四十年科研创新,助力持久性有机污染物纳入全国环境监测体系

Celebration of Achievement in Persistent Organic Pollutants Monitoring Based on Solid Foundation of 40 Years of Scientific Research

持久性有机污染物(POPs)同类物和异构体众多,结构复杂。尽管在环境介质和生物体中超痕量存在,但具有较高的潜在危害。痕量POPs检测是环境分析的重大挑战。我国POPs监测在40年前艰难起步,历经3代科学家的不懈努力,在国家重大科技计划项目等支持下,取得了丰硕成果,从而为将POPs监测纳入全国环境监测体系奠定了坚实的科学基础。文章描述了我国POPs检测技术研发由跟踪到引领的跨越式发展历程,介绍了中国科学家为履行《关于持久性有机污染物的斯德哥尔摩公约》开展国内POPs监测和亚太区域POPs监测的重要贡献,并提出了今后POPs监测的国家需求以及研究展望。

Persistent organic pollutants(POPs) have complex structures with many congeners and isomers. Although they are trace levels in environmental media and organisms, they are toxic to both humans and wildlife. The determination of trace POPs is a great challenge for environmental analysis. The POPs monitoring in China started 40 years ago. After the unremitting efforts of three generations of the Chinese scientists, and with the financial support of national scientific and technological projects, the POPs monitoring capacity is greatly improved, laying a solid scientific foundation for POPs being included into national routine monitoring. This article describes the leap-forward development of POPs monitoring technology in China, and introduces the contributions of Chinese scientists to the implementation of the "Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants" in carrying out domestic POPs monitoring and POPs monitoring in the Asia-Pacific region. The demand and research prospects for future POPs monitoring are put forward.