PMID- 22972379
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20121130
LR  - 20181201
IS  - 1464-0333 (Electronic)
IS  - 1464-0325 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 10
DP  - 2012 Oct 26
TI  - Using passive air samplers to assess local sources versus long range atmospheric 
      transport of POPs.
PG  - 2580-90
AB  - Passive air samplers (PAS) are cost-efficient tools suitable for spatial mapping 
      of atmospheric concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The 
      objective of this study was to use PAS to (i) determine atmospheric 
      concentrations of selected POPs in Norwegian coastal zones with consumption 
      advisories on seafood (N = 22), and (ii) evaluate a simple nested monitoring 
      approach to assess the relative influence of local vs. long-range atmospheric 
      transport (LRAT) at coastal sites. The latter was facilitated by comparison with 
      data from a coordinated European-wide campaign in which an identical sampling and 
      analytical approach was followed. Air concentrations were calculated based on the 
      loss of performance reference compounds (PRCs), and results are presented for 
      selected polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons 
      (PAHs), hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), 
      dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes (DDTs) and chlordanes. Air concentrations of 
      PCBs were generally highest at sites within larger cities and up to about an 
      order of magnitude higher than anticipated on the basis of LRAT alone. The 
      distribution of PAHs and HCB occasionally showed elevated concentrations at 
      coastal sites with ongoing or former industrial activity, while an urban site was 
      significantly influenced by banned insecticides (technical DDT and lindane). 
      Coastal sites were also elevated in alpha-HCH beyond the anticipated LRAT 
      contribution, which we attribute to volatilization from the sea. We conclude that 
      a simple nested PAS monitoring approach provides useful information for screening 
      efforts aiming to assess both atmospheric burdens as well as the relative 
      significance of local sources in controlling these burdens at sites in 
      contaminated areas.
FAU - Halse, Anne Karine
AU  - Halse AK
AD  - Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Box 100, NO-2027 Kjeller, Norway.
FAU - Schlabach, Martin
AU  - Schlabach M
FAU - Sweetman, Andy
AU  - Sweetman A
FAU - Jones, Kevin C
AU  - Jones KC
FAU - Breivik, Knut
AU  - Breivik K
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20120913
PL  - England
TA  - J Environ Monit
JT  - Journal of environmental monitoring : JEM
JID - 100968688
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)
RN  - 319-84-6 (alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane)
RN  - 4Z87H0LKUY (Hexachlorobenzene)
RN  - 59NEE7PCAB (Hexachlorocyclohexane)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Air Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Atmosphere/chemistry
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/instrumentation/*methods
MH  - Hexachlorobenzene/analysis
MH  - Hexachlorocyclohexane/analysis
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis
MH  - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/analysis
EDAT- 2012/09/14 06:00
MHDA- 2012/12/10 06:00
CRDT- 2012/09/14 06:00
PHST- 2012/09/14 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/09/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/12/10 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1039/c2em30378g [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Environ Monit. 2012 Oct 26;14(10):2580-90. doi: 10.1039/c2em30378g. Epub 2012 
      Sep 13.