Organic Contaminants

Professor Ravi Naidu is the Global Innovation Chair and Director of the Global Centre for Environmental Remediation at the University of Newcastle. Ravi has researched contaminants for 30 years, having published 710 journal articles, edited 16 books, and written an additional 200 technical reports. He is the most highly cited Australian Environmental Scientist and is currently the Chief Executive of the only national research centre of excellence: Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment. In recognition of his research contributions he has been elected Fellow of Soil Science Society America, New Zealand Soil Science Society, Agronomy Society of America, American Advancement of Science, European Academy of Science and Arts, Royal Society of Chemistry, Royal Australian Institute of Chemistry and Australian Academy of Science Technology and Engineering. He has extensive collaboration globally.

• 1. Introduction to Conventional Organic: global issues and challenges Section A: The initial POPs under the Stockholm Convention 2. Pesticides, including aldrin, chlordane, DDT, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene, mirex, toxaphene 3. Industrial chemicals, including hexachlorobenzene (HCB), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) 4. By-products, including hexachlorobenzene; polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/PCDF), and PCBs. Section B: The New POPs 5. Pesticides and their byproducts: Chlordecone, Lindane, Alpha hexachlorocyclohexane, ß-Hexachlorocyclohexane (ß-HCH), Pentachlorophenol, Chlordecone, Hexabromocyclododecane 6. Chlorinated Solvents including byproducts – Hexachlorobutadiene 7. Pentachlorobenzene 8. Brominated Flame Retardants 9. Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (PFOSF) 10. Polychlorinated naphthalene 11. Glyphosate 12. Endosulfan and its related isomers 13. Short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) Section C: Conventional organic contaminants 14. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) 15. Total Petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs) 16. Concluding Remarks