title: Survey of dioxin sources in the Baltic Region (extended summary).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: COWI A/S, Denmark. crl@cowi.dk
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lassen
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Allan Astrup
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Olendrzyński
authors.forename: Wiesław
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kołsut
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zurek
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kargulewicz
authors.forename: Bogusław
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Debski
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skośkiewicz
authors.forename: Mariusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Holtzer
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grochowalski
authors.forename: Evija
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brante
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Poltimae
authors.forename: Tiit
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kallaste
authors.forename: Jonas
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kapturauskas
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D001454:Baltic States; D003625:Data Collection; D004147:Dioxins / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D004147:Dioxins