PMID- 23807727
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140211
LR  - 20171116
IS  - 2050-7895 (Electronic)
IS  - 2050-7887 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 8
DP  - 2013 Aug
TI  - Environmental variables affecting the distribution of POPs on Mt. Meru, Tanzania.
PG  - 1573-81
LID - 10.1039/c3em00153a [doi]
AB  - Tanzania is an equatorial country characterized by warm temperatures, which 
      should increase the volatilization of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), but 
      this scenario could be different in mountainous areas like Mount Meru, a volcano 
      situated in the East African Rift (Tz). We collected soil samples along an 
      altitudinal transect upto 4577 m a.s.l., reporting the first data about POP 
      contamination in this area (DDX, HCHs, HCB and PCBs). The DDX contamination 
      pattern in Mt. Meru shows levels slightly higher than those of other remote 
      places with a strong increase in the metabolites/DDT historical trend, which is 
      different from DDX, PCBs, HCHs and particularly HCB as this shows very low 
      contamination levels. Back trajectory analysis allowed a discussion about 
      putative contamination sources, while analysis of the environmental features 
      (climatic and pedological) allowed us to discriminate their relative importance. 
      The distribution of POPs shows a strong correlation with soil organic matter and 
      vegetation. SOM-normalization evidenced altitudinal dependence according to cold 
      condensation for PCBs and HCHs, while DDX are present in larger amounts in the 
      agricultural area at the volcano foot. OM-normalized concentrations suggested 
      also a possible role of the OM composition on the POPs' distribution.
FAU - Guazzoni, Niccolo
AU  - Guazzoni N
AD  - Department of Biology, University of Milan, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, Italy. 
      niccolo.guazzoni@unimi.it
FAU - Comolli, Roberto
AU  - Comolli R
FAU - Binelli, Andrea
AU  - Binelli A
FAU - Tremolada, Paolo
AU  - Tremolada P
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Environ Sci Process Impacts
JT  - Environmental science. Processes & impacts
JID - 101601576
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Soil)
RN  - 0 (Soil Pollutants)
SB  - IM
MH  - Altitude
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/*analysis
MH  - Soil/chemistry
MH  - Soil Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Tanzania
EDAT- 2013/06/29 06:00
MHDA- 2014/02/12 06:00
CRDT- 2013/06/29 06:00
PHST- 2013/06/29 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/06/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/02/12 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1039/c3em00153a [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Process Impacts. 2013 Aug;15(8):1573-81. doi: 10.1039/c3em00153a.