Survey of dioxin sources in the Baltic Region (extended summary).
The present paper summarises the results of the project: 'Survey of Anthropogenic Sources of Dioxins and Furans in the Baltic Region'. As a part of the project, inventories have been carried out in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland by applying the toolkit for quantification of dioxin and furan releases developed by UNEP Chemicals. The main route of direct releases to the environment is emission to air. Total emission to air from Poland was estimated at 490 (88-1,300) g I-TEQ/year, whereas the emissions from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were estimated as being 14 (2.4-54), 23 (2.6-63) and 17 (2.6-38) g I-TEQ, respectively. In general, the uncertainty on the estimates is very high, and recommendations regarding further development of the inventories have been made, and measures for reducing the releases have been provided.
Lassen
Carsten
C
COWI A/S, Denmark. crl@cowi.dk
Hansen
Erik
E
Jensen
Allan Astrup
AA
Olendrzyński
Krzysztof
K
Kołsut
Wiesław
W
Zurek
Janusz
J
Kargulewicz
Iwona
I
Debski
Bogusław
B
Skośkiewicz
Jacek
J
Holtzer
Mariusz
M
Grochowalski
Adam
A
Brante
Evija
E
Poltimae
Helen
H
Kallaste
Tiit
T
Kapturauskas
Jonas
J
D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D001454:Baltic States; D003625:Data Collection; D004147:Dioxins / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring
D000393:Air Pollutants; D004147:Dioxins