PMID- 21751019
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120312
LR  - 20211020
IS  - 1614-7499 (Electronic)
IS  - 0944-1344 (Linking)
VI  - 19
IP  - 2
DP  - 2012 Feb
TI  - The occurrence and environmental effect of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) 
      in Taurus Mountains soils.
PG  - 325-34
LID - 10.1007/s11356-011-0561-x [doi]
AB  - PURPOSE: Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are of global concern due to their 
      ubiquitous presence and toxicity. The occurence of polychlorinated 
      dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), -dibenzofurans (PCDFs), co-planar biphenyls (PCBs), 
      hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCH), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes (DDT), and 
      organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in forest soil collected from Taurus mountains 
      may have adverse effects on the environment and health. The aim of the study was 
      to investigate the outcome and distribution of POPs in the environment and the 
      possible grasshopper effect along an altitude transect from sea level up to 
      nearly 2,000 m a.s.l at a spatial distance of about 60 km in the southeastern 
      Turkish Mediterranean Sea. METHODS: The samples were collected at a height of 
      121, 408, 981, 1,225, 1,373, 1,639, and 1,881 m above sea level from Taurus 
      Mountains, Turkey. The results were confirmed using high-resolution gas 
      chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry. RESULTS: The levels of the PCDD 
      in forest soil from Taurus Mountains varied from nearly 4 to 12 pg g(-1) dry 
      weight (dw). PCDF concentrations ranged from 2 to 7 pg g(-1) dw. Considerably 
      high DDT levels detected in five stations indicated (3,223-24,564 pg g(-1)) its 
      extensive local application or atmospheric transport. PCB levels were determined 
      between 80 and 288 pg g(-1) dw. HCH concentrations ranged from 141 to 1,513 pg 
      g(-1) dw. The other OCP was between 102 and 731 pg g(-1). CONCLUSION: Although 
      the use of POPs has been banned, our results show that they could still be found 
      in Turkey. Their presence may be attributed to the degradation of pesticides 
      which are newly banned and, as well as to the atmospheric migration and 
      deposition. The lattitude of sampling sites, the chemical, and physical 
      parameters of soil have observed no effect on the fate of POPs in the 
      environment.
FAU - Turgut, Cafer
AU  - Turgut C
AD  - Faculty of Agriculture, Adnan Menderes University, 09100 Aydin, Turkey.
FAU - Atatanir, Levent
AU  - Atatanir L
FAU - Mazmanci, Birgul
AU  - Mazmanci B
FAU - Mazmanci, Mehmet Ali
AU  - Mazmanci MA
FAU - Henkelmann, Bernhard
AU  - Henkelmann B
FAU - Schramm, Karl-Werner
AU  - Schramm KW
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20110713
PL  - Germany
TA  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
JT  - Environmental science and pollution research international
JID - 9441769
RN  - 0 (Benzofurans)
RN  - 0 (Hazardous Substances)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - 0 (Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins)
RN  - 0 (Soil)
RN  - 0 (Soil Pollutants)
RN  - 8U54U639VI (dibenzofuran)
RN  - CIW5S16655 (DDT)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Benzofurans/analysis
MH  - DDT/analysis
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*methods
MH  - Hazardous Substances/*analysis
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/analysis
MH  - Mediterranean Sea
MH  - Pesticides/analysis
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis
MH  - Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins/analogs & derivatives/analysis
MH  - Soil/*chemistry
MH  - Soil Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Turkey
EDAT- 2011/07/14 06:00
MHDA- 2012/03/13 06:00
CRDT- 2011/07/14 06:00
PHST- 2011/02/14 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2011/06/21 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2011/07/14 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/07/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/03/13 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-011-0561-x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2012 Feb;19(2):325-34. doi: 
      10.1007/s11356-011-0561-x. Epub 2011 Jul 13.