PMID- 27085594
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170515
LR  - 20170817
IS  - 1879-3363 (Electronic)
IS  - 0025-326X (Linking)
VI  - 107
IP  - 1
DP  - 2016 Jun 15
TI  - Status of POPs accumulation in the Yellow River Delta: From distribution to risk 
      assessment.
PG  - 370-378
LID - S0025-326X(16)30194-1 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.03.063 [doi]
AB  - The Yellow River Delta (YRD) is a large region of China with complex pollution 
      sources and a long history of environmental deterioration. Despite this, 
      relatively little data exists on the status of important contaminants of concern 
      in this region. Here, we review the literature on the status of key persistent 
      organic pollutants (POPs) of concern including organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), 
      polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in 
      the YRD. Sources, source identification methods, and spatial distribution 
      patterns are presented. Additionally, POPs contamination levels reported in the 
      literature were evaluated against popular regulatory limits worldwide to form a 
      basis for overall environmental health. Our review determined that OCPs in the 
      YRD originated mainly from current pesticide use and past agricultural pesticide 
      application. Sources of PAHs included petrochemical inputs, coal fired plants, 
      and wood combustion. PCB levels were impacted by the petrochemical industry as 
      well as waste disposal of PCB containing equipment. OCPs exhibited a spatial 
      distribution pattern that increased along the urban-rural gradient, while the 
      opposite was seen for PAHs and PCBs. Comparisons of POPs contamination levels in 
      the YRD with popular regulatory limits suggest that the extent of PCB 
      contamination all mediums (sediment, soil, water, and biota) exceeded that of 
      PAHs and OCPs. Overall pollution levels in the YRD seem to be in control; 
      however, levels from heavily polluted point sources raise numerous concerns about 
      the ecological health of the region and require more attention from regulatory 
      authorities.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Li, Jing
AU  - Li J
AD  - Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of 
      Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 
      Beijing 100101, China; Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Environment and Resource 
      Utilization of MOE, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang 
      University, Nanchang 330047, China.
FAU - Chen, Chunli
AU  - Chen C
AD  - Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Environment and Resource Utilization of MOE, School 
      of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, 
      China. Electronic address: hnclchen@163.com.
FAU - Li, Fadong
AU  - Li F
AD  - Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of 
      Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 
      Beijing 100101, China. Electronic address: lifadong@igsnrr.ac.cn.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20160414
PL  - England
TA  - Mar Pollut Bull
JT  - Marine pollution bulletin
JID - 0260231
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - 0 (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - China
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/*analysis
MH  - Pesticides/*analysis
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/*analysis
MH  - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/*analysis
MH  - Risk Assessment
MH  - *Rivers
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Environmental occurrence
OT  - Oil field
OT  - Origins
OT  - POPs
OT  - Risk assessment
OT  - Yellow River estuary
EDAT- 2016/04/18 06:00
MHDA- 2017/05/16 06:00
CRDT- 2016/04/18 06:00
PHST- 2015/09/10 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/03/26 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2016/03/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/04/18 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/04/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/05/16 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0025-326X(16)30194-1 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.03.063 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Mar Pollut Bull. 2016 Jun 15;107(1):370-378. doi: 
      10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.03.063. Epub 2016 Apr 14.