Letter to the editor regarding Collard et al. (2023): "Persistence and mobility (defined as organic-carbon partitioning) do not correlate to the detection of substances found in surface and groundwater: Criticism of the regulatory concept of persistent and mobile substances"

Hans Peter H Arp; Raoul Wolf; Sarah E Hale; Sivani Baskaran; Juliane Glüge; Martin Scheringer; Xenia Trier; Ian T Cousins; Harrie Timmer; Roberta Hofman-Caris; Anna Lennquist; André D Bannink; Gerard J Stroomberg; Rosa M A Sjerps; Rosa Montes; Rosario Rodil; José Benito Quintana; Daniel Zahn; Hervé Gallard; Tobias Mohr; Ivo Schliebner; Michael Neumann

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165927

Letter to the editor regarding Collard et al. (2023): "Persistence and mobility (defined as organic-carbon partitioning) do not correlate to the detection of substances found in surface and groundwater: Criticism of the regulatory concept of persistent and mobile substances"

Sci Total Environ. 2024 Jan 1:906:165927. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165927. Epub 2023 Jul 31.

Authors

Hans Peter H Arp¹, Raoul Wolf², Sarah E Hale³, Sivani Baskaran², Juliane Glüge⁴, Martin Scheringer⁴, Xenia Trier⁵, Ian T Cousins⁶, Harrie Timmer⁷, Roberta Hofman-Caris⁸, Anna Lennquist⁹, André D Bannink¹⁰, Gerard J Stroomberg¹⁰, Rosa M A Sjerps¹¹, Rosa Montes¹², Rosario Rodil¹², José Benito Quintana¹², Daniel Zahn¹³, Hervé Gallard¹⁴, Tobias Mohr¹⁵, Ivo Schliebner¹⁵, Michael Neumann¹⁶

Affiliations

¹ Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), P.O. Box 3930, Ullevål Stadion, 0806 Oslo, Norway; Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), N-7491 Trondheim, Norway. Electronic address: hans.peter.arp@ngi.no.
² Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), P.O. Box 3930, Ullevål Stadion, 0806 Oslo, Norway.
³ Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), P.O. Box 3930, Ullevål Stadion, 0806 Oslo, Norway; DVGW-Technologiezentrum Wasser, Karlsruher Str. 84, 76139 Karlsruhe, Germany.
⁴ Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland.
⁵ University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg, Denmark.
⁶ Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁷ Vewin, Association of Dutch water companies, Bezuidenhoutseweg 12, NL 2594 AV The Hague, the Netherlands.
⁸ KWR Water Research Institute, Groningenhaven 7, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands; University of Applied Sciences, Life Sciences and Chemistry, Heidelberglaan 7, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Wageningen University and Research, Environmental Technology, Droevendaalsesteeg 4, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
⁹ The International Chemical Secretariat, ChemSec, Första Långgatan 18, Gothenburg, Sweden.
¹⁰ RIWA Association of River Waterworks, Groenendael 6, 3439 LV Nieuwegein, the Netherlands.
¹¹ Oasen, Nieuwe Gouwe O.Z 3, 2801 SB Gouda, the Netherlands.
¹² Institute for Research on Chemical and Biological Analysis (IAQBUS), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, R. Constantino Candeira S.N., 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
¹³ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.
¹⁴ Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers UMR CNRS 7285, 1 rue Marcel Doré, TSA 41105, 86073 Poitiers Cedex 9, France.
¹⁵ German Environment Agency (UBA), Section IV 2.3 Chemicals, Wörlitzer Platz 1, 06844 Dessau-Roßlau, Germany.
¹⁶ German Environment Agency (UBA), Section IV 2.3 Chemicals, Wörlitzer Platz 1, 06844 Dessau-Roßlau, Germany. Electronic address: michael.neumann@uba.de.

PMID: 37532049
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165927

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Keywords: CLP regulation; Drinking water; PMT and vPvM; Water protection.

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Letter