PMID- 15982740
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20051209
LR  - 20061115
IS  - 0160-4120 (Print)
IS  - 0160-4120 (Linking)
VI  - 31
IP  - 6
DP  - 2005 Aug
TI  - Contamination of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and relevant management in 
      China.
PG  - 813-21
AB  - The status of typical persistent organic pollutant (POP) contamination in many 
      media (e.g., farm produce, soil, human milk, water, and sediments) was surveyed 
      and China's relevant countermeasures for controlling POPs were analyzed in this 
      paper. The results showed that the proportion of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) 
      to all kinds of pesticides has descended significantly since 1983 when the OCPs 
      were forbidden from being used. The spatial distribution characteristic of 
      pesticide application in the whole country was as follows: 
      southeast>central>northwest. The pesticide residues in food with high fat and 
      high protein content were more than that in foodstuffs. The residual 
      concentration in soil in the whole country was as follows: south>central>north. 
      Furthermore, in vegetable fields, the residual concentration was higher than that 
      in crop fields. As for human milk, the retained amount tended to decrease. In the 
      recent two decades, although the reduction was 81.5%, it was still higher than 
      that in some developed European and American countries. The rank of the residual 
      concentrations of OCPs in different media was: human milk>animal 
      foodstuff>soil>vegetable food>water and sediment. The initial relevant POP 
      management in China can be traced back to 1982 when the Ordinance of Pesticide 
      Management was enacted. Now, environmental control of POPs in China is close to 
      the international level. The legal management system of POPs can be divided into 
      four facets, including 3 regulations, 6 ordinances, and 20 standards. However, on 
      the whole, most of the existing regulations do not refer to POPs directly. Only 
      some clauses mention POPs and lack pertinent, explicit statements on POP 
      pollution and control. Legislation is urgently needed for more effective 
      environmental management to enhance POP control.
FAU - Tieyu, Wang
AU  - Tieyu W
AD  - Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 
      Beijing 100085, China.
FAU - Yonglong, Lu
AU  - Yonglong L
FAU - Hong, Zhang
AU  - Hong Z
FAU - Yajuan, Shi
AU  - Yajuan S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Environ Int
JT  - Environment international
JID - 7807270
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Pesticide Residues)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - 0 (Soil Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
SB  - IM
MH  - China
MH  - Crops, Agricultural/chemistry
MH  - Dairy Products/analysis
MH  - Eggs/analysis
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Environmental Pollution/legislation & jurisprudence/*prevention & control
MH  - *Food Contamination
MH  - Fruit/chemistry
MH  - Geologic Sediments/analysis
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/*analysis
MH  - Meat/analysis
MH  - Milk, Human/*chemistry
MH  - Pesticide Residues/*analysis
MH  - Pesticides/*analysis
MH  - Seafood/analysis
MH  - Soil Pollutants/analysis
MH  - Vegetables/chemistry
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis
EDAT- 2005/06/29 09:00
MHDA- 2005/12/13 09:00
CRDT- 2005/06/29 09:00
PHST- 2005/06/29 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/12/13 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/06/29 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0160-4120(05)00112-1 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envint.2005.05.043 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Int. 2005 Aug;31(6):813-21. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2005.05.043.