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Occurrence of polar organic contaminants in the dissolved water phase of the Danube River and its major tributaries using SPE-LC-MS(2) analysisRobert Loos
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Via Enrico Fermi, 21020 Ispra, Italy
Water Res 44:2325-35. 2010..The highest contamination levels were found in the area around Budapest and in the tributary rivers Arges (Romania), Timok (Bulgaria), Rusenski Lom (Bulgaria), and Velika Morava (Serbia)...- Pan-European survey on the occurrence of selected polar organic persistent pollutants in ground waterRobert Loos
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Via Enrico Fermi, 21020 Ispra, Italy
Water Res 44:4115-26. 2010..However, only 1.7% of all single analytical measurements (in total 8000) were above this threshold value of 0.1 microg/L; 7.3% were > than 10 ng/L... 
Analysis of perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and other perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in the River Po watershed in N-ItalyRobert Loos
Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Via Enrico Fermi, 21020 Ispra, TP 290, Italy
Chemosphere 71:306-13. 2008..3 kg PFOA per hour or approximately 2.6 tons per year discharged in the Adriatic Sea has been calculated. PFOS concentration levels in the Po River at Ferrara were approximately 10 ng l(-1)...- EU-wide survey of polar organic persistent pollutants in European river watersRobert Loos
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Via Enrico Fermi, 21020 Ispra, Italy
Environ Pollut 157:561-8. 2009..For the target compounds chosen, we are proposing "indicative warning levels" in surface waters, which are (for most compounds) close to the 90th percentile of all water samples analysed... - A map of European emissions and concentrations of PFOS and PFOAAlberto Pistocchi
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Via Enrico Fermi, 21020 Ispra, Italy
Environ Sci Technol 43:9237-44. 2009.... - Polar herbicides, pharmaceutical products, perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS), perfluorooctanoate (PFOA), and nonylphenol and its carboxylates and ethoxylates in surface and tap waters around Lake Maggiore in Northern ItalyRobert Loos
European Commission DG Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Via Enrico Fermi, TP 290, 21020 Ispra, Italy
Anal Bioanal Chem 387:1469-78. 2007..Levels of these compounds in drinking water produced from Lake Maggiore were almost identical with those found in the lake itself, revealing the poor performance of sand filtration and chlorination applied by the local waterworks... - Sucralose screening in European surface waters using a solid-phase extraction-liquid chromatography-triple quadrupole mass spectrometry methodRobert Loos
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Via Enrico Fermi, I 21020 Ispra, Italy
J Chromatogr A 1216:1126-31. 2009..Sucralose was predominately found in samples from the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Norway, and Sweden, suggesting an increased use of the substance in Western Europe... - LC-MS-MS analysis and occurrence of octyl- and nonylphenol, their ethoxylates and their carboxylates in Belgian and Italian textile industry, waste water treatment plant effluents and surface watersRobert Loos
European Commission DG Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability IES, TP 290, Enrico Fermi, 21020 Ispra, VA, Italy
Chemosphere 66:690-9. 2007..2.5 microg l(-1)). The predicted no-effect concentration (PNEC) for NP of 0.33 microg l(-1) for water species was frequently exceeded in the surface waters investigated, suggesting potential adverse effects to the aquatic environment... - Multi-component analysis of polar water pollutants using sequential solid-phase extraction followed by LC-ESI-MSRobert Loos
Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Inland and Marine Waters Unit, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, TP 290, 1 21020 Ispra, Italy
J Environ Monit 5:384-94. 2003....