Overview of properties and research methods of new persistent organic chlorine and bromine compounds which have been observed as potential environmental hazards especially as bioaccumulated xenobiotics, but intensively studied only recently.
J. Paasivirta: Alkylaromatic Chlorohydrocarbons * J. de Boer: Tris(4-Chlorophenyl)Methanol and Tris(4-Chlorophenyl)Methane * J. de Boer: Polychlorinated Terphenyls * J. de Boer, K. de Boer, J.P. Boon: Polybrominated Biphenyls and Diphenylethers * E. Jakobsson, L. Asplund: Polychlorinated Naphthalenes (PCNs) * N. Kannan: Non- and Mono-ortho Chlorinated Biphenyls * J. Koistinen: Polychlorinated Diphenyl Ethers (PCDE) * D. Muir, G. Stern, G. Tomy: Chlorinated Paraffins * W. Vetter, M. Oehme: Toxaphene. Analysis and Environmental Fate of Congeners * S. Sinkkonen: Polychlorinated Dibenzothiophenes (PCDTS), Thianthrenes (PCTAS) and Their Alkylated Derivatives * R.J. Letcher, E. Klasson-Wehler, A. Bergman: Methyl Sulfone and Hydroxylated Metabolites of Polychlorinated Biphenyls.