PMID- 19635625
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100105
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 1879-3363 (Electronic)
IS  - 0025-326X (Linking)
VI  - 58
IP  - 10
DP  - 2009 Oct
TI  - International Pellet Watch: global monitoring of persistent organic pollutants 
      (POPs) in coastal waters. 1. Initial phase data on PCBs, DDTs, and HCHs.
PG  - 1437-46
LID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.06.014 [doi]
AB  - Samples of polyethylene pellets were collected at 30 beaches from 17 countries 
      and analyzed for organochlorine compounds. PCB concentrations in the pellets were 
      highest on US coasts, followed by western Europe and Japan, and were lower in 
      tropical Asia, southern Africa and Australia. This spatial pattern reflected 
      regional differences in the usage of PCBs and was positively correlated with data 
      from Mussel Watch, another monitoring approach. DDTs showed high concentrations 
      on the US west coast and in Vietnam. In Vietnam, DDT was predominant over its 
      metabolites (DDE and DDD), suggesting the principal source may be current usage 
      of the pesticide for malaria control. High concentrations of pesticide HCHs were 
      detected in the pellets from southern Africa, suggesting current usage of the 
      pesticides in southern Africa. This study demonstrates the utility and 
      feasibility of the International Pellet Watch approach to monitor POPs at a 
      global scale.
FAU - Ogata, Yuko
AU  - Ogata Y
AD  - Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry (LOG), Tokyo University of Agriculture and 
      Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan.
FAU - Takada, Hideshige
AU  - Takada H
FAU - Mizukawa, Kaoruko
AU  - Mizukawa K
FAU - Hirai, Hisashi
AU  - Hirai H
FAU - Iwasa, Satoru
AU  - Iwasa S
FAU - Endo, Satoshi
AU  - Endo S
FAU - Mato, Yukie
AU  - Mato Y
FAU - Saha, Mahua
AU  - Saha M
FAU - Okuda, Keiji
AU  - Okuda K
FAU - Nakashima, Arisa
AU  - Nakashima A
FAU - Murakami, Michio
AU  - Murakami M
FAU - Zurcher, Nico
AU  - Zurcher N
FAU - Booyatumanondo, Ruchaya
AU  - Booyatumanondo R
FAU - Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi
AU  - Zakaria MP
FAU - Dung, Le Quang
AU  - Dung le Q
FAU - Gordon, Miriam
AU  - Gordon M
FAU - Miguez, Carlos
AU  - Miguez C
FAU - Suzuki, Satoru
AU  - Suzuki S
FAU - Moore, Charles
AU  - Moore C
FAU - Karapanagioti, Hrissi K
AU  - Karapanagioti HK
FAU - Weerts, Steven
AU  - Weerts S
FAU - McClurg, Tim
AU  - McClurg T
FAU - Burres, Erick
AU  - Burres E
FAU - Smith, Wally
AU  - Smith W
FAU - Van Velkenburg, Michael
AU  - Van Velkenburg M
FAU - Lang, Judith Selby
AU  - Lang JS
FAU - Lang, Richard C
AU  - Lang RC
FAU - Laursen, Duane
AU  - Laursen D
FAU - Danner, Brenda
AU  - Danner B
FAU - Stewardson, Nickol
AU  - Stewardson N
FAU - Thompson, Richard C
AU  - Thompson RC
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20090726
PL  - England
TA  - Mar Pollut Bull
JT  - Marine pollution bulletin
JID - 0260231
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Halogenated)
RN  - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene)
RN  - CIW5S16655 (DDT)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Bathing Beaches/statistics & numerical data
MH  - DDT/*analysis
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/methods/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
MH  - Geography
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Halogenated/*analysis
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/*analysis
MH  - Polyethylene/*chemistry
EDAT- 2009/07/29 09:00
MHDA- 2010/01/06 06:00
CRDT- 2009/07/29 09:00
PHST- 2009/03/15 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2009/06/13 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2009/06/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2009/07/29 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/07/29 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/01/06 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0025-326X(09)00269-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.06.014 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Mar Pollut Bull. 2009 Oct;58(10):1437-46. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.06.014. 
      Epub 2009 Jul 26.