PMID- 30268978
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20181219
LR  - 20181219
IS  - 1873-6424 (Electronic)
IS  - 0269-7491 (Linking)
VI  - 243
IP  - Pt B
DP  - 2018 Dec
TI  - Air monitoring of new and legacy POPs in the Group of Latin America and Caribbean 
      (GRULAC) region.
PG  - 1252-1262
LID - S0269-7491(18)32231-0 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.09.048 [doi]
AB  - A special initiative in the Global Atmospheric Passive Sampling (GAPS) Network 
      was implemented to provide information on new and emerging persistent organic 
      pollutants (POPs) in the Group of Latin America and Caribbean (GRULAC) region. 
      Regional-scale atmospheric concentrations of the new and emerging POPs 
      hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD), pentachloroanisole (PCA) and dicofol indicators 
      (breakdown products) are reported for the first time. HCBD was detected in 
      similar concentrations at all location types (<20-120 pg/m(3)). PCA had elevated 
      concentrations at the urban site Concepcion (Chile) of 49-222 pg/m(3), with 
      concentrations ranging <1-8.5 pg/m(3) at the other sites in this study. Dicofol 
      indicators were detected at the agricultural site of Sonora (Mexico) at 
      concentrations ranging 30-117 pg/m(3). Legacy POPs, including a range of 
      organochlorine (OC) pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), were also 
      monitored to compare regional atmospheric concentrations over a decade of 
      monitoring under the GAPS Network. gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) and the 
      endosulfans significantly decreased (p < 0.05) from 2005 to 2015, suggesting 
      regional levels are decreasing. However, there were no significant changes for 
      the other legacy POPs monitored, likely a reflection of the persistency and slow 
      decline of environmental levels of these POPs. For the more volatile OCs, 
      atmospheric concentrations derived from polyurethane foam (PUF) (acting as an 
      equilibrium sampler) and sorbent impregnated PUF (SIP) (acting as a linear phase 
      sampler), were compared. The complimentary methods show a good agreement of 
      within a factor of 2-3, and areas for future studies to improve this agreement 
      are further discussed.
CI  - Crown Copyright (c) 2018. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Rauert, Cassandra
AU  - Rauert C
AD  - Air Quality Processes Research Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 
      Toronto, ON, M3H 5T4, Canada.
FAU - Harner, Tom
AU  - Harner T
AD  - Air Quality Processes Research Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 
      Toronto, ON, M3H 5T4, Canada. Electronic address: tom.harner@canada.ca.
FAU - Schuster, Jasmin K
AU  - Schuster JK
AD  - Air Quality Processes Research Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 
      Toronto, ON, M3H 5T4, Canada.
FAU - Eng, Anita
AU  - Eng A
AD  - Air Quality Processes Research Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 
      Toronto, ON, M3H 5T4, Canada.
FAU - Fillmann, Gilberto
AU  - Fillmann G
AD  - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Instituto de Oceanografia, Rio Grande, RS, 
      96203-900, Brazil; Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment 
      (RECETOX), Kamenice 753/5, Pavillion A29, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic.
FAU - Castillo, Luisa Eugenia
AU  - Castillo LE
AD  - Central American Institute for Studies on Toxic Substances (IRET), Universidad 
      Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica.
FAU - Fentanes, Oscar
AU  - Fentanes O
AD  - CGCSA/INECC, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico.
FAU - Ibarra, Martin Villa
AU  - Ibarra MV
AD  - Instituto Tecnologico Superior de Cajeme, Cajeme, Sonora, Mexico.
FAU - Miglioranza, Karina S B
AU  - Miglioranza KSB
AD  - Universidad Nacional Mar del Plata, IIMyC-CONICET, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
FAU - Rivadeneira, Isabel Moreno
AU  - Rivadeneira IM
AD  - Laboratorio de Fisica de La Atmosfera, Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicas, 
      UMSA, La Paz, Bolivia.
FAU - Pozo, Karla
AU  - Pozo K
AD  - Facultad de Ingenieria y Tecnologia, Universidad San Sebastian, Lientur 1457, 
      Concepcion, 4080871, Chile.
FAU - Aristizabal Zuluaga, Beatriz Helena
AU  - Aristizabal Zuluaga BH
AD  - Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Manizales, Colombia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20180915
PL  - England
TA  - Environ Pollut
JT  - Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
JID - 8804476
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - 0 (Polyurethanes)
RN  - 59NEE7PCAB (Hexachlorocyclohexane)
RN  - 9009-54-5 (polyurethane foam)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
RN  - OKA6A6ZD4K (Endosulfan)
SB  - IM
MH  - Air Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Caribbean Region
MH  - Chile
MH  - Endosulfan
MH  - *Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Hexachlorocyclohexane
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/analysis
MH  - Latin America
MH  - Mexico
MH  - Pesticides/analysis
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis
MH  - Polyurethanes/analysis
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Atmospheric POPs
OT  - Dicofol
OT  - GRULAC region
OT  - Hexachlorobutadiene
OT  - Pentachloroanisole
EDAT- 2018/10/01 06:00
MHDA- 2018/12/20 06:00
CRDT- 2018/10/01 06:00
PHST- 2018/05/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2018/08/07 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2018/09/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/10/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/12/20 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2018/10/01 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0269-7491(18)32231-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.09.048 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Pollut. 2018 Dec;243(Pt B):1252-1262. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.09.048. 
      Epub 2018 Sep 15.