PMID- 27031806
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20161213
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 1879-1298 (Electronic)
IS  - 0045-6535 (Linking)
VI  - 153
DP  - 2016 Jun
TI  - Decline in sediment contamination by persistent toxic substances from the outfall 
      of wastewater treatment plant: Effectiveness of legislative actions in Korea.
PG  - 426-35
LID - S0045-6535(16)30393-9 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.03.075 [doi]
AB  - Legacy and new persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and polycyclic aromatic 
      hydrocarbons (PAHs) were measured in sediments near a wastewater treatment plant 
      (WWTP) outfall in a semi-enclosed bay, to investigate the current contamination 
      and temporal changes in these contaminants associated with regulation activities 
      in Korea. The concentrations of most of the POPs showed clear decreasing trends 
      with an increase in the distance from the WWTP outfall, indicating that the WWTP 
      discharges greatly contributed to the sediment contamination by POPs. Highly 
      significant correlations were found for most of the POPs, indicating a common 
      source for sediment contamination. Significant declines were found in the 
      concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), 
      dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (DL-PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers 
      (PBDEs), and PAHs in the sediments collected between 2005 and 2013. This result 
      suggested that legislative actions (regulation of the PCDD/Fs in flue gas, total 
      pollution load management, and whole effluent toxicity for WWTP discharges) and 
      change of fuels, were likely to be effective at reducing the POP and PAH levels 
      in sediments during the past several years. The different compositional profiles 
      of the PCDD/Fs and PAHs between 2005 and 2013 implied changes in and/or 
      additional sources of these contaminants. Despite a decline in the PCDD/Fs over 
      time, the present levels of PCDD/Fs in the sediment exceeded some of the sediment 
      quality guidelines suggested by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
      Administration.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Jin, Xiangzi
AU  - Jin X
AD  - Department of Marine Sciences and Convergent Technology, College of Science and 
      Technology, Hanyang University, Ansan 426-791, Republic of Korea.
FAU - Lee, Hyun-Kyung
AU  - Lee HK
AD  - Department of Marine Sciences and Convergent Technology, College of Science and 
      Technology, Hanyang University, Ansan 426-791, Republic of Korea.
FAU - Badejo, Abimbola C
AU  - Badejo AC
AD  - Department of Marine Sciences and Convergent Technology, College of Science and 
      Technology, Hanyang University, Ansan 426-791, Republic of Korea.
FAU - Lee, Sang-Yoon
AU  - Lee SY
AD  - Department of Marine Sciences and Convergent Technology, College of Science and 
      Technology, Hanyang University, Ansan 426-791, Republic of Korea.
FAU - Shen, Aihua
AU  - Shen A
AD  - Department of Marine Sciences and Convergent Technology, College of Science and 
      Technology, Hanyang University, Ansan 426-791, Republic of Korea.
FAU - Lee, Sunggyu
AU  - Lee S
AD  - Department of Marine Sciences and Convergent Technology, College of Science and 
      Technology, Hanyang University, Ansan 426-791, Republic of Korea.
FAU - Jeong, Yunsun
AU  - Jeong Y
AD  - Department of Marine Sciences and Convergent Technology, College of Science and 
      Technology, Hanyang University, Ansan 426-791, Republic of Korea.
FAU - Choi, Minkyu
AU  - Choi M
AD  - Marine Environment Research Division, National Institute of Fisheries Science 
      (NIFS), Busan 619-705, Republic of Korea.
FAU - Moon, Hyo-Bang
AU  - Moon HB
AD  - Department of Marine Sciences and Convergent Technology, College of Science and 
      Technology, Hanyang University, Ansan 426-791, Republic of Korea. Electronic 
      address: hbmoon@hanyang.ac.kr.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20160329
PL  - England
TA  - Chemosphere
JT  - Chemosphere
JID - 0320657
RN  - 0 (Waste Water)
SB  - IM
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Environmental Restoration and Remediation/*legislation & jurisprudence
MH  - Geologic Sediments/*analysis
MH  - Republic of Korea
MH  - *Waste Disposal, Fluid
MH  - Wastewater/analysis
MH  - Water Pollution, Chemical/*prevention & control
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Guidelines
OT  - Legislative action
OT  - PBDEs
OT  - PCDDs
OT  - PCDFs
EDAT- 2016/04/01 06:00
MHDA- 2016/12/15 06:00
CRDT- 2016/04/01 06:00
PHST- 2015/12/29 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/03/13 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2016/03/16 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/04/01 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/04/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/12/15 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0045-6535(16)30393-9 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.03.075 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chemosphere. 2016 Jun;153:426-35. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.03.075. Epub 
      2016 Mar 29.