PMID- 17438758
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070815
LR  - 20190715
IS  - 0013-936X (Print)
IS  - 0013-936X (Linking)
VI  - 41
IP  - 7
DP  - 2007 Apr 1
TI  - Coupling passive air sampling with emission estimates and chemical fate modeling 
      for persistent organic pollutants (POPs): a feasibility study for Northern 
      Europe.
PG  - 2165-71
AB  - Passive air samplers (polyurethane foam disks) were deployed at 23 background 
      locations along a broadly west-east transect in 8 northern European countries and 
      analyzed for PCBs, PBDEs, PAHs, and a range of organochlorine pesticides (HCB, 
      DDTs, and DDEs). PCBs and PAHs were highest at the center of the transect 
      (Denmark) and lowest in northern Norway. HCB was relatively uniformly 
      distributed, reflecting its persistence and high degree of mixing in air. Higher 
      DDE and DDT levels occurred in Eastern Europe and at several sites in Central 
      Europe. PBDE levels were generally similar at all sites, but lower for some 
      locations in Eastern Europe and Ireland. Emissions information for PCBs, HCB, and 
      PBDEs was used as input for a multi-media chemical fate model, to generate 
      predicted air concentrations and compare with these measured values. Different 
      scenarios were highlighted by this exercise: (i) country and compound 
      combinations where the national inventory gave predicted air concentrations in 
      close agreement with those measured (e.g., PCBs in the UK); (ii) country and 
      compound combinations where predicted concentrations were well below those 
      measured, but where advection of emissions from elsewhere is likely to be 
      important (e.g., PCBs in Norway); (iii) consistent underestimation of compound 
      concentrations by the emissions modeling (i.e., HCB); and (iv) general 
      overestimation of ambient concentrations (i.e., PBDEs). Air mass trajectory 
      analysis showed the likely role of long-range atmospheric transport (LRAT) on 
      national levels. In general, advection from the south and west of Europe appeared 
      to contribute to ambient POPs levels for countries in the center and northeast of 
      the transect. Guidelines are presented as to how countries that want to assess 
      their POPs source inventories can do so with this relatively cheap initial 
      screening approach.
FAU - Gioia, Rosalinda
AU  - Gioia R
AD  - Centre for Chemicals Management, Department of Environmental Science, Lancaster 
      Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, UK.
FAU - Sweetman, Andy J
AU  - Sweetman AJ
FAU - Jones, Kevin C
AU  - Jones KC
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Environ Sci Technol
JT  - Environmental science & technology
JID - 0213155
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - 0 (Phenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)
RN  - 0 (polychlorinated diphenyl ethers)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Air Movements
MH  - Air Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Air Pollution/*analysis
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Europe
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/analysis
MH  - *Models, Chemical
MH  - Pesticides/analysis
MH  - Phenyl Ethers/analysis
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis
MH  - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/analysis
EDAT- 2007/04/19 09:00
MHDA- 2007/08/19 09:00
CRDT- 2007/04/19 09:00
PHST- 2007/04/19 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/08/19 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/04/19 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1021/es0626739 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Technol. 2007 Apr 1;41(7):2165-71. doi: 10.1021/es0626739.