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Further information

Monographs and reviews of topics covered by this brochure, most published since the appearance of the first edition, are as follows:

"IUPAC White Book on Chlorine: A Contribution to the Debate on the Effect of Chlorine and Chlorine-containing Compounds on the Environment", Eds. R.-P. Martin and G.J. Martens, Pure & Applied Chemistry, 68, No. 9, September 1996.

"Naturally Occurring Organochlorine Compounds - A Comprehensive Review", G.W. Gribble, Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products, Eds. W. Herz, G.W. Kirby, R.E. Moore, W. Steglich and Ch. Tamm, 1996, 63, 1-498.

"Naturally Occurring Organohalogen Compounds", G.W. Gribble, Accounts of Chemical Research, 1998, 31, 141-152.

"Naturally Produced Organohalogens", Eds. A. Grimvall and E.W.B. de Leer, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1995.

"Mechanisms of Biohalogenation and Dehalogenation", Eds. D.B. Janssen, K. Soda and R. Wever, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1997.

"Composite Global Emissions of Reactive Chlorine from Anthropogenic and Natural Sources: Reactive Chlorine Emissions Inventory", W.C. Keene, M. Aslam, K. Khalil, D.J. Erickson III, A. McCulloch, T.E. Graedel, J.M. Lobert, M.L. Aucott, S.L. Gong, D.B. Harper, G. Kleiman, P. Midgley, R.M. Moore, C. Seuzaret, W.T. Sturges, C.M. Benkovitz, V. Koropalov, L.A. Barrie and Y.F. Li, Journal of Geophysical Research, 1999, 104, 8429, and seven associated papers in the same issue.

"The Tropospheric Budget of Reactive Chlorine", T.E. Graedel and W.C. Keene, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 1995, 9, 47-77.

"Organohalogens in Nature", G. Asplund and A. Grimvall, Environmental Science and Technology, 1991, 25, 1346.

"Organohalogens - The Natural Alternatives", E.J. Hoekstra and E.W.B. de Leer, Chemistry in Britain, 1995, 31, 127-131