PMID- 19724835
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20091006
LR  - 20171116
IS  - 1464-0333 (Electronic)
IS  - 1464-0325 (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 9
DP  - 2009 Sep
TI  - Distribution profiles of selected organic pollutants in soils and sediments of 
      industrial, residential and agricultural areas of South Africa.
PG  - 1647-57
LID - 10.1039/b905585a [doi]
AB  - Currently very little data exists on the presence of persistent organic 
      pollutants (POPs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the South 
      African environment. To address this data gap a preliminary study of a highly 
      industrialised area of South Africa, the Vaal Triangle, was done. Soil and 
      sediment samples from the Vaal Triangle, as well as other areas in central South 
      Africa, were analysed with high resolution gas chromatography-high resolution 
      mass spectrometry (HRGC/HRMS) for the presence of PAHs, polychlorinated biphenyls 
      (PCBs), dioxin-like chemicals and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs). Results 
      showed that these chemicals are present in the South African environment with 
      concentrations ranging between 39,000 ng g(-1) for SigmaPAHs and 0.01 ng g(-1) 
      for dicofol. Principal component analysis (PCA) indicated different pollution 
      sources in industrial and agricultural areas.
FAU - Quinn, Laura
AU  - Quinn L
AD  - School of Environmental Sciences and Development, North-West University, 
      Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa. Laura.Quinn@nwu.ac.za
FAU - Pieters, Rialet
AU  - Pieters R
FAU - Nieuwoudt, Claudine
AU  - Nieuwoudt C
FAU - Borgen, Anders Rosrud
AU  - Borgen AR
FAU - Kylin, Henrik
AU  - Kylin H
FAU - Bouwman, Henk
AU  - Bouwman H
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20090730
PL  - England
TA  - J Environ Monit
JT  - Journal of environmental monitoring : JEM
JID - 100968688
RN  - 0 (Dioxins)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Industrial Waste)
RN  - 0 (Organic Chemicals)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - 0 (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)
RN  - 0 (Soil)
RN  - 0 (Soil Pollutants)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Dioxins/analysis
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Geography
MH  - Geologic Sediments/*chemistry
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/analysis
MH  - Industrial Waste/analysis
MH  - Kinetics
MH  - Organic Chemicals/*analysis
MH  - Pesticides/analysis
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis
MH  - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/*analysis
MH  - Soil/*analysis
MH  - Soil Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - South Africa
EDAT- 2009/09/03 06:00
MHDA- 2009/10/07 06:00
CRDT- 2009/09/03 09:00
PHST- 2009/09/03 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/09/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/10/07 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1039/b905585a [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Environ Monit. 2009 Sep;11(9):1647-57. doi: 10.1039/b905585a. Epub 2009 Jul 30.