Ruth E. Alcock,^* Ruth Boumphrey,^** Heath M. Malcolm,^*** Daniel Osborn,^**** Kevin C. Jones<sup>*****


*</sup>Ruth E. Alcock is a Research Fellow in the Department of Environmental Science at Lancaster University, UK. Her research focuses on quantifying sources, pathways and exposure of persistent organic pollutants. Her address: Department of Environmental Science, Institute of Environmental and Natural Sciences Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4Yq, UK. r.alcock@lancaster.ac.uk
^**Ruth Boumphrey is Principal Scientist at the UK Environment Agency's National Centre for Ecotoxicology and Hazardous Substances. She works on regulatory applications for ecotoxicological information and on Hazardous Chemicals Policy. Her address: Environment Agency, Centre for Ecotoxicology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK. ruth.boumphrey@environment-agency.gov.uk
^***Heath M. Malcolm has worked in the Pollution and Ecotoxicology Section of the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology's Monks Wood Laboratory since 1990, assessing effects on pollution on wildlife. His address: Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Monks Wood, Cambridgeshire, PE28 2LS, UK. hmm@ceh.ac.uk
^****Daniel Osborn is Head of Pollution and Ecotoxicology Section at CEH Monks Wood. His research interests include temporal and spatial trends in the levels of organic chemicals in soils and wildlife. His address: Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Monks Wood, Cambridgeshire, PE28 2LS, UK. dano@ceh.ac.uk
^*****Kevin C. Jones is a professor in the Environmental Science Department at Lancaster University, UK. His interests are in the environmental sources, cycling and fates of persistent organic pollutants. His address: Department of Environmental Science, Institute of Environmental and Natural Sciences Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, UK. k.c.jones@lancaster.ac.uk