Summary of the Book

The book reports the results on the fate of POPs in the abiotic and biotic components of the aquatic environment North Pacific Ocean (including the Russian part of North Pacific), and systematizes possible health risks for coastal residents exposed to these hazardous pollutants. In particular, indicator organisms (fish, birds, and mammals), indicating the pollution of the region, were identified; the possible ways of xenobiotic transfer from the sea to the land are shown; the targets of POPs impact on living organisms were determined; the time of circulation of pollutants in the biosphere was determined; a list of “priority” toxicants for the region based on quality screening was compiled; the risks to human health from the consumption of contaminated aquatic organisms were assessed; the levels of POPs in the human body were measured.

The book is interesting for specialists in the agro-industrial complex, aquaculture and medicine, teachers and graduate students of universities, researchers interested in the problems of persistent organic pollutants (POPs).

There are no similar books on the study of POPs in the Russian part of the Pacific Ocean in the world literature. This book is useful to scientists worldwide who study the fate of POPs.