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Preface

that make for interesting reading.

Acknowledgment

Persistent organic pollutants are organic compounds that for their persistent nature require scientific attention and study. It is with this in mind that authors with different backgrounds and specialties have written a number of interesting articles that are now compounded in

The originality of the articles is ascertained and the work has gone through strict standards

First of all I wish to thank the Almighty God for the opportunity to edit this book on persis‐ tent organic pollutants. I also wish to thank Ms. Marijana Francetic, Author Service Manag‐ er, for her guidance and patience in assisting me to carry out the editing of the articles sent by the authors. I also wish to thank Ms. Lily Vugah of the Department of Geomatic Engi‐

> **Dr. Stephen Kudom Donyinah** Department of Petroleum Engineering

> > College of Engineering Knust, Kumasi, Ghana

this book. It is hoped that readers will find it useful and interesting.

The work could not be completed without the assistance of the following:

neering of KNUST for her assistance with IT in editing this work.
