**Meet the editor**

Dr. Stephen Kudom Donyinah is currently a senior lecturer in the Department of Petroleum Engineering, KNUST, Kumasi. He holds a PhD in Environmental Science and Engineering (2004) and Postgraduate Training in Computer Simulation and Applications to Petroleum Engineering, Geology and Related Subjects in the Oil and Gas Industry (2001), both from the China

University of Geosciences, PR China. He also holds a BSc (Hons) in Geological Engineering from KNUST, Kumasi (1990), and an MSc in Petroleum Engineering, Oil and Natural Gas Exploration (1996). In October 1995, Dr. Donyinah was a visiting scholar to Stanford University, CA, USA. In 2002, he was awarded the "Who is Who Award for Achievement in Science" by the International Biographical Center based in Cambridge, England. Dr. Donyinah has also participated in short courses in PetroSkills Training in Houston, Texas, USA, in 2010, 2012, and 2013, respectively. He is an associate member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Ghana Institution of Engineers. He speaks French and Mandarin Chinese fairly well. He was one of the pioneer lecturers in the Petroleum Engineering Program that was introduced into KNUST in September 2004. He has over 36 years of working experience with KNUST but is now retired and doing a post-retirement contract with the university. During his active lecturing years, he offered courses to students in chemical engineering, geological engineering, physics, and science departments. His research interest is in deep-sea geology, environmental science, and engineering.

Contents

**Preface VII**

Bilyeu

Stephen Kudom Donyinah

**in the Environment 17**

James T. Zacharia

Job Mwamburi

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) 1**

Chapter 3 **Degradation Pathways of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)**

Chapter 4 **Lake Sedimentary Environments and Roles of Accumulating**

**Victoria from 1989 a Concern? 31**

Katarína and Horváthová Hana

Chapter 5 **The Adaptation Mechanisms of Bacteria Applied in**

**Organic Matter in Biogeochemical Cycling Processes and Contaminants Loading Are Invasions of Water Hyacinth in Lake**

**Bioremediation of Hydrophobic Toxic Environmental Pollutants: How Indigenous and Introduced Bacteria Can Respond to Persistent Organic Pollutants-Induced Stress? 71** Dercová Katarína, Murínová Slavomíra, Dudášová Hana, Lászlová

Claudia Rosales Landeros, Carlos Eduardo Barrera Díaz and Bryan

Chapter 2 **Dissemination of Endosulfan into the Environment 5**
