PMID- 22431240
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20121203
LR  - 20181201
IS  - 1552-8618 (Electronic)
IS  - 0730-7268 (Linking)
VI  - 31
IP  - 6
DP  - 2012 Jun
TI  - Persistent organic pollutants in coastal sediment off South China in relation to 
      the importance of anthropogenic inputs.
PG  - 1194-201
LID - 10.1002/etc.1807 [doi]
AB  - Surface sediments collected from the coastal region off South China were analyzed 
      for persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including polybrominated diphenyl 
      ethers (PBDEs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and organochlorine 
      pesticides (OCPs). The concentrations of BDE-209, Sigma(12)PBDE, Sigma(15)PAH, Sigma(7)PAH, 
      and Sigma(11)OCP were 0.22 to 26.3, 0.01 to 0.77, 13.9 to 271, 6 to 133, and 0.9 to 
      104 ng/g, respectively. The spatial distribution patterns of PBDEs and PAHs 
      suggested that the eastern coastal region was slightly more contaminated than the 
      western coast. In addition, the concentrations of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane 
      (DDT) and its metabolites (DDXs) were highly variable, with the highest level 
      found at a site in Zhanjiang Bay, which might have been reflective of the impact 
      of antifouling paints mainly used in boat maintenance in harbor areas. The 
      predominance of BDE-209 in the study region was consistent with the usage pattern 
      of penta-, octa-, and deca-BDEs in China, whereas sediment PAHs appeared to have 
      been derived largely from coal or wood and petroleum combustion. Preliminary 
      assessments indicated that terrestrial inputs, such as atmospheric transport and 
      riverine runoff, may have been the major input pathways for PBDEs and PAHs, 
      respectively, to accumulate in coastal sediment off South China. Conversely, 
      residues of DDT-containing antifouling paints associated with shipping activities 
      and boat maintenance accounted for most of the accumulated sediment DDTs.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2012 SETAC.
FAU - Liu, Liang-Ying
AU  - Liu LY
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of 
      Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
FAU - Wang, Ji-Zhong
AU  - Wang JZ
FAU - Qiu, Jian-Wen
AU  - Qiu JW
FAU - Liang, Yan
AU  - Liang Y
FAU - Zeng, Eddy Y
AU  - Zeng EY
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20120418
PL  - United States
TA  - Environ Toxicol Chem
JT  - Environmental toxicology and chemistry
JID - 8308958
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - 0 (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - 7REL09ZX35 (pentabromodiphenyl ether)
RN  - CIW5S16655 (DDT)
RN  - N80BQ29A0H (decabromobiphenyl ether)
SB  - IM
MH  - China
MH  - DDT/analysis
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Geologic Sediments/*chemistry
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/analysis
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/analysis
MH  - Pesticides/analysis
MH  - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/*analysis
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis
MH  - Water Pollution, Chemical/statistics & numerical data
EDAT- 2012/03/21 06:00
MHDA- 2012/12/10 06:00
CRDT- 2012/03/21 06:00
PHST- 2011/10/25 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2011/12/14 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2012/01/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/03/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/03/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/12/10 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1002/etc.1807 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Toxicol Chem. 2012 Jun;31(6):1194-201. doi: 10.1002/etc.1807. Epub 2012 
      Apr 18.