A review of environmental and human exposure to persistent organic pollutants in the Pearl River Delta, South China

Occurrence, distribution and risk assessment of polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in nine water sources

“…However, the region also experienced severe pollution of heavy metals and organic contaminants in the last three decades Zhang et al, 2013b). The pollution of PCBs and PBDEs were more severe, especially in the Pearl River Delta (Chen et al, 2013;Zhang et al, 2013a;Zhang et al, 2013b).…”

Temporal and spatial variations of organochlorine pesticides in the suspended particulate matter from Lake Chaohu, China

“…Water environments are easily contaminated by OCPs (Zhang et al, 2013). It was reported that OCPs were widely distributed in freshwater bodies, including ponds, rivers, lakes, reservoirs and estuaries (e.g., Dua et al, 1996;Janiot et al, 1994;Maskaoui et al, 2005;Tao et al, 2007;Zhou et al, 2008;Yamashita et al, 2000;Xu et al, 2013).…”

Revomal of Organic Pollutants by a River Water Purification Demonstration Project

“…As a result of rapid economic development of the Pearl River Delta (PRD) in recent decades, the pollution of organic pollutants in the water environment of the Pearl River was becoming more serious,thus potenially threatening human health and ecological security in this area [1,2]. Some kinds of organic pollutants, such as brominated flame retardants(BFRs)-Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons(PAHs), Bisphenol A (BPA) and other pollutants, have been detected in water of East river, which was the one of upstream rivers of the Pearl River [3,4].…”