European atmospheric emissions of selected persistent organic pollutants, 1970–1995

Pacyna, Józef M.; Breivik, Knut; Münch, Jörg; Fudala, Janina

doi:10.1016/s1352-2310(03)00240-1

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“…This indicates the absence of any fresh DDT input to the marine environment of the Aegean. DDT had been banned in the 1970s and 1980s (Pacyna et al 2003). However, the surface seawater of the eastern Mediterranean is expected to be a source for DDT since the 1980s (Stemmler and Lammel 2009).…”

Section: Levels Trends and Patterns Of Pts In Near-ground Airmentioning

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Air and seawater pollution and air–sea gas exchange of persistent toxic substances in the Aegean Sea: spatial trends of PAHs, PCBs, OCPs and PBDEs

Lammel

Audy

Besis

et al. 2015

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Near-ground air (26 substances) and surface seawater (55 substances) concentrations of persistent toxic substances (PTS) were determined in July 2012 in a coordinated and coherent way around the Aegean Sea based on passive air (10 sites in 5 areas) and water (4 sites in 2 areas) sampling. The direction of air-sea exchange was determined for 18 PTS. Identical samplers were deployed at all sites and were analysed at one laboratory. hexachlorobenzene (HCB), hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) as well as dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its degradation products are evenly distributed in the air of the whole region. Air concentrations of p,p′-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p′-DDE) and o,p′-DDT and seawater concentrations of p,p′-DDE and p,p′-DDD were elevated in Thermaikos Gulf, northwestern Aegean Sea. The polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congener pattern in air is identical throughout the region, while polybrominated diphenylether (PBDE)patterns are obviously dissimilar between Greece and Turkey. Various pollutants, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), PCBs, DDE, and penta-and hexachlorobenzene are found close to phase equilibrium or net-volatilisational (upward flux), similarly at a remote site (on Crete) and in the more polluted Thermaikos Gulf. The results suggest that effective passive air sampling volumes may not be representative across sites when PAHs significantly partitioning to the particulate phase are included.

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Section: Levels Trends and Patterns Of Pts In Near-ground Airmentioning

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Air and seawater pollution and air–sea gas exchange of persistent toxic substances in the Aegean Sea: spatial trends of PAHs, PCBs, OCPs and PBDEs

Lammel

Audy

Besis

et al. 2015

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…Most PCP-Na produced through HCB was used as amolluscicide in limnological regions of south China such as Taihu (Wang et al, 2010), and the historical use of PCP-Na may be an important source of HCB in the shallow groundwater of TLR. Previous studies showed that HCB was a trace contaminant in several pesticides containing chlorine such as lindane, technical HCH, pentachlorophenol (PCP) and pentachlorophenol-Na (PCP-Na), pentachloronitrobenzene (PCNB), atrazine, simazine, picloram, chlorothalonil, dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA) (US EPA, 1998;Benazon, 1999;Pacyna et al, 2003;Barber et al, 2005). The Spearman non-parametric correlation coefficients were calculated between HCB and four HCH isomers in the shallow groundwater, and the results showed that the concentration of HCB had significant correlation with the concentration of α-HCH(r=0.60) and β-HCH (r=0.41).…”

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Concentrations and potential health hazards of organochlorine pesticides in shallow groundwater of Taihu Lake region, China

Luo

Gui

et al. 2014

Science of The Total Environment

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“…HCB was reported to be a trace contaminant in several pesticides containing chlorine (Benazon, 1999;Pacyna et al, 2003). In the 1990 HCB inventories of the US, the following pesticides contained HCB as a contaminant: atrazine, simazine, picloram, pentachloronitrobenzene (PCNB), chlorothalonil, dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA), lindane, technical HCH, PCP and PCP-Na (USEPA, 1998).…”

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Hexachlorobenzene sources, levels and human exposure in the environment of China

Guang

Lü

Han

et al. 2010

Environment International

103

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a b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n f oThis article summarizes the published scientific data on sources, levels and human exposure of hexachlorobenzene (HCB) in China. Potential sources of unintended HCB emission were assessed by production information, emission factors and environmental policies. HCB was observed in various environmental compartments in China. HCB levels increased from South China to North China in most of environmental compartments (air, soil and mussel). Some hotspots were identified near the factories producing and using HCB. In terms of spatial distribution, HCB concentrations in air and shellfish showed much variation, which indicated some primary emission sources in China. HCB levels in air and human milk in China were relatively higher than those in other countries, but HCB levels in other compartments were similar to those in Europe and other countries in Eastern Asia. In the limited studies on temporal trends of HCB levels in China, HCB concentrations in air, sediment, fish and human milk did not show a consistent downward trend. Although HCB levels in food and human milk does not pose a health risk in China at present, long-term exposure to HCB should not be overlooked.

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European atmospheric emissions of selected persistent organic pollutants, 1970–1995

Cited by 138 publications

References 6 publications

Air and seawater pollution and air–sea gas exchange of persistent toxic substances in the Aegean Sea: spatial trends of PAHs, PCBs, OCPs and PBDEs

Air and seawater pollution and air–sea gas exchange of persistent toxic substances in the Aegean Sea: spatial trends of PAHs, PCBs, OCPs and PBDEs

Concentrations and potential health hazards of organochlorine pesticides in shallow groundwater of Taihu Lake region, China

Hexachlorobenzene sources, levels and human exposure in the environment of China

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