PMID- 27471982
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180321
LR  - 20180321
IS  - 1879-1026 (Electronic)
IS  - 0048-9697 (Linking)
VI  - 571
DP  - 2016 Nov 15
TI  - Assessing levels of POPs in air over the South Atlantic Ocean off the coast of 
      South America.
PG  - 172-7
LID - S0048-9697(16)31600-X [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.149 [doi]
AB  - The occurrence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the atmosphere of the 
      near-coast South Atlantic Ocean was studied. Air samples were collected using a 
      high-volume air sampler (filter and polyurethane foam) on board the Argentinean 
      research cruise R/V Puerto Deseado (CONICET). Samples were analyzed for 50 
      polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs), 22 organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and 14 
      polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). These POPs classes showed a trend of 
      decreasing levels from near-shore to open ocean sites. OCPs and PCBs were in the 
      same order of magnitude (2.71-87.1pg/m(3) and 9.56-130pg/m(3), respectively) 
      while PBDEs levels were significantly lower (0.69-2.58pg/m(3)). 
      Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes (DDTs), endosulfans, chlordanes, 
      hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) and heptachlors were between 0.20 and 17.8pg/m(3), 
      while drines and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) were at lower levels (0.28-3.71pg/m(3)). 
      The most frequently detected PCBs were congeners 32, 28, 44, 52, 95, representing 
      >50% of the total. The PBDEs congener pattern was dominated by congener 209 
      (70%), followed by 47 and 99 (16% and 7%, respectively). Air parcel back 
      trajectories for the study period provided few insights as trajectories mainly 
      stemmed from the open ocean with limited inputs from continental sources. These 
      results indicate that the concentration of POPs (namely PCBs, OCPs, and PBDEs) in 
      air remain elevated in the near-shore environment and then drop-off substantially 
      beyond a distance of about 400km. This has implications for the loading of POPs 
      and delivery to the marine environment in the near coastal zone.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Pegoraro, Cesar N
AU  - Pegoraro CN
AD  - Departamento de Quimica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad 
      Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes 3350, B7602AYL Mar del Plata, Argentina; Consejo 
      Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET), CCT Mar Del Plata, 
      Argentina.
FAU - Harner, Tom
AU  - Harner T
AD  - Air Quality Processes Research Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 
      4905 Dufferin St., Toronto, ON M3H 5T4, Canada.
FAU - Su, Ky
AU  - Su K
AD  - Air Quality Processes Research Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 
      4905 Dufferin St., Toronto, ON M3H 5T4, Canada.
FAU - Chiappero, Malisa S
AU  - Chiappero MS
AD  - Departamento de Quimica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad 
      Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes 3350, B7602AYL Mar del Plata, Argentina; Consejo 
      Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET), CCT Mar Del Plata, 
      Argentina. Electronic address: mchiappero@mdp.edu.ar.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20160726
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Sci Total Environ
JT  - The Science of the total environment
JID - 0330500
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Air Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Argentina
MH  - Atlantic Ocean
MH  - Brazil
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/*analysis
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/analysis
MH  - Pesticides/*analysis
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/*analysis
MH  - Uruguay
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Active air sampling
OT  - Persistent organic pollutants
OT  - South Atlantic Ocean
EDAT- 2016/07/30 06:00
MHDA- 2018/03/22 06:00
CRDT- 2016/07/30 06:00
PHST- 2016/05/31 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/07/20 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2016/07/21 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/07/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/07/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/03/22 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0048-9697(16)31600-X [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.149 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sci Total Environ. 2016 Nov 15;571:172-7. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.149. 
      Epub 2016 Jul 26.