls (2006)
Kurt-Karakus, P., Jones, Kevin C.
Soils have an important role to play in supplying and receiving contaminants from the atmosphere, and in the global cycling of certain persistent organic pollutants (POPs). A microcosm study was...
Review of the Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme (PBMS) (2006)
Shore, R. F., Walker, L., Thomas , Gareth O., Barber, Jonathan L., Martin, F. R., Jones, Kevin C., ...
The Wildlife and Pollution contract supports the long-term monitoring programme called the Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme (PBMS) which monitors selected pollutants, pesticides and biocides in...
Evaluation of performance reference compounds in polyethylene-based passive air samplers (2006)
Bartkow, Michael E., Jones, Kevin C., Kennedy, Karen E., Holling, Neil, Hawker, Darryl William, Muller, Jochen F.
Barber, Jonathan L., Walsh, Michael J., Hewitt, Rebecca, Jones, Kevin C., Martin, Francis L.
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are hydrophobic and persistent additive flame retardants that seemingly transfer into environmental compartments where they bioaccumulate i.e. in human biota....
Barber, Jonathan L., Walsh, Michael J., Hewitt, Rebecca, Jones, Kevin C., Martin, Francis L.
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are hydrophobic and persistent additive flame retardants that seemingly transfer into environmental compartments where they bioaccumulate i.e. in human biota....
Chiral organochlorine pesticide signatures in global background soils. (2005)
Kurt-Karakus, Perihan B., Bidleman, Terry F., Jones, Kevin C.
Chiral pesticides frequently undergo enantioselective degradation in soils. Prior studies to characterize chiral signatures have focused on treated agricultural soils, rather than background...
Passive air sampling of PCBs, organochlorine compounds and PBDEs across Asia. (2005)
Jaward, Foday M., Zhang, Gan, Nam, Jae Jak, Sweetman, Andrew J., Obbard, Jeffrey P., Kobara, Yuso, ...
Asia is of global importance economically, yet data on ambient persistent organic pollutant levels are still sparse for the region, despite international efforts under the Stockholm Convention to...
Comparison of haloacetic acids in the environment of the northern and southern hemispheres. (2005)
Scott, B. F., Spencer, C., Martin, J. W., Barra, R., Bootsma, H. A., Jones, Kevin C., ...
Haloacetic acids (HAAs) are a family of compounds whose environmental concentrations have been extensively studied, primarily in Europe. Depending on the compound, their sources are believed to be...
PBDEs in indoor dust in Ottawa, Canada : implications for sources and exposure. (2005)
Wilford, Bryony H., Shoeib, Mahiba, Harner, Tom, Zhu, Jiping, Jones, Kevin C.
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are widely used as additive flame retardants in plastics, soft furnishings, electrical and electronic equipment, and insulation in the indoor environment, and...
Shoeib, Mahiba, Harner, Tom, Wilford, Bryony H., Jones, Kevin C., Zhu, Jiping
Perfluorinated alkyl sulfonamides (PFASs) which are used in a variety of consumer products for surface protection were investigated through a comprehensive survey of indoor air, house dust, and...
Doick, Keiron J., Burauel, Peter, Jones, Kevin C., Semple, Kirk T.
Sequestration of hydrophobic organic contaminants (HOCs) in soils limits chemical and biological availability. Concerns exist regarding the long-term stability of sequestered contaminants in the...
Reconstruction of historical trends of PCDD/Fs and PCBs in the Venice Lagoon, Italy. (2005)
Dalla Valle, Matteo, Marcomini, Antonio, Jones, Kevin C., Sweetman, Andy J.
Historical trends of PCDD/Fs and PCBs from the year 1900 have been reconstructed for the Venice Lagoon area by using a fugacity-based dynamic multimedia model. A novel approach to estimate the inputs...
Temporal trends in the sources of PCDD/Fs to and around the Venice Lagoon. (2005)
Dalla Valle, Matteo, Marcomini, Antonio, Sweetman, Andy J., Jones, Kevin C.
Two salt marsh cores were collected from the Venice Lagoon, Italy, and analysed for PCDD/Fs. The samples were undisturbed and had an approximately constant accumulation rate. Radiochemical...
Liu, Xiang, Zhang, Gan, Jones, Kevin C., Li, Xiangdong, Peng, Xianzhi, Qi, Shihua
High mountains may serve both as condenser for vapor phase persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and as barrier/sink for particulate associated less volatile POPs. The fractionation of POPs along...
PCDD/Fs in Norwegian and UK soils: implications for sources and environmental cycling. (2005)
Hassanin, Ashraf, Lee, Robert G. M., Steinnes, Eiliv, Jones, Kevin C.
This paper presents data on polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) in a set of well-characterized, undisturbed surface (0−5 cm) and subsurface background soils from the U.K....
A detailed study of factors controlling atmospheric concentrations of PCNs. (2005)
Lee, Robert G. M., Thomas, Gareth O., Jones, Kevin C.
Atmospheric concentrations of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) (108 samples in total) were measured at two rural/semirural sites in England and one remote site on the west coast of Ireland in the...
Barber, Jonathan L., Sweetman, Andrew J., Van Wijk, Dolf, Jones, Kevin C.
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) is considered here as a ‘model persistent organic pollutant.’ Data on its sources, emissions, environmental levels and distributions and trends are compiled and used to...
Stokes, Joanna D., Wilkinson, Anne, Reid, Brian J., Jones, Kevin C., Semple, Kirk T.
This study investigated the use of an aqueous hydroxypropyl-p-cyclodextrin (HPCD) shake extraction to predict the degree of microbial degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soils....
Behaviour of environmentally aged PAH and PCB residues in soil. (2005)
Doick, Kieron J., Klingelmann, Eva, Burauel, Peter, Jones, Kevin C., Semple, Kirk T.
Laboratory studies are useful for understanding the behavior of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in soil, although such investigations do not always relate directly to field conditions. Outdoor...
Direct observation of organic contaminant uptake, storage and metabolism within plant roots. (2005)
Wild, Edward, Dent, John, Thomas, Gareth O., Jones, Kevin C.
Two-photon excitation microscopy (TPEM) is used to visualize and track the uptake and movement of anthracene and phenanthrene from a contaminated growth medium into living unmodified roots of maize...
Jaward, Foday M., Di Guardo, Antonio, Nizzetto, Luca, Cassani, Chiara, Raffaele, Francesca, Ferretti, Rossella, ...
Passive air samplers (polyurethane foam disks) were deployed on an altitudinal transect in the rural Italian Alps to investigate the potential influence of forest cover on air concentrations....
Barber, Jonathan L., Sweetman, Andy J., Thomas, Gareth O., Braekevelt, Eric, Stern, Gary A., Jones, Kevin C.
Two studies were carried out on short-chain (C10-C13) and medium-chain (C14-C17) polychlorinated n-alkanes (sPCAs and mPCAs) in U.K. air samples. The first study entailed taking 20 24-h air samples...
Time trends of atmospheric PBDEs inferred from archived UK herbage. (2005)
Hassanin, Ashraf, Johnston, A. E., Thomas, Gareth O., Jones, Kevin C.
Aerial portions of vegetation receive the bulk of their burden of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) from the atmosphere. Vegetation can therefore be a useful indicator of the changing atmospheric...
Herbert, B. M. J., Halsall, Crispin J., Villa, S., Fitzpatrick, L., Jones, Kevin C., Lee, R. G. M., ...
PCNs were measured in air and snow during separate field campaigns at Ny-Ålesund (April 2001) and Tromsø (February/March 2003) in the Norwegian Arctic. Air concentrations ranged from 27 to 48 and 9...
Wet deposition of persistent organic pollutants to the global oceans. (2005)
Jurado, Elena, Jaward, Foday, Lohmann, Rainer, Jones, Kevin C., Simó, Rafel, Dachs, Jordi
Wet deposition fluxes of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans to the Atlantic Ocean have been estimated by combining meteorological satellite data and measured...
Lee, Robert G. M., Coleman, Peter, Jones, Joanne L., Jones, Kevin C., Lohmann, Rainer
This paper presents emission factors (EFs) derived for a range of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) when coal and wood were subject to controlled burning experiments, designed to simulate domestic...
Wet deposition of persistent organic pollutants to the global oceans (2005)
Jurado, Elena, Jaward, Foday M., Lohmann, Rainer, Jones, Kevin C., Simó, Rafel, Dachs, Jordi
10 pages, 7 figures.-- PMID: 15884331 [PubMed].-- Printed version published Apr 15, 2005.-- Supporting information available at: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/suppl/10.1021/es048599g
Dalla Valle, Matteo, Jurado, E., Dachs, J., Sweetman, Andy J., Jones, Kevin C.
The concept of maximum reservoir capacity (MRC), the ratio of the capacities of the surface soil and of the atmospheric mixed layer (AML) to hold chemical under equilibrium conditions, is applied to...
Wild, Edward, Dent, John, Thomas, Gareth O., Jones, Kevin C.
Vegetation plays a key role in the environmental cycling and fate of many organic chemicals. A compound's location on or within leaves will affect its persistence and significance; retention in...
Boucard, Tatiana K., Bardgett, Richard D., Jones, Kevin C., Semple, Kirk T.
This study investigated the fate and behaviour of [UL-14C] 2,4-dichlorophenol (DCP) in planted (Lolium perenne L.) and unplanted soils over 57 days. Extractability of [UL-14C] 2,4-DCP associated...
Boucard, Tatiana K., Bardgett, Richard D., Jones, Kevin C., Semple, Kirk T.
This study investigated the fate and behaviour of [UL-C-14] 2,4-dichlorophenol (DCP) in planted (Lolium perenne L.) and unplanted soils over 57 days. Extractability of [UL-C-14] 2,4-DCP associated...
Mordaunt, Catriona J., Gevao, Bondi, Jones, Kevin C., Semple, Kirk T.
Six major use pesticides (Atrazine, Dicamba, Isoproturon, Lindane, Paraquat and Trifluralin) with differing physico-chemical properties were evaluated for the significance of `bound' or non...
Gevao, Bondi, Jones, Kevin C., Semple, Kirk T.
The role of native soil microorganisms in the formation and release of non-extractable C-14-residues, previously treated with C-14- Dicamba, was investigated to examine their significance to the...
Farrar, N. J., Harner, T., Shoeib, M., Sweetman, Andy J., Jones, Kevin C.
This paper reports on the first field deployment of rapidly equilibrating thin-film passive air samplers under ambient conditions. The POlymer-coated Glass (POG) samplers have a coating of ethylene...
Farrar, N. J., Harner, T., Sweetman, A. J., Jones, Kevin C.
This paper reports on a field calibration and ambient deployment study with rapidly equilibrating thin-film passive air samplers. POlymer-coated Glass (POG) samplers have a coating of ethylene vinyl...
Gouin, T., Harner, T., Daly, G. L., Wania, F., Mackay, D., Jones, Kevin C.
Monitoring data indicate that organic compounds with high octanol-air partition coefficients (KOA), such as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) exhibit...
Kalantzi, O. I., Hall, A. J., Thomas, Gareth O., Jones, Kevin C.
Blubber samples from grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pups were collected in 1998 through to 2000. Twenty four newly weaned pups were sampled in November 1998, 13 of which were re-sampled during their...
Doick, Keiron J., Klingelmann, Eva, Burauel, Peter, Jones, Kevin C., Semple, Kirk T.
Laboratory studies are useful for understanding the behavior of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in soil, although such investigations do not always relate directly to field conditions. Outdoor...
Jurado, Elena, Jaward, Foday M., Lohmann, Rainer, Jones, Kevin C., Simo, Rafel, Dachs, Jordi
Atmospheric deposition to the oceans is a key process affecting the global dynamics and sinks of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). A new methodology that combines aerosol remote sensing...
Spatial distribution of atmospheric PAHs and PCNs along a north-south Atlantic transect. (2004)
Jaward, Foday M., Barber, Jonathan L., Booij, Kees, Jones, Kevin C.
Ship-board air samples collected between The Netherlands and South Africa in January–February 2001 were analysed for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs)....
Wilford, Bryony H., Harner, Tom, Zhu, Jiping, Shoeib, Mahiba, Jones, Kevin C.
The polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are widely used as flame retardants in plastics of soft furnishings, TV sets and computers, and insulation in the indoor environment. The penta-BDEsnow...
Jurado, Elena, Jaward, Foday M., Lohmann, Rainer, Jones, Kevin C., Simó, Rafel, Dachs, Jordi
9 pages, 6 figures, 1 table.-- PMID: 15575265 [PubMed].-- Printed version published Nov 1, 2004.
A novel analytical approach for visualizing and tracking organic chemicals in plants. (2004)
Wild, Edward, Dent, John, Barber, Jonathan L., Thomas, Gareth O., Jones, Kevin C.
Vegetation plays a key role in the environmental fate of many organic chemicals, from pesticides applied to plants, to the air−vegetation exchange and global cycling of atmospheric organic...
Lohmann, Rainer, Barber, Jonathan L., Jaward, Foday M., Durham, Louise, Ockenden, Wendy, Jones, Kevin C., ...
Air samples were taken onboard the RRS Bransfield on an Atlantic cruise from the United Kingdom to Halley, Antarctica, from October to December 1998, with the aim of establishing PCB oceanic...
Analytical challenges hamper perfluoroalkyl research. (2004)
Martin, Jonathan, Kannan, Kurunthachalam, Berger, Urs, De Voogt, Pim, Field, Jennifer, Franklin, James, ...
Kalantzi, Olga I., Martin, Francis L., Thomas, Gareth O., Alcock, Ruth E., Tang, Huiru R., Drury, Suzanne C., ...
Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) congeners are constituents of flame retardants, and there is growing concern regarding their persistence, bioaccumulation, and toxicity. We collected breast milk...
Herbert, B. M. J., Fitzpatrick, L., Villa, S., Halsall, C. J., Jones, Kevin C., Thomas, Gareth O.
Two novel gas-tight snow samplers (snow-can and snow-tube) are presented and the performance of the snow-can in a field trial was assessed. The methodology for the sampling, extraction and analysis...
Modelling the atmospheric fate and seasonality of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the UK. (2004)
Prevedouros, Konstantinos, Jones, Kevin C., Sweetman, Andrew J.
This paper presents the results from an exercise in atmospheric contaminant fate modelling, which had three main objectives: (1) to investigate the balance between estimated national atmospheric...
Prevedouros, K., Jones, Kevin C., Sweetman, Andrew J.
A European consumption and atmospheric emissions inventory for pentabrominated diphenyl ethers (PeBDEs) is derived for the period 1970−2000. This time frame has seen a rise in the widespread usage...
Lohmann, Rainer, Jaward, Foday M., Durham, Louise, Barber, Jonathan L., Ockenden, Wendy, Jones, Kevin C., ...
6 pages, 2 figures, 3 tables.-- PMID: 15298207 [PubMed].-- Printed version published Jul 15, 2004.-- Supporting information available at: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/suppl/10.1021/es035005l
Passive air sampling of PAHs and PCNs across Europe. (2004)
Jaward, Foday M., Farrar, Nick J., Harner, Tom, Sweetman, Andrew J., Jones, Kevin C.
This study presents concurrently sampled ambient air data for a range of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) at the continental scale. This was achieved...
Jones, Kevin C., Barber , Jonathan L., Booij , Kees, Jaward , Foday M.
Ship-board air samples collected between The Netherlands and South Africa in January-February 2001 were analyzed for PCBs and selected organochlorine compounds. Broad latitudinal trends in compound...
Jaward, Foday M., Meijer, Sandra N., Steinnes, Eiliv, Thomas, Gareth O., Jones, Kevin C.
Data are presented for PBDEs, PCBs, and selected organochlorine compounds, measured at background locations by passive air samplers (semipermeable membrane devices, SPMDs) along a latitudinal...
Jaward, Foday M., Barber, Jonathan L., Booij, Kees, Dachs, Jordi, Lohmann, Rainer, Jones, Kevin C.
9 pages, 8 figures, 1 table.-- PMID: 15180058 [PubMed].-- Printed version published May 1, 2004.
Low-dose induction of micronuclei by lindane. (2004)
Kalantzi, Olga I., Hewitt, Rebecca, Ford, Kirstie J., Cooper, Lee J., Alcock, Ruth E., Thomas, Gareth O., ...
Environmental contaminants possessing hormonal activity have long been suspected of playing a role in cancer causation. What is unclear is whether such agents elicit their effects through genotoxic...
Farrar, N. J., Smith, K. E. C., Lee, R. G. M., Thomas, Gareth O., Sweetman, A. J., Jones, Kevin C.
Air samples were taken for the analysis of persistent organic pollutants before, during, and after the national U.K. “Bonfire Festival” in November 2000. As expected, ambient levels of...
Barber, Jonathan L., Thomas, Gareth O., Kerstiens, Gerhard, Jones, Kevin C.
Air–vegetation exchange of POPs is an important process controlling the entry of POPs into terrestrial food chains, and may also have a significant effect on the global movement of these compounds....
Reid, Brian J., Stokes, Joanna D., Jones, Kevin C., Semple, Kirk T.
A study was conducted to investigate the effect of hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin (HPCD) on the aging and biodegradation of phenanthrene (PHE) in soil. Soil was spiked with PHE at 25...
Gouin, T., Mackay, D., Jones, Kevin C., Harner, T., Meijer, Sandra N.
Although there is indisputable evidence that long-range atmospheric transport (LRAT) of organic contaminants occurs on a global scale, uncertainties remain about the detailed mechanism and extent of...
Latitudinal and seasonal capacity of the surface oceans as a reservoir of PCBs. (2004)
Jurado, Elena, Lohmann, Rainer, Meijer, Sandra N., Jones, Kevin C., Dachs, Jordi
The oceans play an important role as a global reservoir and ultimate sink of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as polychlorinated biphenyls congeners (PCBs). However, the physical and...
Seasonal and long-term trends in atmospheric PAH concentrations : evidence and implications. (2004)
Prevedouros, Konstantinos, Brorström-Lundén, Eva, Halsall, Crispin J., Jones, Kevin C., Lee, Robert G. M., Sweetman, Andrew J.
Atmospheric monitoring data for selected polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were compiled from remote, rural and urban locations in the UK, Sweden, Finland and Arctic Canada. The objective was...
Prevedouros, Konstantinos, MacLeod, Matthew, Jones, Kevin C., Sweetman, Andrew J.
A regionally segmented multimedia fate model for the European continent is described together with an illustrative steady-state case study examining the fate of γ-HCH (lindane) based on 1998...
Jurado Capo, Elena, Lohmann, Rainer, Meijer, Sandra N., Jones, Kevin C., Dachs, Jordi
14 pages, 8 figures.-- PMID: 14667725 [PubMed].-- Available online Nov 7, 2003.-- Issue title: "Persistant Organic Pollutants" (Edited by K.C. Jones, A. Sweetman and D. MacKay).
PBDEs in European background soils: levels and factors controlling their distribution. (2004)
Hassanin, Ashraf, Breivik, Knut, Meijer, Sandra N., Steinnes, Eiliv, Thomas, Gareth O., Jones, Kevin C.
Surface soils (0−5 cm) from remote/rural woodland (coniferous and deciduous) and grassland locations on a latitudinal transect through the United Kingdom and Norway were analyzed for polybrominated...
Observations on historical, contemporary and natural PCDD/Fs. (2004)
Green, Nicholas J. L., Hassanin, Ashraf, Hohnston, A. E., Jones, Kevin C.
PCDD/Fs were determined in samples of archived surface soils collected from different locations around the world in the early 1880s, in contemporary surface soils from around the world, in archived...
Passive air sampling of PCBs, PBDEs and organochlorine pesticides across Europe. (2004)
Jaward, Foday M., Farrar, Nick J., Harner, Tom, Sweetman, Andrew J., Jones, Kevin C.
This study presents concurrently sampled ambient air data for a range of persistent organic pollutants at the continental scale. This was achieved using a passive air sampling system, deploying...
Passive air sampling of PCBs, PBDEs and organochlorine pesticides across Europe. (2004)
Jones, Kevin C., Farrar , N. J., Harner , T., Jaward , F. M.
This study presents concurrently sampled ambient air data for a range of persistent organic pollutants at the continental scale. This was achieved using a passive air sampling system, deploying...
Barber, Jonathan L., Thomas, Gareth O., Bailey, R., Kerstiens, Gerhard, Jones, Kevin C.
To improve understanding of air-to-vegetation transfer of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), uptake and depuration of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs)...
Dalla Valle, Matteo, Dachs, Jordi, Sweetman, Andrew J., Jones, Kevin C.
The concept of maximum reservoir capacity (MRC) or “equilibrium capacity ratio,” the ratio of the capacities of the vegetation and of the atmospheric mixed layer (AML) to hold chemical under...
Low dose induction of micronuclei by lindane (2004)
Kalantzi, Olga I., Hewitt, Rebecca, Ford, Kirstie J., Cooper, Lee, Alcock, Ruth E., Thomas, Gareth O., ...
Environmental contaminants possessing hormonal activity have long been suspected of playing a role in cancer causation. What is unclear is whether such agents elicit their effects through genotoxic...
Alcock, Ruth E., Sweetman, Andrew J., Prevedouros, Konstantinos, Jones, Kevin C.
Despite increasing interest in the occurrence of Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the environment, there has been only limited effort expended to identify principal source input reservoirs...
Harner, Tom, Farrar, Nick, Shoeib, Mahiba, Jones, Kevin C.
The use of thin-film polymer-coated glass surfaces or POGs as passive air samplers was investigated during an uptake experiment in an indoor environment with high levels of gas-phase polychlorinated...
Dalla Valle, Matteo, Marcomini, Antonio, Sfriso, Adriano, Sweetman, Andrew J., Jones, Kevin C.
The available experimental information on the occurrence of PCDD/Fs in the Venice Lagoon, Italy, was compiled and used to calculate fugacities for the environmental compartments of sediment,...
Nonextractable pesticide residues in soil. (2003)
Gevao, Bondi, Jones, Kevin C., Semple, Kirk T., Craven, Andrew, Burauel, Peter
Meijer, S. N., Shoeib, M., Jantunen, L. M. M., Jones, Kevin C., Harner, T.
Initial results are presented for in situ measurements of soil−air partitioning for a range of organochlorine (OC) pesticides in two contaminated agricultural soils. A soil survey was conducted and...
Meijer, S. N., Shoeib, M., Jones, Kevin C., Harner, T.
This is the second of two papers that investigate soil−air exchange of organochlorine (OC) pesticides. In the present paper, a fugacity meter was used to measure soil−air partition coefficients...
Processes controlling diurnal variations of PCDD/Fs in the New Jersey coastal atmosphere. (2003)
Lohmann, Rainer, Brunciak, Paul A., Dachs, Jordi, Gigliotti, Cari L., Nelson, Eric, Van Ry, Daryl, ...
Consecutive 12 hour day–night air samples (500 m3 each) were taken over 7 days at three land-based sites and an over-water site in coastal New Jersey (NJ) in July 1998, in a campaign designed to...
Stevens, Joanna L., Green, Nicholas J. L., Jones, Kevin C.
The possibility of the formation of PCDDs and dechlorination of PCDFs during the anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge in laboratory scale digesters was investigated. Digesters were spiked with...
Stevens, Joanna L., Jones, Kevin C.
PCDD/Fs were quantified in samples of cattle, pig, sheep and chicken manure. TEQs ranged from 0.19 ng TEQ/kg dw for the pig manure to 20 ng TEQ/kg dw for one cattle manure sample. Exposure...
Jones, Kevin C., Meijer , S. N., Ockenden , W. A., Steinnes , E.
Data are presented for PCBs and HCB measured by passive air samplers (SPMDs) along a latitudinal transect from the south of the UK to the north of Norway during 1998-2000. This work is part of an...
Stevens, Joanna L., Northcott, Grant L., Stern, Gary A., Tomy, Gregg T., Jones, Kevin C.
A survey of the digested sludge from 14 U.K. wastewater treatment plants was carried out to obtain contemporary U.K. data on the concentrations of certain classes of persistent organic compounds for...
The global re-cycling of persistent organic pollutants is strongly retarded by soils. (2003)
Ockenden, Wendy A., Breivik, Knut, Meijer, Sandra N., Steinnes, Eiliv, Sweetman, Andrew J., Jones, Kevin C.
Persistent organic pollutants’ (POPs) are semi-volatile, mobile in the environment and bioaccumulate. Their toxicity and propensity for long-range atmospheric transport (LRAT) has led to...
Hormone-induced DNA damage in breast and prostate cells. (2003)
Martin, Francis L., Kalantzi, Olga I., Jones, Kevin C., Alcock, Ruth E., Thomas , Gareth O., Cooper, L.
Barber, Jonathan L., Thomas, Gareth O., Kerstiens, Gerhard, Jones, Kevin C.
The depuration of gas-phase polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from a slow-growing evergreen shrub, Skimmia japonica Thunb., was studied to investigate the reversibility of uptake and the...
Santillo, D., Fernandez, A., Stringer, R., Alcock, R., White, S., Jones, Kevin C., ...
The potential for use of butter as a widely available, relatively uniform lipid-rich matrix for the determination of spatial distributions of persistent organic pollutants has already been...
Low-dose induction of micronuclei by lindane (2003)
Kalantzi, Olga I., Hewitt, Rebecca, Ford, Kirstie J., Cooper, Lee, Alcock, Ruth E., Thomas, Gareth O., ...
Environmental contaminants possessing hormonal activity have long been suspected of playing a role in cancer causation. What is unclear is whether such agents elicit their effects through genotoxic...
Low-dose induction of micronuclei by lindane (2003)
Kalantzi, Olga I., Hewitt, Rebecca, Ford, Kirstie J., Cooper, Lee, Alcock, Ruth E., Thomas, Gareth O., ...
Environmental contaminants possessing hormonal activity have long been suspected of playing a role in cancer causation. What is unclear is whether such agents elicit their effects through genotoxic...
Oceanic biogeochemical controls on global dynamics of persistent organic pollutants. (2002)
Dachs, Jordi, Lohmann, Rainer, Ockenden, Wendy A., Méjanelle, Laurence, Eisenreich, Steven J., Jones, Kevin C.
Understanding and quantifying the global dynamics and sinks of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) is important to assess their environmental impact and fate. Air-surface exchange processes, where...
An input-output balance study for PCBs in humans. (2002)
Juan, Ching-Yi, Thomas, Gareth O., Sweetman, Andrew J., Jones, Kevin C.
Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) input–output balance studies were performed on five male volunteers, aged between 24 and 30, for periods of 8–14 days in 1998. Dietary exposure was quantified by...
Meijer, S. N., Steinnes, E., Ockenden, W. A., Jones, Kevin C.
This paper reports the influence of environmental variables on soil concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and their global fractionation. Soils were sampled from remote woodland...
Breivik, Knut, Sweetman, Andrew J., Pacyna, Jozef M., Jones, Kevin C.
Information on the historical global production and consumption of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) is urgently needed for estimating PCB fluxes to the environment and for interpreting global...
Breivik, Knut, Sweetman, Andrew J., Pacyna, Jozef M., Jones, Kevin C.
Accurate and complete data on the global atmospheric releases (emissions) of individual PCB congeners are essential to study source–receptor relationships and contamination patterns in remote...
Temporal and spatial trends of PCB congeners in UK gannet eggs. (2002)
Alcock, Ruth E., Boumphrey, Ruth, Malcolm, Heath, Osborn, Daniel, Jones, Kevin C.
Gannet (Sula bassana) eggs collected from Ailsa Craig, Western Scotland between 1977–1998 have been analyzed retrospectively for several PCB congeners. Concentrations of a range of congeners were...
Gouin, T., Thomas, Gareth O., Barber, J. L., Mackay, D., Jones, Kevin C.
Air and leaf-litter samples were collected from a rural site in southern Ontario under meteorologically stable conditions in the early spring, prior to bud burst, over a three-day period to measure...
Alcock, Ruth E., Sweetman, Andrew J., Anderson, David R., Fisher, Raymond, Jennings, Robert A., Jones, Kevin C.
PCDD/F congener profiles have been used to determine the source of elevated TEQ concentrations in cows' milk collected in the vicinity of several industrial sites. Principal components analysis and...
Barber, Jonathan L., Kurt, P. B., Thomas, Gareth O., Kerstiens, Gerhard, Jones, Kevin C.
The transfer of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) from air to vegetation is an important air-surface exchange process that affects global cycling and can result in human and wildlife exposure via...
Barber, Jonathan L., Thomas, Gareth O., Kerstiens, Gerhard, Jones, Kevin C.
The transfer of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) from air to vegetation is an important air-surface exchange process that affects global cycling and can result in human and wildlife exposure via...
Stevens, Joanna L., Green, Nicholas J. L., Bowater, Russell J., Jones, Kevin C.
Five UK laboratories participated in a study designed to explore the principal sources of interlaboratory variation in the analysis of PCDD/Fs in sewage sludge. Samples of wet sludge, dry sludge,...
Ockenden, Wendy A., Corrigan, Brian P., Howsam, Mike, Jones, Kevin C.
There are several incentives for developing passive air sampling techniques for persistent organic pollutants (POPs). This paper reports on studies to further calibrate and optimize semipermeable...
Polychlorinated naphthalenes in UK soils: time trends, source markers and equilibrium status. (2001)
Meijer, Sandra N., Harner, Tom, Helm, Paul, Halsall, Crispin J., Johnstone, A. E., Jones, Kevin C.
Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) have been analyzed in archived soil from the U.K. to investigate historical trends. Samples were obtained from the Broadbalk experiment plots (1944−1986) and...
Lohmann, R., Ockenden, W. A., Shears, J. R., Jones, Kevin C.
Air samples were taken on board the RRS Bransfield (typically for 24−72 h), during an Atlantic cruise from the U.K. to Antarctica in October−December 1998, to investigate the global scale...
Grass-air exchange of polychlorinated biphenyls. (2001)
Hung, H. H., Thomas, Gareth O., Jones, Kevin C., Mackay, D.
Three field experiments were performed to assess the clearance, uptake, and exchange kinetics of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) between grass and the atmosphere using mixed- and single-species...
Peters, A. J., Jones, Kevin C., Flower, R., Appleby, P., Ramdani, M., Kraiem, M. M., ...
Sediment from 9 lakes and lagoons in 3 North African countries was analysed for a suite of organochlorine insecticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Residues of -HCH and pp-DDE were detected...
Survey of PCDD/Fs and non-ortho PCBs in UK sewage sludges. (2001)
Stevens, Joanna L., Green, Nicholas J. L., Jones, Kevin C.
A survey of PCDD/F and non-ortho PCB concentrations in the mesophilic, anaerobically digested sludge of 14 UK wastewater treatment works was carried out. The range of total Cl1–Cl8DD/F...
PCDD/F deposition time trend to Esthwaite Water, UK, and its relevance to sources. (2001)
Green, Nicholas J. L., Jones, Joanne L., Jones, Kevin C.
PCDD/Fs were measured in 16 sections of a sediment core from a freshwater lake in rural England. Each section represented 10 yr of deposition. Concentrations greater than the limit of detection were...
Howsam, M., Jones, Kevin C., Ineson, P.
Estimates of standing biomass and fluxes of biomass in a mixed-deciduous woodland were derived, and used with results for concentrations of seven polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in different...
Howsam, Mike, Jones, Kevin C., Ineson, Philip
Leaves from three species of deciduous tree (oak, ash and hazel) were sampled at intervals through a growing season in a mature, mixed-deciduous woodland. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)...
Lohmann, Rainer, Corrigan, Brian P., Howsam, Mike, Jones, Kevin C., Ockenden, Wendy A.
Semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs) were deployed at 19 sites in northwest England to test their efficacy as passive atmospheric samplers for polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and -furans...
Seasonal and species differences in the air-pasture transfer of PAHs. (2001)
Smith, Kilian E. C., Thomas, Gareth O., Jones, Kevin C.
A field plot was established at a semirural site in the U.K. to investigate the atmospheric transfer of PAHs to different pasture species over the whole growing season. The PAHs displayed a range of...
Further evidence for the existence of PCDD/Fs in the environment prior to 1900. (2001)
Green, Nicholas J. L., Wood, Joanne L., Johnston, A. E., Jones, Kevin C.
PCDD/Fs and PCBs have been analyzed in a series of archived soil samples collected from various depths during the 1800s and early 1900s. PCBs were not found in soil samples collected before 1900,...
Organochlorine pesticide residues in archived UK soils. (2001)
Meijer, S. N., Halsall, Crispin J., Harner, T., Peters, A. J., Ockenden, W. A., Johnston, A. E., ...
Archived background soils (“Broadbalk', 1944−1986) and sludge-amended soils (“Luddington”, 1968−1990), collected from long-term agricultural experiments in the UK, were analyzed for a range...
The significance of PCBs in the atmosphere of the southern hemisphere. (2001)
Ockenden, Wendy A., Lohmann, Rainer, Shears, John R., Jones, Kevin C.
Air monitoring stations were set up at 2 sites in the southern hemisphere — Moody Brook, Falkland Islands (51° 25′ S, 57° 56′W) and Halley, Research Station, Antarctica (75° 35′ S, 26°...
Alcock, Ruth E., Sweetman, Andrew J., Jones, Kevin C.
Considerable effort has been expended in the UK and elsewhere to quantify and rank PCDD/F primary sources and emissions to the environment, principally the atmosphere, so that cost-effective source...
The global distribution of PCBs and organochlorine pesticides in butter. (2001)
Kalantzi, O. I., Alcock, Ruth E., Santillo, D., Johnston, P. A., Stephenson, A., Stringer, R., ...
In this study we explored the use of butter as a sampling matrix to reflect the regional and global scale distribution of PCBs and selected organochlorine pesticides/metabolites in air. This was...
Northcott, Grant L., Jones, Kevin C.
This study was carried out to assess the influence of physicochemical properties on PAH sequestration in sterile sewage sludge-amended arable soil. Radiolabeled phenanthrene (14C-9-Phe), pyrene...
Northcott, Grant L., Jones, Kevin C.
This study was carried out to assess the influence of PAH sequestration in sterile sewage sludge-amended arable soil on their dissolution behavior. Radiolabeled phenanthrene (14C-9-Phe), pyrene...
Obbard, J. P., Jones, Kevin C.
Rates of nitrogen fixation by Rhizobium in symbiosis with leguminous host-plants including white clover, broad bean and peas have been established in soils that have been amended experimentally with...
Behaviour of sewage sludge-derived PAHs on pasture. (2001)
Smith, Kilian E. C., Green, M., Thomas, Gareth O., Jones, Kevin C.
A field experiment was set up to investigate the retention of PAHs by pasture grass following sludge application. In addition to information on compound-specific loss rates, the influence of...
Modelling the behaviour of PAHs during atmospheric transport from the UK to the Arctic. (2001)
Halsall, Crispin J., Sweetam, A., Barrie, L. A., Jones, Kevin C.
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as PAHs are subject to long-range atmospheric transport, which can result in the contamination of remote areas such as the Arctic. A simple model was...
"A comparative study of the gas-particle partitioning of PCDD/Fs, PCBs, and PAHs." (2000)
Lohmann, Rainer, Harner, Tom, Thomas, Gareth O., Jones, Kevin C.
Air samples were taken concurrently for four sampling events in the winter of 1998 at three contrasting sites: an urban center and two rural sites. The rural sites were characterized by the extensive...
Peters, A. J., Lane, D. A., Gundel, L. A., Northcott, Grant L., Jones, Kevin C.
A detailed comparison of two inherently different ambient air samplers has been conducted to fully characterize and compare their performance in sampling and measuring the partitioning of a suite of...
Alcock, Ruth E., Sweetman, Andrew J., Juan, C. Y., Jones, Kevin C.
We have developed a model which successfully reconstructs the lifetime polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-101 burden of the UK population for individuals born between 1920 and 1980. It not only follows...
Northcott, Grant L., Jones, Kevin C.
The purpose of this study was to reevaluate a number of spiking procedures we had previously investigated for spiking dry soil, determine their suitability for spiking radiolabeled hydrophobic...
Northcott, Grant L., Jones, Kevin C.
Studies on the fate and effects of organic pollutants in soil and sediment are often carried out under laboratory conditions and often require the study compound to be introduced, or spiked, into the...
Harner, Tom, Green, Nicholas J. L., Jones, Kevin C.
Octanol−air partition coefficients (KOA) were measured for nine dioxins (PCDDs) and one furan (PCDF) over the temperature range 0−50 °C using a generator column method. Temperature slopes for...
Polychlorinated naphthalenes in the atmosphere of the United Kingdom. (2000)
Harner, Tom, Lee, Robert G. M., Jones, Kevin C.
Archived extracts from two air sampling campaigns were used to investigate PCNs in the U.K. atmosphere. In the first study, daily air samples were collected at a semi-rural location (Hazelrigg) in...
Lohmann, Rainer, Nelson, Eric, Eisenreich, Steven J., Jones, Kevin C.
The first detailed evidence for dynamic air−water exchange of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans (PCDD/Fs) is presented. Samples of air (340−380 m3) and water (33−60 L) were taken...
Reid, Brian J., Stokes, Joanna D., Jones, Kevin C., Semple, Kirk T.
Traditionally, soil extraction techniques have been concerned with the determination of ``total'' organic contaminant concentrations, following an ``exhaustive'' extraction. However, in light of the...
Sweetman, Andrew J., Alcock, Ruth E., Wittsiepe, Jurgen, Jones, Kevin C.
In order to assess the long-term impact of persistent organic contaminants such as polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) it is important to be able to quantify...
Lohmann, Rainer, Northcott, Grant L., Jones, Kevin C.
Ambient air samples were taken concurrently at four sites in northwest England to assess the role of domestic burning of coal/wood on ambient levels of PCDD/Fs, PCBs (including co-PCBs), and PAHs....
Howsam, Mike, Jones, Kevin C., Ineson, Philip
A survey of PAHs in the soils of a mature,mixed-deciduous woodland and the surrounding pasturewas conducted along two transects. PAH `profiles'were not significantly different in the woodland...
Howsam, Mike, Jones, Kevin C., Ineson, Philip
Results for the concentrations of total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (ΣPAH) and the PAH profile in leaves from three deciduous tree species from the same woodland are presented, and discussed...
Reid, Brian J., Jones, Kevin C., Semple, Kirk T.
It has been observed that as soil-pollutant contact time increases, pollutant bioavailability and extractability decreases. This phenomenon has been termed `ageing'. Decreased chemical extractability...
Introductory remarks to the special issue. (2000)
Jones, Kevin C., Gevao, B., Mordaunt, C., Northcott, G., Semple, Kirk T.
Bound pesticide residues in soils: a review. (2000)
Gevao, B., Semple, Kirk T., Jones, Kevin C.
This article is a review of the current state of knowledge regarding the formation and biological/environmental significance of bound pesticide residues in soils. We begin by defining various terms...
Northcott, Grant L., Jones, Kevin C.
Research has shown that many chemicals form persistent and permanently bound residues in soils and sediments that play an important role in soil and sediment detoxification processes, long-term...
Declining PCB concentrations in the UK atmosphere: Evidence and possible causes. (2000)
Sweetman, Andrew J., Jones, Kevin C.
PCB air concentrations have been measured at a meteorological site in northwest England since 1992. Examination of this data set, comprising over 200 data points, suggests that PCB levels are...
Smith, Kilian E. C., Jones, Kevin C.
This paper presents a comprehensive review of the mechanisms responsible for the transfer of atmospheric particulate deposition and soil particulate re-suspension onto vegetation. The nature of...
Gas-particle partition measurements of PAHs at Hazelrigg, UK. (2000)
Lee, Robert G. M., Burnett, Victoria, Harner, Tom, Jones, Kevin C.
Atmospheric concentrations of five organochlorine (OC) pesticides, some of which have been banned for a number of years, and polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) were measured at a U.K. site over...
Gevao, Bondi, Harner, Tom, Jones, Kevin C.
Polychlorinated naphthalene (PCN) concentrations and fluxes were measured in a dated core from the profundal sediments of Esthwaite Water, a seasonally anoxic semirural lake in northwest England. The...
Gevao, Bondi, Hamilton-Taylor, John, Jones, Kevin C.
This paper summarizes the processes of exchange/fluxes for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a small well-studied rural lake, Esthwaite Water in...
Gas-particle partition measurements of PAHs at Hazelrigg, UK. (2000)
Lane, D. A., Peters, A. J., Gundel, L. A., Jones, Kevin C., Northcott, G. L.
Gas-particle partitioning of PCDD/Fs in daily air samples. (2000)
Lohmann, Rainer, Lee, Robert G. M., Green, Nicholas J. L., Jones, Kevin C.
Eight short-term (24–48 h) air samples were taken at Lancaster, UK, to study the gas–particle partitioning of PCDD/Fs. Sampling dates in autumn 1997 were selected with a view to minimising...
Occurrence of C-10-C-13 polychlorinated n-alkanes in the atmosphere of the United Kingdom. (2000)
Peters, Andrew J., Tomy, Gregg T., Jones, Kevin C., Coleman, Peter, Stern, Gary A.
Short-chain (C10–C13) polychlorinated n-alkanes (PCAs) have been measured in the air in the United Kingdom at 2 week intervals over a period of 12 months. The mean concentration of PCAs over the...
Lohmann, Rainer, Green, Nicholas J. L., Jones, Kevin C.
Thirty-seven 2−3 day air samples were collected between September and December 1997 to investigate the factors controlling PCDD/F concentrations at a semirural site near Lancaster on the west coast...
Cousins, Ian T., Gevao, Bondi, Jones, Kevin C.
Soil cores were collected from undisturbed soils at four locations in the UK and analysed for PCBs, PAHs and soil organic carbon. In all four soil cores ΣPCB and ΣPAH concentrations peaked at or...
Cousins, Ian T., Mackay, Donald, Jones, Kevin C.
A dynamic air-soil exchange model which divides the soil into multiple soil layers has been developed and used to simulate the vertical distribution of PCBs in an undisturbed grassland soil. An...
Lee, Robert G. M., Jones, Kevin C.
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Methods for the analysis of PCBs in human food, faeces and serum. (1999)
Juan, C. Y., Thomas, G. O., Semple, Kirk T., Jones, Kevin C.
A method was developed to determine trace concentrations of a range of individual PCB congeners in biological samples (serum, food and faeces) using GC-MS, to prepare a mass balance of PCBs in...
Methods for the analysis of PCBs in human food, faeces and serum. (1999)
Thomas, Gareth O., Semple, Kirk T., Jones, Kevin C.
A method was developed to determine trace concentrations of a range of individual PCB congeners in biological samples (serum, food and faeces) using GC-MS, to prepare a mass balance of PCBs in...
Metabolism and body-burden of PCBs in lactating dairy cows. (1999)
Thomas, Gareth O., Sweetman, Andrew J., Jones, Kevin C.
This paper uses data from a detailed 4 month PCB mass balance study on lactating cows fed a naturally contaminated background diet to quantify the metabolism and body-burdens of a range of PCB...
Atmospheric transport and deposition of pesticides: an assessment of current knowledge. (1999)
Bidleman, Terry F., Brorström-Lundén, Eva, Builtjes, Peter J. H., Dutchak, Sergey, Duyzer , Jan H., ...
The current knowledge on atmospheric transport and deposition of pesticides is reviewed and discussed by a working group of experts during the Workshop on Fate of pesticides in the atmosphere;...
Lohmann, Rainer, Green, Nicholas J. L., Jones, Kevin C.
A sample extraction/cleanup and high-resolution gas chromatography−high-resolution mass spectrometry procedure is described and used to routinely quantify the full range of 2,3,7,8-substituted...
Lee, Robert G. M., Green, Nicholas J. L., Lohmann, Rainer, Jones, Kevin C.
Sampling programs were undertaken to establish air polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/F) concentrations at a semirural site on the northwest coast of England in autumn and...
Volatile Organic Compound Losses from Sewage Sludge-Amended Soils. (1999)
Wilson, Susan C., Jones, Kevin C.
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) applied to soil in sludge have been assumed to disappear quickly and completely. The VOC behavior in sludge-amended soils has been studied previously only in...
Woolgar, Paula, Jones, Kevin C.
Assessment of risk and remediation strategies at contaminated sites requires that both the amounts of contaminants present and their potential for release from materials and soils be evaluated. The...
Alcock, Ruth E., Sweetman, Andrew J., Jones, Kevin C.
An extensive and comprehensive literature review has been conducted for compounds which we hypothesise could be present in sludge and maintain their integrity following application to agricultural...
The influence of meteorology and air masses on daily PCB and PAH concentrations at a UK site. (1999)
Lee, Robert G. M., Jones, Kevin C.
Daily (24 h) air samples were collected on 161 occasions during March−October and December 1994 at a semirural, maritime-influenced site in northwest England and analyzed for PCBs and PAHs. ∑PCB...
A review of the processes involved in the exchange of SOCs across the air-soil interface. (1999)
Cousins, Ian T., Beck, Angus J., Jones, Kevin C.
The exchange of semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOC) across the air–soil interface is one of the most important processes determining the environmental fate and human exposure of these compounds....
Cole, John, Mackay, Donald, Jones, Kevin C., Alcock, Ruth E.
Reported concentrations of 17 polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and furan congeners or congener groups in ten environmental media of the U.K. have been compiled. The relative equilibrium status of...
Modelling the fate and behaviour of lipophilic organic contaminants in lactating dairy cows. (1999)
Sweetman, Andrew J., Thomas, Gareth O., Jones, Kevin C.
Meat and dairy products are a key source of human exposure to persistent lipophilic organic contaminants (e.g. PCBs, PCDD/Fs). The primary source of these contaminants to beef and dairy cows is the...
Alcock, Ruth E., Gemmill, Robert, Jones, Kevin C.
PCDD/F data are presented from 75 samples of primary emissions sampled between 1995–1997 as part of the compliance monitoring survey undertaken by the UK Environment Agency. Municipal solid waste...
Temperature dependence of PCBs in the UK atmosphere. (1999)
Halsall, Crispin J., Gevao, Bondi, Howsam, M., Lee, R. G. M., Ockenden, W., Jones, Kevin C.
A thermodynamic approach was taken to assess the state of equilibrium between air and the Earth’s surface for PCBs at a variety of sites located in urban and rural areas. The Clausius–Clapeyron...
Input-output balance of PCBs in a long-term study of lactating dairy cattle. (1999)
Thomas, Gareth O., Sweetman, Andrew J., Jones, Kevin C.
A PCB input−output balance study was performed on five cows in which they were fed a natural background contaminated diet and kept under typical U.K. winter husbandry conditions for 15 weeks....
Bioremediation potential of PAHs in compost. (1999)
Reid, Brian J., Jones, Kevin C., Semple, Kirk T., Fermor, Terry R.
This study investigated the potential for Phase 2 mushroom compost to degrade phenanthrene (a representative PAH) in both slurry and soil systems. Initially, induction of catabolic ability within the...
Can bioavailability of PAHs be assessed by a chemical means? (1999)
Reid, Brian J., Jones, Kevin C., Semple, Kirk T.
A method is presented for extracting PAHs from contaminated soil using aqueous solutions of hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin (HPCD). The procedure enables elucidation of ageing trends and illustrates...
Barber, Jonathan L., Thomas, Gareth O., Ockenden, W. A., Smith, K. E. C., Howsam, M., Jones, Kevin C.
Variability in the PCB concentrations of vegetation. (1999)
Barber, Jonathan L., Thomas, Gareth O., Parkman, S. A., Jones, Kevin C.
Historical record of polychlorinated naphthalenes in a semi-rural lake sediment, Cumbria, UK. (1999)
PCDD/Fs and PCBs in aquatic organisms from the Venice Lagoon: spatial and species variations. (1999)
Green, N., Wood, J., Alcock, Ruth E., Della Sala, S., D’Andrea, F., Jones, Kevin C.
PCDD/Fs and PCBs in sediment samples from the Venice Lagoon. (1999)
Green, N., Wood, J., Alcock, Ruth E., Marcomini, Antonio, Jones, Kevin C.
Polychlorinated naphthalenes in the United Kingdom : present and past. (1999)
Harner, T., Lee, R. G. M., Gevao, Bondi, Ockenden, W. A., Thomas, Gareth O., Northcott, G., ...
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs): the state of science. (1999)
The environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are fascinating areas of scientific research. Our objective in this paper is to provide a brief, focussed...
Air-water exchange of PCDD/Fs in the Raritan Bay/Hudson River Estuary. (1999)
Lohmann, Rainer, Nelson, E., Eisenrich, S. J., Jones, Kevin C.
Derivation and field testing of air-milk and feed-milk transfer factors for PCBs. (1998)
Thomas, Gareth O., Sweetman, Andrew J., Lohmann, Rainer, Jones, Kevin C.
Detailed field experimental data on the air to herbage transfer of PCBs was combined with data on feed to milk transfers from a detailed feeding trial with lactating cows to derive congener-specific...
Reid, Brian J., Northcott, Grant L., Jones, Kevin C., Semple, Kirk T.
The purpose of this study was to assess the suitability of various spiking procedures for the introduction of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) into soil environments. C-14-radiolabeled analogues...
Dioxin-like PCBs in the environment - human exposure and the significance of sources. (1998)
Alcock, Ruth E., Behnisch, Peter A., Jones, Kevin C., Hagenmaier, Hanspaul
Dioxin-like PCBs represent an important component of the ΣTEQ in many environmental media. Specifically, in animal produce and in fish PCBs dominate the ΣTEQ ingested by humans. This in turn leads...
Lack of an aging effect on the soil/air partitioning of PCBs. (1998)
Cousins, Ian T., Mclachlan, Michael S., Jones, Kevin C.
Two different laboratory experiments were undertaken to investigate whether the aging of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in soils affects their soil−air partitioning behavior. In the first,...
Ockenden, Wendy A., Steinnes, Eiliv, Parker, Clare, Jones, Kevin C.
Pine needle (Pinus sylvestris) and lichen (Hypogymnia physodes) samples from various remote sites across Norway have been analyzed for a range of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Results have...
Ockenden, Wendy A., Sweetman, Andrew, Prest, Harry F., Steinnes, Eiliv, Jones, Kevin C.
Triolein-containing semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs) were deployed as passive air samplers alongside conventional air samplers at two sites, and derived atmospheric concentrations from each...
Dioxins and furans in air and deposition: a review of levels, behaviour and processes. (1998)
Lohmann, Rainer, Jones, Kevin C.
This paper is a comprehensive, critical review of the levels, behaviour and processes affecting polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and -furans (PCDD/Fs) in air and deposition. Aspects of sampling,...
Measurement and modelling of the diurnal cycling of atmospheric PCBs and PAHs. (1998)
Lee, Robert G. M., Hung, Hayley, Mackay, Donald, Jones, Kevin C.
PCBs and PAHs were quantified in air samples taken every 6 h over a 7 day period in August 1995 at a rural site in northwest England. For the first 5 days, a stable high-pressure system moved slowly...
Air-soil exchange of SOCs in the UK. (1998)
Cousins, Ian T., Jones, Kevin C.
This paper describes (1) a field experiment in which the air–soil exchanges of a range of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were measured and (2) the use...
Gevao, Bondi, Hamilton-Taylor, John, Jones, Kevin C.
Atmospheric concentrations and deposition fluxes of several polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were measured concurrently over a 1-year period at a...
Further studies of the air-pasture transfer of PCBs. (1998)
Thomas, Gareth O., Smith, K. E. C., Sweetman, Andrew J., Jones, Kevin C.
Field survey and field experimental data are presented and interpreted in the context of the factors controlling the supply of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to the pasture sward. The field...
Alcock, Ruth E., McLachlan, M. S., Johnston, A. E., Jones, Kevin C.
This paper presents evidence for the existence of PCDD/Fs in the environment prior to the widespread development of the chloroaromatics and chlorine industry, by the analysis of a previously unopened...
Thyroid hormones as biomarkers in grey seals. (1998)
Hall, Ailsa, Green, Nick J. L., Jones, Kevin C., Pomeroy, Paddy, Harwood, John
Changes in grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) serum thyroid hormones with age, sex and during lactation were investigated. Concentrations were related to polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) uptake and...
Ockenden, Wendy A., Prest, Harry F., Thomas, Gareth O., Sweetman, Andrew, Jones, Kevin C.
Triolein-containing standard U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) designed semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs) were deployed in the field alongside conventional active air sampling equipment for...
Gevao, Bondi, Jones, Kevin C., Hamilton-Taylor, John
PAH concentrations were determined in a dated sediment core collected from Esthwaite Water (EW), a seasonally anoxic lake in the English Lake District. The most dramatic variations are associated...
Thomas, Gareth O., Sweetman, Andrew J., Parker, C. A., Kreibich, H., Jones, Kevin C.
A method was developed to determine trace concentrations of a range of individual PCB congeners in biological samples (grass, silage, cattle faeces and milk-fat) which were taken from rural or...
Air-pasture transfer of PCBs. (1998)
Thomas, Gareth O., Sweetman, Andrew J., Ockenden, Wendy A., Mackay, Donald, Jones, Kevin C.
A field experiment was conducted to study the air to pasture transfer of PCBs at a rural site in northwest England. Strong positive linear correlations were obtained between the log plant−air...
Kinetics and significance of PAH desorption from creosote treated wood. (1998)
PAHs are major constituents of creosote, and it has been suggested that their volatilization from treated wood could make a major contribution to the U.K. atmospheric emission inventories. This paper...
Dioxin-like PCBs in food - their significance to human TEQ exposure. (1998)
Alcock, Ruth E., Behnisch, P. A., Hagenmaier, H., Jones, Kevin C.
Concentrations of PCDD/Fs in soil around a point source, 1992-1997. (1998)
Holmes, S. J., Green, N. J. L., Lohmann, Rainer, Jones, Kevin C.
The occurrence of PCDD/Fs in high-mountain ecosystems of the Czech Republic. (1998)
Holoubek, I., Triska, P., Cudlin, P., Schramm, K. W., Kettrup, A., Jones, Kevin C., ...
Alcock, Ruth E., Jones, Kevin C.
Pentachlorophenol (PCP) and its derivatives (NaPCP and PCPL) contain PCDD/Fs (predominantly Hp-CDD/Fs and OCDD/F) as impurities. Reported concentrations of 2,3,7,8-substituted congeners in technical...
Depositional time trends and remobilisation of PCBs in lake sediments. (1997)
Gevao, Bondi, Hamilton-Taylor, John, Murdoch, Chris, Jones, Kevin C., Kelly, Mike, Tabner, Brian J.
The vertical distribution of PCBs was measured in a dated core from the profundal sediments of Esthwaite Water, U.K. The resulting historical record of ∑PCB deposition agreed well with published...
Halsall, Christian J., Coleman, P. J., Jones, Kevin C.
As part of the Toxic Organic Micropollutants Survey (TOMPS) bulk (wet and dry) deposition fluxes of PAHs and PCDD/Fs for 1991/92 are presented for the UK cities of Manchester and Cardiff. The median...
Persistence of organic contaminants in soils from a sewage sludge amended field experiment. (1997)
Wilson, S. C., Alcock, Ruth E., Sewart, A. P., Jones, Kevin C.
Digested sludge was applied to plowed arable and pasture grassland plots and losses of specific volatile organic compounds (VOCs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins...
Transfers of airborne PCDD/Fs to bulk deposition collectors and herbage. (1997)
Jones, Kevin C., Duarte-Davidson, Raquel
PCDD/F air concentrations, deposition fluxes, and grass concentrations/offtakes (pg m-2 day-1) were measured concurrently in Bolsover, Derbyshire, England over 1 year during 1992−1993. The data are...
Cousins, Ian T., Kreibich, Heidi, Hudson, Lorraine E., Lead, Wendy A., Jones, Kevin C.
Archived (1951–1974) and contemporary (1993) surface soil samples collected from the same 46 locations widely distributed over the UK have been analyzed for 12 polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons...
Sanders, Gordon, Hamilton-Taylor, John, Jones, Kevin C.
A laboratory microcosm study was performed to assess the outgassing potential of PCBs from sediment-water systems. PCBs collected in the headspace of the sampler units were adsorbed onto polyurethane...
Observations on PAH, PCB and PCDD/F trends in UK urban air, 1991-1995. (1997)
Coleman, Peter J., Lee, Robert G. M., Alcock, Ruth E., Jones, Kevin C.
Ambient air concentrations at London and Manchester are reported for PCBs, PAHs, and PCDD/Fs from 1991 to 1995. This data set suggests that urban PAH concentrations are trending downward in the U.K....
Infection haematology and biochemistry in grey seal pups exposed to chlorinated biphenyls. (1997)
Hall, Ailsa, Pomeroy, Paddy, Green, Nick, Jones, Kevin C., Harwood, John
Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pups can receive substantial doses of organochlorine contaminants during lactation. This exposure may cause immunosuppression. We studied the effect of exposure to...
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in UK and Norwegian soils: spatial and temporal trends. (1997)
Lead, Wendy A., Steinnes, Eiliv, Bacon, Jeffrey R., Jones, Kevin C.
Contemporary soil samples from 46 sites across the UK and 12 sites in Norway have been analysed for a range of PCB congeners. Results show spatial differences, in terms of concentration and congener...
Duarte-Davidson, R., Sewart, A. P., Alcock, Ruth E., Cousins, Ian, Jones, Kevin C.
The United Kingdom is used as a study area in which to examine (i) the relationship between primary and potential secondary emissions of PCDD/Fs; (ii) the balance between atmospheric emissions and...
Jones, Kevin C., Sewart, A. P.
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and-furans (PCDD/Fs) are two groups of organic compounds that are ubiquitous in the environment at ultratrace levels, but that have attracted considerable scientific...
Reconstructing air concentrations and deposition fluxes of PCDD/Fs in the UK. (1997)
Alcock, Ruth E., Coleman, P. J., McLachlan, M., Jones, Kevin C.
Confirmation of the presence of PCDD/Fs in UK soils prior to 1900. (1997)
Alcock, Ruth E., McLachlan, M., Johnston, A. E., Jones, Kevin C.
Douben, P. E. T., Alcock, Ruth E., Jones, Kevin C.
Three different approaches have been used to model the transfer of individual PCDD/F congeners from the air to cows' milk. These are: (1) an ‘Equilibrium Partitioning’ approach, (2) a...
Measured and predicted volatilisation losses of PCBs from contaminated sludge-amended soils. (1997)
Cousins, Ian T., Hartlieb, Nicola, Teichmann, Claudia, Jones, Kevin C.
A laboratory experiment was carried out to measure volatilisation fluxes of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from sewage sludge-amended soils. The most commonly practised methods of applying sludge...
Chaudri, Amar M., McGrath, Steve P., Knight, Bruce P., Johnson, David L., Jones, Kevin C.
A sandy loam was amended individually with 12 organic compounds at the largest concentrations found in sewage sludge to determine their effects on the indigenous population of Rhizobium leguminosarum...
Dioxins in the environment : a review of trend data. (1996)
Alcock, Ruth E., Jones, Kevin C.
A comprehensive review of available PCDD/F time trend data is presented. This focuses on industrialized countries, drawing heavily on those countries that have been actively involved in PCDD/F...
Beck, Angus J., Stolting, Heiko, Harris, Graham L., Howse, K. Roger, Jones, Kevin C.
Leaching of recently applied atrazine and isoproturon (2.475 kg/ha) through a large (1.1 m × 0.8 m in diameter), heavily cracked core of clay soil is compared with leaching of their aged residues...
Beck, A. J., Harris, G. L., Howse, K., Johnston, A. E., Jones, Kevin C.
Spatial and temporal variation of isoproturon (IPU) residues (IPUr), and their sorption (Kd) and desorption (Kapp) coefficients were monitored at the field scale in the cultivated horizon of a clay...
Green, N., Jones, Kevin C., Harwood, J.
We measured the concentration of coplanar polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners #77, #126 and #169 in the milk of 21 individual grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) from the same Scottish colony. Using...
Bacon, J. R., Jones, Kevin C., McGrath, S. P., Johnston, A. E.
Lead isotope analysis, using high-precision thermal ionization mass spectrometry, of herbage samples collected annually since the 1860s has revealed a steady reduction in the 206Pb/207Pb ratio from...
Phytotoxicity, uptake and metabolism of 1,4-dichlorobenzene by plant cells. (1996)
Wang, Min-Jian, Bokern, Maria, Böhme, Christian, Jones, Kevin C., Harms, Hans
Phytotoxicity, uptake, and metabolism of 1,4-dichlorobenzene (1,4-DCB) by carrot (Daucus carota L.), soybean (Glycine max. L.), tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.), and red goosefoot (Chenopodiun...
Beck, Angus J., Johnson, David L., Jones, Kevin C.
The application of sewage sludges to agricultural land may increase the concentrations of many toxic organic chemicals in soils which could have adverse effects on wildlife and human health if these...
Duarte-Davidson, R. E., Jones, Kevin C.
This is the second of two papers which screen the environmental fate of sludge or sludge organic contaminants when applied to agricultural land. A simple screening model has been developed to assess...
Beck, Angus J., Jones, Kevin C.
Reliable predictions of the fate and behaviour of pesticides in soils is dependent on the use of accurate ‘equilibrium’ sorption constants and/or rate coefficients. However, the sensitivity of...
Lead, Wendy A., Steinnes, Eiliv, Jones, Kevin C.
Samples of Hylocomium splendens collected in 1977, 1985, and 1990 from the same sites in remote areas of Norway have been analyzed for a range of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners. The ∑PCB...
PCB and PAH Dynamics in a Small Rural Lake. (1996)
Sanders, Gordon, Hamilton-Taylor, John, Jones, Kevin C.
Sediment traps were deployed for periods of 4−5 weeks between May 1990 and September 1991 at depths of 6.5 and 12.5 m in a 15 m deep, rural U.K. lake. Trap material was quantitatively analyzed for...
Alcock, Ruth E., Bacon, J. R., Bardget , R. D., Beck, A. J., Haygarth, P. M., Lee , R. G. M., ...
Four metal enriched sewage sludges containing different concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were applied to two field soils in the UK in 1968. Samples of the sludges, sludge-amended...
Persistence of PCDD/Fs in a Sludge-Amended Soil. (1996)
Mclachlan, Michael S., Sewart, Andrew P., Bacon, Jeffrey R., Jones, Kevin C.
Data are presented on PCDD/F persistence in a sludge-amended soil sampled from a long-term field experiment started in 1968. Over 50% of the PCDD/Fs present in the soil in 1972 were still present in...
Organic chemicals in contaminated land : analysis, significance and research priorities. (1996)
Jones, Kevin C., Alcock, Ruth E., Johnson, D. L., Semple, Kirk T., Woolgar, P. J.
Nicholson, Fiona A., Jones, Kevin C., Johnson, A. E.
Samples of mixed herbage were collected in 1993 and 1994 from the Park Grass Experiment at Rothamsted Experimental Station in the UK. The samples were separated into grasses and other species and the...
Kinetic constraints on the In-situ remediation of soils contaminated with organic chemicals. (1995)
Beck, Angus J., Jones, Kevin C.
Cleanup of contaminated soils to comply with soil quality limits currently receives much interest.In-situ remediation of contaminated soils relies on the ability of the techniques employed to enhance...
Wild, Simon R., Jones, Kevin C.
This paper presents the first attempt to quantify the production, cycling, storage and loss of PAHs in the UK environment. Over 53 000 tonnes of ∑PAHs (sum of 12 individual compounds) are estimated...
Plant Selenium from Soil and the Atmosphere. (1995)
Haygarth, Philip M., Harrison, Anthony F., Jones, Kevin C.
Transfer of selenium (Se) to pasture is important for prevention of Se deficiency in livestock, yet little is known about the relative importance of inputs to pasture from soil and the atmosphere. An...
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in U.K. Urban air. (1994)
Halsall, Crispin J., Coleman, Peter J., Davis, Brian J., Burnett, Victoria, Waterhouse, Keith S., Harding-Jones, Peter, ...
Duarte-Davidson, Raquel, Clayton, Peter, Coleman, Peter, Davis, Brian J., Halsall, Crispin J., Harding-Jones, Peter, ...
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans (PCDD/Fs) have been monitored in air and deposition at four UK urban sites (London, Cardiff, Manchester and Stevenage) since the beginning of 1991; data...
Wild, Simon R., Jones, Kevin C.
The ubiquity of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sewage sludges is now well documented. Since PAHs exhibit carcinogenic/mutagenic behaviour concern has been expressed over their fate...
Volatile organic compounds in digested United Kingdom sewage sludges. (1994)
Wilson, Susan C., Burnett, Victoria, Waterhouse, Keith S., Jones, Kevin C.
Wang, Min-Jian, Jones, Kevin C.
Sewage sludges are routinely applied to agricultural soils in many countries. There are potential benefits to agriculture in terms of improved soil structure and nutrient additions, but there is a...
The chlorobenzene content of contemporary U.K. sewage sludges. (1994)
Wang, Min-Jian, Jones, Kevin C.
Twelve contemporary U.K. sewage sludges were analysed by a Soxhlet extraction, column clean-up and capillary gas chromatography method. All the chlorobenzenes were detected in the sludges, although...
The rise and fall of PCBs: Time-trend data from temperateindustrialised countries. (1994)
Sanders, Gordon, Eisenreich, S. J., Jones, Kevin C.
Evidence for a decline in the fluxes of PCBs to terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in the UK and US is reviewed. Peak inputs appear to have occurred in the 1960s. The relative merits of lake and peat...
Observations on long-term air-soil exchange of organic contaminants. (1994)
Evidence for long-term changes in the soil composition of selected organic compounds, brought about by exchanges with the atmosphere, is briefly reviewed. In the case of some compounds — such as...
Determination of gaseous and particulate selenium over a rural grassland in the UK. (1994)
Haygarth, Philip M., Fowler, D., Stürup, S., Davison, Brian M., Jones, Kevin C.
The atmosphere is identified as playing an important role in the mass balance of selenium (Se) in grassland ecosystems, potentially governing the critical levels for grazing livestock. This paper...
PCBs and other organochlorines in human tissue samples from the Welsh population: II—milk. (1994)
Duarte-Davidson, Raquel, Wilson, Susan C., Jones, Kevin C.
Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and ΣDDT (i.e. p,p′-DDT + p,p′-DDE + p,p′DDD) concentrations were determined from the analysis of 115 Welsh breast milk samples collected in 1990 and 1991. Fifty...
Harrad, Stuart J., Sewart, Andrew P., Alcock, Ruth, Boumphrey, Ruth, Burnett, Vicky, Duarte-Davidson, Raquel, ...
This paper estimates the present UK environmental loading of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Of the estimated ≈ 40 000 t ΣPCB sold in the UK since 1954, only an estimated 1% (400 t) are now...
Duarte-Davidson, Raquel, Harrad, Stuart J., Allen, Susan, Sewart, Andrew S., Jones, Kevin C.
Five bulked human adipose tissue samples were analyzed for individual polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners (including selected non-ortho-substituted compounds) and polychlorinated...
Haygarth, Philip M., Rowland, A. Philip, Stürup, Stefan, Jones, Kevin C.
Choosing the appropriate instrumental method for the determination of total Se in environmental samples is difficult, considering the wide choice of methods currently available. By use of a sediment...
Transient 2D IR spectroscopy of ubiquitin unfolding dynamics
Chung, Hoi Sung, Ganim, Ziad, Jones, Kevin C., Tokmakoff, Andrei
Transient two-dimensional infrared (2D IR) spectroscopy is used as a probe of protein unfolding dynamics in a direct comparison of fast unfolding experiments with molecular dynamics simulations. In...