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ExpertiseUpdated on 27 April 2026

Persistent organic pollutants and emerging pollutants

María Ángeles Martínez

Head of the Unit of POPs and Emerging Pollutants in Enviromnent and Professor at CIEMAT (Spain) at Research Centre on Energy, Environment and Technology (CIEMAT)

Madrid, Spain

About

·   Design, optimization, and validation of analytical methodologies for pollutant target analysis, and development of workflows for suspect and non-target screening to identify emerging pollutants (including flame retardants, plasticizers, per fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs, among others).

·   Source characterization and emission inventories from industrial and energy-related activities, with strategies for decontamination and safe destruction of POPs and EPs.

·   Environmental occurrence and fate of POPs and EPs, including presence at national and international scales, transfer across ecological compartments, and bioaccumulation at different trophic levels.

·   Human exposure assessment, addressing inhalation, ingestion, and dermal absorption pathways.

·   Environmental risk assessment of POP and EP in diverse environmental samples.

Field

  • ENVIROMENT
  • MATERIALES, TEXTILES AND CHEMICALS

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