PMID- 17140634
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070514
LR  - 20070216
IS  - 0045-6535 (Print)
IS  - 0045-6535 (Linking)
VI  - 67
IP  - 7
DP  - 2007 Apr
TI  - Comparison of active and passive sampling for the determination of persistent 
      organic pollutants (POPs) in sewage treatment plants.
PG  - 1375-82
AB  - Semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs) and conventional active sampling methods 
      were used for the sampling of wastewater from the wastewater treatment plant of 
      Thessaloniki, northern Greece. The occurrence of 22 POPs was shown by both 
      sampling methods. The most abundant compounds were heptachlor-exo-epoxide and 
      PCBs-52; -101 and -180. Concentrations of POPs detected by active sampling and 
      those estimated by the SPMDs matched very well in some cases, but significant 
      mismatches were also observed. Regression analysis of the results detected by 
      both methods showed moderate correlations. The highest uptake rate of hydrophobic 
      compounds by SPMDs was observed for analytes with log K(OW) between 5.5 and 6.0. 
      Our data suggest that active and passive sampling are complimentary, and that at 
      least for the outflow of a WWTP, SPMDs could be used for the routine monitoring 
      of compounds that are listed at the Water Framework Directive of the European 
      Commissions.
FAU - Katsoyiannis, Athanasios
AU  - Katsoyiannis A
AD  - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Chemistry, Environmental 
      Pollution Control Laboratory, Thessaloniki GR-54124, Greece. 
      katsoyan@chem.auth.gr
FAU - Samara, Constantini
AU  - Samara C
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20061130
PL  - England
TA  - Chemosphere
JT  - Chemosphere
JID - 0320657
RN  - 0 (Membranes, Artificial)
RN  - 0 (Sewage)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
SB  - IM
MH  - Greece
MH  - Membranes, Artificial
MH  - Permeability
MH  - Quality Control
MH  - Regression Analysis
MH  - Sewage/*analysis
MH  - Specimen Handling
MH  - *Waste Disposal, Fluid
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis
EDAT- 2006/12/05 09:00
MHDA- 2007/05/15 09:00
CRDT- 2006/12/05 09:00
PHST- 2006/08/09 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2006/10/05 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2006/10/09 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2006/12/05 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/05/15 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/12/05 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0045-6535(06)01359-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.10.035 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chemosphere. 2007 Apr;67(7):1375-82. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.10.035. Epub 
      2006 Nov 30.