the Science of the Total Environment An International Journal for Scientific Research into the Environment and its Relationship with Man Vol. 185, NOS. 1-3 CONTENTS June 21st 1996 (Abstracted/ndexed in: Biol. Abstr., CABS (Current Awareness in Biological Sciences), Chem. Abstr., Curr. Contents AB & ES, EH & S Digest, Environ. Period. Bibliogr., Excerpta Med., Focus On: Global Change, Geo Abstr., Meteorol. & Geoastrophys. Abstr., Oceanogr. Lit. Rev., PASCAL/CNRS, Selected Water Resour. Abstr.) Special Issue: Organic Contaminants in Sewage Sludges. Proceedings of the International Sym- posium on Organic Contaminants in Sewage Sludges, Lancaster University, United Kingdom, 16-17 May, 1995. Introduction Sources, behaviour and fate of organic contaminants during sewage treatment and in sewage sludges H.R. Rogers (UK) Monitoring and prioritisation of organic contaminants in sewage sludges using specific chemical analysis and predic- . tive, non-analytical methods M.D. Webber, H.R. Rogers, C.D. Watts, A.B.A. Boxall, R.D. Davis, R. Scoffin (Canada; UK) Screening the environmental fate of organic contaminants in sewage sludges applied to agricultural soils: 1. The poten- tial for downward movement to groundwaters S.C. Wilson, R. Duarte-Davidson, K.C. Jones (UK) Screening the environmental fate of organic contaminants in sewage sludge applied to agricultural soils: Il. The poten- tial for transfers to plants and grazing animals R. Duarte-Davidson, K.C. Jones (UK) Organic compounds in sludge-amended soils and their potential for uptake by crop plants G.A. O’Connor (USA) Bioaccumulation and metabolic fate of sewage sludge derived organic xenobiotics in plants H.H. Harms (Germany) Ingestion of sludge applied organic chemicals by animals G.F. Fries (USA) Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in sewage sludge: sources and fate following sludge application to land M.S. McLachlan, M. Horstmann, M. Hinkel (Germany) The form and bioavailability of non-ionic organic chemicals in sewage sludge-amended agricultural soils A.J. Beck, D.L. Johnson, K.C. Jones (UK) Organotin compounds in municipal wastewater and sewage sludge: contamination, fate in treatment process and ecotoxicological consequences K. Fent (Switzerland) A review of the interaction of surfactants with organic contaminants in soil S.D. Haigh (UK) . Effects assessments for surfactants in sludge-amended soils: a literature review and perspectives for terrestrial risk assessment P. Kloepper-Sams, F. Torfs, T. Feijtel, J. Gooch (Belgium; USA) Organic contaminants in municipal biosolids: risk assessment, quantitative pathways analysis, and current research priorities R.L. Chaney, J.A. Ryan, G.A. O’Connor (USA) Author index Subject index