title: Persistent organic pollutants (POPs): a global issue, a global challenge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. aqeelashraf@um.edu.my.|Centre for Research in Waste Management, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. aqeelashraf@um.edu.my.|Faculty of Science & Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. aqeelashraf@um.edu.my.
authors.forename: Muhammad Aqeel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ashraf