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Vefsíður

10. http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/04/us/flint-water-crisis-fast-facts/index.html, sótt 30.11.2017

11. http://worldoceanreview.com/en/wor-1/pollution/organic-pollutants/

12. http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/78649/E91044.pdf

13. http://www.who.int/foodsafety/areas_work/chemical-risks/pops/en/

14. https://www.epa.gov/assessing-and-managing-chemicals-under-tsca/polybrominated-diphenyl-ethers-pbdes

15. https://www.epa.gov/ingredients-used-pesticide-products/ddt-brief-history-and-status

16. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259479411_Sources_Transport_and_Fate_of_Organic_Pollutants_in_the_Oceanic_Environment

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20. https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2014-03/documents/pahs_factsheet_cdc_2013.pdf

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22. http://www.lead.org.au/lanv1n2/lanv1n2-8.html

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Myndir

Mynd 5.1. Mynd af https://earth.esa.int/web/earth-watching/special-events/content/-/asset_publisher/CrWyoA6dWnwI/content/algal-blooms-baltic-sea-july-2005?fbclid=IwAR0bApbwtXO-BxXeh20uOxBYYfo57mRVdba6g6h7I2yp_rMbGti1a9T3wtk og Nayneung/Shutterstock

Mynd 5.2. Edda Karólína Ævarsdóttir, byggt á mynd 4.1 í heimild 5

Mynd 5.3. Birna Sigrún Hallsdóttir, skýringarmynd

Mynd 5.4. Toa55/Shutterstock og Mehmet Cetin/Shutterstock

Mynd 5.5. Samsett mynd, Magic mine/Shutterstock

Mynd 5.6. Sigurður Bernharð Finnsson, gögn frá Umhverfisstofnun

Mynd 5.7. Samsett mynd, Magic mine/Shutterstock

Mynd 5.8. Edda Karólína Ævarsdóttir, byggt á https://arcticportal.org/ap-library/yar-features/144-persistent-organic-pollutants-a-great-environmental-and-human-risk-in-the-arctic

Mynd 5.9. Gudkov Andrey/Shutterstock