Lancaster Environment Centre

Articles

• Lupa, Chris and Lorkin, Matthew and Robinson, Lyndsey and Dinesh, K. K. J. Ranga and Sweetman, Andrew and Monk, Stephen and Herbert, Ben (2013) Small-scale anaerobic digestion for the treatment of organic waste: A national study. Energy for Sustainable development. ISSN 0973-0826 (In Press)
• Earnshaw, Mark and Jones, Kevin and Sweetman, Andrew (2013) Estimating European historical production, consumption and atmospheric emissions of decabromodiphenyl ether. Science of the Total Environment, 447. pp. 133-142. ISSN 0048-9697
• Xie, Shuangwei and Wang, Tieyu and Liu, Shijie and Jones, Kevin C. and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Lu, Yonglong (2013) Industrial source identification and emission estimation of perfluorooctane sulfonate in China. Environment International, 52. pp. 1-8. ISSN 0160-4120
• Xie, Shuangwei and Wang, Tieyu and Liu, Shijie and Jones, Kevin C and Sweetman, Andrew J and Lu, Yonglong (2013) Industrial source identification and emission estimation of perfluorooctane sulfonate in China. Environment International, 52. pp. 1-8.
• Lupa, Chris and Wylie, Stephen and Shaw, Andrew and Al-Shamma'a, Ahmed and Sweetman, Andrew and Herbert, Ben (2013) Gas evolution and syngas heating value from advanced thermal treatment of waste using microwave-induced plasma. Renewable Energy, 50. pp. 1065-1072. ISSN 0960-1481
• Katsoyiannis, Athanasios and Birgul, Askin and Ratola, Nuno and Cincinelli, Alessandra and Sweetman, Andrew and Jones, Kevin C. (2012) Can car air filters be useful as a sampling medium for air pollution monitoring purposes? Environment International, 48. pp. 65-70. ISSN 0160-4120
• Martellini, Tania and Jones, Kevin C. and Sweetman, Andrew and Giannoni, Martina and Pieri, Francesca and Cincinelli, Alessandra (2012) The contribution of waste water treatment plants to PBDEs in ambient air. Environmental Pollution, 169. pp. 242-247. ISSN 0269-7491
• Halse, Anne Karine and Schlabach, Martin and Sweetman, Andrew and Jones, Kevin C. and Breivik, Knut (2012) Using passive air samplers to assess local sources versus long range atmospheric transport of POPs. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 14 (10). pp. 2580-2590. ISSN 1464-0325
• Birgul, Askin and Katsoyiannis, Athanasios and Gioia, Rosalinda and Crosse, John and Earnshaw, Mark and Ratola, Nuno and Jones, Kevin C. and Sweetman, Andrew J. (2012) Atmospheric polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the United Kingdom. Environmental Pollution, 169. pp. 105-111. ISSN 0269-7491
• Lupa, Chris and Wylie, Stephen and Shaw, Andrew and Al-Shamma'a, Ahmed and Sweetman, Andrew and Herbert, Ben (2012) Experimental analysis of biomass pyrolysis using microwave-induced plasma. Fuel Processing Technology, 97. pp. 79-84. ISSN 0378-3820
• Paul, Alexander G. and Scheringer, Martin and Hungerbuhler, Konrad and Loos, Robert and Jones, Kevin C. and Sweetman, Andrew J. (2012) Estimating the aquatic emissions and fate of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) into the river Rhine. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 14. pp. 524-530. ISSN 1464-0325
• Paul, Alexander G. and Hammen, Volker C. and Hickler, Thomas and Karlson, Ulrich G. and Jones, Kevin C. and Sweetman, Andrew J. (2012) Potential implications of future climate and land-cover changes for the fate and distribution of persistent organic pollutants in Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 21 (1). pp. 64-74. ISSN 1466-822X
• Liu, Zhengtao and Wang, Hong and Carmichael, Paul L. and Deag, Eliot J. and Duarte-Davidson, Raquel and Li, Hong and Howe, Paul and Meng, Wei and Price, Oliver R. and Shen, Yingwa and Shore, Richard F. and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Yan, Zhen-guang and Zang, Wen chao and Undemann, Emma and Jones, Kevin C. (2012) China begins to position for leadership on responsible risk-based global chemicals management. Environmental Pollution, 165. pp. 170-173. ISSN 0269-7491
• Lupa, Chris and Ricketts, Lois and Sweetman, Andrew and Herbert, Ben (2011) The use of commercial and industrial waste in energy recovery systems - A UK preliminary study. Waste Management, 31 (8). pp. 1759-1764. ISSN 0956-053X
• Katsoyiannis, Athanasios and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Jones, Kevin C. (2011) PAH Molecular Diagnostic Ratios Applied to Atmospheric Sources: A Critical Evaluation Using Two Decades of Source Inventory and Air Concentration Data from the UK. Environmental Science & Technology, 45 (20). pp. 8897-8906. ISSN 1520-5851
• Halse, A. K. and Schlabach, M. and Eckhardt, S. and Sweetman, A. and Jones, Kevin and Breivik, K. (2011) Spatial variability of POPs in European background air. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11 (4). pp. 1549-1564. ISSN 1680-7316
• Schuster, Jasmin K. and Gioia, Rosalinda and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Jones, Kevin C. (2010) Temporal Trends and Controlling Factors for Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the UK Atmosphere (1991-2008). Environmental Science & Technology, 44 (21). pp. 8068-8074. ISSN 0013-936X
• Katsogiannis, Athanasios and Gioia, Rosalinda and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Jones, Kevin C. (2010) Continuous Monitoring of PCDD/Fs in the UK Atmosphere : 1991-2008. Environmental Science & Technology, 44 (15). pp. 5735-5740. ISSN 0013-936X
• Kierkegaard, Amelie and de Wit, Cynthia A. and Asplund, Lillemor and McLachlan, Michael S. and Thomas, Gareth O. and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Jones, Kevin C. (2009) A mass balance of tri- to hexa-brominated diphenyl ethers in lactating cows. Environmental Science & Technology, 43 (7). pp. 2602-2607. ISSN 0013-936X
• Paul, Alexander G. and Jones, Kevin C. and Sweetman, Andrew J. (2009) A first global production, emission and environmental inventory for perfluorooctane sulfonate. Environmental Science & Technology, 43 (2). pp. 386-392. ISSN 0013-936X
• Nam, Jae Jak and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Jones, Kevin C. (2009) Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in global background soils. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 11 (1). pp. 45-48. ISSN 1464-0325
• Meijer, Sandra and Sweetman, Andy and Halsall, Crispin J. and Jones, Kevin C. (2008) Temporal trends of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the UK atmosphere : 1991-2005. Environmental Science & Technology, 42 (9). pp. 3213-3218. ISSN 0013-936X
• Hollander, A. and Scheringer, M. and Shatalov, V. and Mantseva, E. and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Roemer, M. and Baart, A. and Suzuki, N. and Wegmann, F. and van de Meent, D. (2008) Estimating overall persistence and long-range transport potential of persistent organic pollutants: a comparison of seven multimedia mass balance models and atmospheric transport models. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 10 (10). pp. 1139-1147. ISSN 1464-0325
• Roots, O. and Sweetman, Andrew J. (2007) Passive air sampling of persistent organic pollutants in two Estonian air monitoring stations. Oil Shale, 24 (3). pp. 483-494. ISSN 1736-7492
• Breivik, K. and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Pacyna, J. and Jones, Kevin C. (2007) Towards a global historical emission inventory for selected PCB congeners - a mass balance approach: 3. An update. Science of the Total Environment, 377 (2-3). pp. 296-307. ISSN 0048-9697
• Gioia, Rosalinda and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Jones, Kevin C. (2007) Coupling passive air sampling with emission estimates and chemical fate modeling for persistent organic pollutants : a feasibility study in Northern Europe. Environmental Science & Technology, 41 (7). pp. 2165-2171. ISSN 0013-936X
• Kierkegaard, Amelie and Asplund, Lillemor and de Wit, Cynthia A. and McLachlan, Michael S. and Thomas, Gareth O. and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Jones, Kevin C. (2007) Fate of higher brominated PBDEs in lactating cows. Environmental Science & Technology, 41 (2). pp. 417-423. ISSN 0013-936X
• Jones, Kevin C. and Halsall, Crispin J. and Martin, Frank L. and Semple, Kirk and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Thomas, Gareth O. (2007) Sources, fate, behaviour and effects of organic chemicals at the regional and global scale. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 9 (6). p. 500. ISSN 1464-0325
• Shafi, Sophie and Sweetman, Andrew and Hough, Rupert L. and Smith, Richard and Rosevear, Alan and Pollard, Simon J. T. (2006) Evaluating fugacity models for trace components in landfill gas. Environmental Pollution, 144 (3). pp. 1013-1023. ISSN 0269-7491
• Harner, T. and Bartkow, M. E. and Holoubek, I. and Klanova, J. and Wania, F. and Gioia, R. and Moeckel, Claudia and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Jones, Kevin C. (2006) Passive air sampling for persistent organic pollutants: Introductory remarks to the special issue. Environmental Pollution, 144 (2). pp. 361-364. ISSN 0269-7491
• Farrar, Nick J. and Prevedouros, K. and Harner, T. and Sweetman, A. J. (2006) Continental scale passive air sampling of persistent organic pollutants using rapidly equilibrating thin films (POGs). Environmental Pollution, 144 (2). pp. 423-433. ISSN 0269-7491
• Gevao, Bondi and Al-Omair, Ali and Sweetman, Andy and Al-Ali, Lulwa and Al-Bahloul, Majed and Helaleh, Murad and Zafar, Jamal (2006) Passive-sampler derived air concentrations fo polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Kuwait. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 25 (6). pp. 1496-1502. ISSN 0730-7268
• Hansen, Kaj M. and Prevedouros, Konstantinos and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Jones, Kevin C. and Christensen, Jesper H. (2006) A process-oriented inter-comparison of a box model and an atmospheric chemistry transport model : insights into model structure using -HCH as the modelled substance. Atmospheric Environment, 40 (12). pp. 2089-2104. ISSN 1352-2310
• Jaward, Foday M. and Zhang, Gan and Nam, Jae Jak and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Obbard, Jeffrey P. and Kobara, Yuso and Jones, Kevin C. (2005) Passive air sampling of PCBs, organochlorine compounds and PBDEs across Asia. Environmental Science & Technology, 39 (22). pp. 8638-8645. ISSN 0013-936X
• Sweetman, Andrew J. and Dalla Valle, M. and Jones, K. C. and Prevedouros, K. (2005) The key role of soil organic matter in the global cycling of persistent organic pollutants: interpreting and modelling field data. Chemosphere, 60 (7). pp. 959-972. ISSN 0045-6535
• Barber, Jonathan L. and Sweetman, Andrew J. and van Wijk, Dolf and Jones, Kevin C. (2005) Hexachlorobenzene in the global environment: Emissions, levels, distribution, trends and processes. Science of the Total Environment, 349 (1-3). pp. 1-44. ISSN 0048-9697
• Farrar, N. J. and Harner, T. and Sweetman, A. J. and Jones, Kevin C. (2005) Field calibration of rapidly equilibrating thin-film passive air samplers (POGs) and their potential application for low volume air sampling studies. Environmental Science & Technology, 39 (1). pp. 261-267. ISSN 0013-936X
• Sweetman, Andrew J. and Jones, K. C. and Prevedouros, K. (2004) European-scale modelling of concentrations and distribution of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in the penta-BDE product. Environmental Science & Technology, 38 (22). pp. 5993-6001. ISSN 0013-936X
• Prevedouros, Konstantinos and Jones, Kevin C. and Sweetman, Andrew J. (2004) Modelling the atmospheric fate and seasonality of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the UK. Chemosphere, 56 (3). pp. 195-208. ISSN 0045-6535
• Prevedouros, K. and Jones, Kevin C. and Sweetman, Andrew J. (2004) Estimation of production, consumption and emissions of pentabrominated diphenyl ether (PeBDE) in Europe: 1970-2000. Environmental Science & Technology, 38 (12). pp. 3224-3231. ISSN 0013-936X
• Jaward, Foday M. and Farrar, Nick J. and Harner, Tom and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Jones, Kevin C. (2004) Passive air sampling of PAHs and PCNs across Europe. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 23 (6). pp. 1355-1364. ISSN 0730-7268
• Farrar, N. J. and Smith, K. E. C. and Lee, R. G. M. and Thomas, Gareth O. and Sweetman, A. J. and Jones, Kevin C. (2004) Atmospheric emissions of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and other persistent organic pollutants (POPs) during a major anthropogenic combustion event. Environmental Science & Technology, 38 (6). pp. 1681-1685. ISSN 0013-936X
• Prevedouros, Konstantinos and MacLeod, Matthew and Jones, Kevin C. and Sweetman, Andrew J. (2004) Modelling the fate of persistent organic pollutants in Europe: parameterisation of a gridded distribution model. Environmental Pollution, 128 (1-2). pp. 251-261. ISSN 0269-7491
• Prevedouros, Konstantinos and BrorstrÃ?m-LundÃ?n, Eva and Halsall, Crispin J. and Jones, Kevin C. and Lee, Robert G. M. and Sweetman, Andrew J. (2004) Seasonal and long-term trends in atmospheric PAH concentrations : evidence and implications. Environmental Pollution, 128 (1-2). pp. 17-27. ISSN 0269-7491
• Jones, Kevin C. and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Mackay, D. (2004) Editorial. Environmental Pollution, 128 (1-2). pp. 1-2. ISSN 0269-7491
• Jaward, Foday M. and Farrar, Nick J. and Harner, Tom and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Jones, Kevin C. (2004) Passive air sampling of PCBs, PBDEs and organochlorine pesticides across Europe. Environmental Science & Technology, 38 (1). pp. 34-41. ISSN 0013-936X
• Jones, Kevin C. and Sweetman, Andrew J. (2004) Research priorities for doxins and polychlorinated biphenyls. DEFRA Report.
• Dalla Valle, Matteo and Dachs, Jordi and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Jones, Kevin C. (2004) The maximum reservoir capacity of global vegetation for persistent organic pollutants : implications for global cycling. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 18. GB4032. ISSN 0886-6236
• Alcock, Ruth E. and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Prevedouros, Konstantinos and Jones, Kevin C. (2003) Understanding levels and trends of BDE-47 in the UK and North America : an assessment of principal reservoirs and source inputs. Environment International, 29 (6). pp. 691-698. ISSN 0160-4120
• Dalla Valle, Matteo and Marcomini, Antonio and Sfriso, Adriano and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Jones, Kevin C. (2003) Estimation of PCDD/F distribution and fluxes in the Venice lagoon, Italy: combining measurement and modelling approaches. Chemosphere, 51 (7). pp. 603-616. ISSN 0045-6535
• Jones, Kevin C. and Meijer, S. N. and Ockenden, W. A. and Sweetman, Andrew (2003) Global distribution and budget of PCBs and HCB in background surface soils: implications for sources and environmental processes. Environmental Science & Technology, 37. pp. 667-672. ISSN 0013-936X
• Ockenden, Wendy A. and Breivik, Knut and Meijer, Sandra N. and Steinnes, Eiliv and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Jones, Kevin C. (2003) The global re-cycling of persistent organic pollutants is strongly retarded by soils. Environmental Pollution, 121 (1). pp. 75-80. ISSN 0269-7491
• Juan, Ching-Yi and Thomas, Gareth O. and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Jones, Kevin C. (2002) An input-output balance study for PCBs in humans. Environment International, 28 (3). pp. 203-214. ISSN 0160-4120
• Breivik, Knut and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Pacyna, Jozef M. and Jones, Kevin C. (2002) Towards a global historical emission inventory for selected PCB congeners â?? a mass balance approach. II. Emissions. Science of the Total Environment, 290 (1-3). pp. 199-224. ISSN 0048-9697
• Breivik, Knut and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Pacyna, Jozef M. and Jones, Kevin C. (2002) Towards a global historical emission inventory for selected PCB congeners â?? a mass balance approach. I. Global production and consumption. Science of the Total Environment, 290 (1-3). pp. 181-198. ISSN 0048-9697
• Sweetman, Andrew J. and Cousins, I. T. and Jones, K. C. and Seth, R. (2002) A dynamic Level IV multimedia environmental model: Application to the fate of PCBs in the United Kingdom over a 40-year period. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 21 (5). pp. 930-940. ISSN 0730-7268
• Alcock, Ruth E. and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Anderson, David R. and Fisher, Raymond and Jennings, Robert A. and Jones, Kevin C. (2002) Using PCDD/F congener patterns to determine the source of elevated TEQ concentrations in cows milk : a case study. Chemosphere, 46 (3). pp. 383-391. ISSN 0045-6535
• Alcock, Ruth E. and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Jones, Kevin C. (2001) A congener-specific PCDD/F emissions inventory for the UK: do current estimates account for the measured atmospheric burden? Chemosphere, 43 (2). pp. 183-194. ISSN 0045-6535
• Halsall, Crispin J. and Sweetman, Andrew and Barrie, L. A. and Jones, Kevin C. (2001) Modelling the behaviour of PAHs during atmospheric transport from the UK to the Arctic. Atmospheric Environment, 35 (2). pp. 255-267. ISSN 1352-2310
• Alcock, Ruth E. and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Juan, C. Y. and Jones, Kevin C. (2000) A generic model of human lifetime exposure to persistent organic contaminants: development and application to PCB-101. Environmental Pollution, 110 (2). pp. 253-265. ISSN 0269-7491
• Sweetman, Andrew J. and Alcock, Ruth E. and Wittsiepe, Jurgen and Jones, Kevin C. (2000) Human exposure to PCDD/Fs in the UK : the development of a modelling approach to give historical and future perspectives. Environment International, 26 (1-2). pp. 37-47. ISSN 0160-4120
• Sweetman, Andrew J. and Jones, Kevin C. (2000) Declining PCB concentrations in the UK atmosphere: Evidence and possible causes. Environmental Science & Technology, 34 (5). pp. 863-869. ISSN 0013-936X
• Thomas, Gareth O. and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Jones, Kevin C. (1999) Metabolism and body-burden of PCBs in lactating dairy cows. Chemosphere, 39 (9). pp. 1533-1544. ISSN 0045-6535
• Alcock, Ruth E. and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Jones, Kevin C. (1999) Assessment of organic contaminant fate in waste water treatment plants : selected compounds and physicochemical properties. Chemosphere, 38 (10). pp. 2247-2262. ISSN 0045-6535
• Sweetman, Andrew J. and Thomas, Gareth O. and Jones, Kevin C. (1999) Modelling the fate and behaviour of lipophilic organic contaminants in lactating dairy cows. Environmental Pollution, 104 (2). pp. 261-270. ISSN 0269-7491
• Thomas, Gareth O. and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Jones, Kevin C. (1999) Input-output balance of PCBs in a long-term study of lactating dairy cattle. Environmental Science & Technology, 33 (1). pp. 104-112. ISSN 0013-936X
• Thomas, Gareth O. and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Jones, Kevin C. (1999) PCBs in dairy cows : metabolism and body-burden. Organohalogen Compounds, 41. pp. 459-462. ISSN 1026-4892
• Alcock, Ruth E. and Sweetman, A. J. and Juan, C.-Y. and Jones, Kevin C. (1999) The intake and clearance of PCBs in humans - a generic model of lifetime exposure. Organohalogen Compounds, 44. pp. 61-65. ISSN 1026-4892
• Thomas, Gareth O. and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Lohmann, Rainer and Jones, Kevin C. (1998) Derivation and field testing of air-milk and feed-milk transfer factors for PCBs. Environmental Science & Technology, 32 (22). pp. 3522-3528. ISSN 0013-936X
• Ockenden, Wendy A. and Sweetman, Andrew and Prest, Harry F. and Steinnes, Eiliv and Jones, Kevin C. (1998) Toward an understanding of the global atmospheric distribution of persistent organic pollutants : the use of semi-permeable membrane devices as time integrated passive samplers. Environmental Science & Technology, 32 (18). pp. 2795-2803. ISSN 0013-936X
• Thomas, Gareth O. and Smith, K. E. C. and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Jones, Kevin C. (1998) Further studies of the air-pasture transfer of PCBs. Environmental Pollution, 102 (1). pp. 119-128. ISSN 0269-7491
• Ockenden, Wendy A. and Prest, Harry F. and Thomas, Gareth O. and Sweetman, Andrew and Jones, Kevin C. (1998) Passive air sampling for PCBs : field calculation of atmospheric sampling rates by Triolein containing semi-permeable membrane devices. Environmental Science & Technology, 32 (10). pp. 1538-1543. ISSN 0013-936X
• Thomas, Gareth O. and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Parker, C. A. and Kreibich, H. and Jones, Kevin C. (1998) Development and validation of methods for the trace determination of PCBs in biological matrices. Chemosphere, 36 (11). pp. 2447-2459. ISSN 0045-6535
• Thomas, Gareth O. and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Ockenden, Wendy A. and Mackay, Donald and Jones, Kevin C. (1998) Air-pasture transfer of PCBs. Environmental Science & Technology, 32 (7). pp. 936-942. ISSN 0013-936X
• Thomas, Gareth O. and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Jones, Kevin C. (1998) Air-milk transfer of PCBs. Organohalogen Compounds, 36. pp. 393-396. ISSN 1026-4892
• Thomas, G. and Sweetman, A. and Lead, W. A. and Jones, Kevin C. (1997) Air-plant transfers of PCBs. Organohalogen Compounds, 33. pp. 259-263. ISSN 1026-4892