PMID- 20235613
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100601
LR  - 20161125
IS  - 0013-936X (Print)
IS  - 0013-936X (Linking)
VI  - 44
IP  - 8
DP  - 2010 Apr 15
TI  - Passive air sampling of organochlorine pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls, and 
      polybrominated diphenyl ethers across the tibetan plateau.
PG  - 2988-93
LID - 10.1021/es9033759 [doi]
AB  - So far there are limited data on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the 
      atmosphere of the Tibetan Plateau. XAD 2-resin based passive air samplers were 
      therefore deployed for 1 year (between July 2007-June 2008) at 16 locations 
      across the Tibetan Plateau. Based on previously reported sampling rates (R) 
      derived in the north and south America, and their correlations with atmospheric 
      temperature and pressure, R values in the present study were in the range of 
      2.2-3.3 m(3) d(-1) (average = 2.7 +/- 0.3). Derived air concentrations (pg/m(3)) 
      ranged as follows: DDTs, 5-75; HCHs, 0.1-36; alpha-endosulfan, 0.1-10; HCB, 
      2.8-80; sum of 15 PCBs, 1.8-8.2; and sum of 9 PBDEs, 0.1-8.3. The highest DDTs 
      occurred at Qamdo, where the sampling site is near to farm land, indicating the 
      spatial distribution of DDTs across the plateau may be influenced by scattered 
      local usage of DDT. Higher levels of HCHs were observed at sites with high 
      elevation (>4000 m) and close to the China-India border, indicating possible 
      long-range atmospheric transport. The highest levels of HCB, PCBs, and PBDEs were 
      found at a site impacted by forest fire during the sampling campaign.
FAU - Wang, Xiao-Ping
AU  - Wang XP
AD  - Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, 
      Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 
      100085, China. wangxp@itpcas.ac.cn
FAU - Gong, Ping
AU  - Gong P
FAU - Yao, Tan-Dong
AU  - Yao TD
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 (Pesticides)
RN  - 7REL09ZX35 (pentabromodiphenyl ether)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Air Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/*analysis
MH  - Pesticides/*analysis
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/*analysis
MH  - Tibet
EDAT- 2010/03/20 06:00
MHDA- 2010/06/02 06:00
CRDT- 2010/03/19 06:00
PHST- 2010/03/19 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/03/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/06/02 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1021/es9033759 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Technol. 2010 Apr 15;44(8):2988-93. doi: 10.1021/es9033759.