PMID- 30640133
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190701
LR  - 20190701
IS  - 1873-6750 (Electronic)
IS  - 0160-4120 (Linking)
VI  - 124
DP  - 2019 Mar
TI  - The occurrence of OCPs, PCBs, and PAHs in the soil, air, and bulk deposition of 
      the Naples metropolitan area, southern Italy: Implications for sources and 
      environmental processes.
PG  - 89-97
LID - S0160-4120(18)32412-7 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.envint.2018.12.031 [doi]
AB  - I am often reminded of the famous saying of Goethe: "Vedi Napoli e poi muori! - 
      See Naples and die!". Sadly, Naples is now confronted with a number of serious, 
      ongoing problems with a need to alleviate pressure on the worsening environment. 
      One serious problem facing the environment is the presence of the potentially 
      hazardous persistent organic pollutants (POPs), although few systematic studies 
      at regional scale have been conducted. In this study, samples of soil, air, and 
      bulk deposition were collected in Naples metropolitan area (NMA) to characterize 
      the status of POPs, including organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polychlorinated 
      biphenyls (PCBs), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The results 
      obtained showed that most of these compounds are pervasive in all the studied 
      environmental matrices, especially in some hotspot areas, such as the Bagnoli 
      Brownfield Site and the infamous "Triangle of the Death", where unwanted 
      ecological risk conditions for PAHs and Endosulfan were determined, respectively. 
      The interactional complexity between urban and the surrounding rural areas was 
      also confirmed, as is the role that urban areas play in the migration and 
      transformation process of POPs. High urban-rural gradients for atmospheric PAHs 
      and PCBs were observed in the NMA, and the urban areas were identified as the 
      emission source of these contaminants. Similarly, the OCP residues, historically 
      originated from the nearby agricultural regions, experience long-term soil 
      re-emission and continuously influence the connected urban environment via 
      atmospheric transport processes.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Qu, Chengkai
AU  - Qu C
AD  - Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface System and Environmental Carrying 
      Capacity, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University, 
      Xi'an 710127, China; Department of Earth Sciences, Environment and Resources, 
      University of Naples Federico II, Naples 80125, Italy. Electronic address: 
      chengkai.qu@nwu.edu.cn.
FAU - Albanese, Stefano
AU  - Albanese S
AD  - Department of Earth Sciences, Environment and Resources, University of Naples 
      Federico II, Naples 80125, Italy.
FAU - Lima, Annamaria
AU  - Lima A
AD  - Department of Earth Sciences, Environment and Resources, University of Naples 
      Federico II, Naples 80125, Italy.
FAU - Hope, Dave
AU  - Hope D
AD  - Pacific Rim Laboratories Inc., Surrey, BC, Canada.
FAU - Pond, Pat
AU  - Pond P
AD  - Pacific Rim Laboratories Inc., Surrey, BC, Canada.
FAU - Fortelli, Alberto
AU  - Fortelli A
AD  - Department of Earth Sciences, Environment and Resources, University of Naples 
      Federico II, Naples 80125, Italy.
FAU - Romano, Nunzio
AU  - Romano N
AD  - Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Portici 
      80055, Italy.
FAU - Cerino, Pellegrino
AU  - Cerino P
AD  - Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici 80055, Italy.
FAU - Pizzolante, Antonio
AU  - Pizzolante A
AD  - Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici 80055, Italy.
FAU - De Vivo, Benedetto
AU  - De Vivo B
AD  - Pegaso University, Naples 80132, Italy.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20190111
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Environ Int
JT  - Environment international
JID - 7807270
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - 0 (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Agriculture
MH  - Air Pollutants/analysis
MH  - Cities
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*methods
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*chemistry
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/*chemistry
MH  - Italy
MH  - Pesticides/*chemistry
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/*chemistry
MH  - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/*chemistry
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Atmospheric transport
OT  - Emission sources
OT  - Geochemical baseline
OT  - Naples
OT  - Persistent organic pollutants
EDAT- 2019/01/15 06:00
MHDA- 2019/07/02 06:00
CRDT- 2019/01/15 06:00
PHST- 2018/10/17 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2018/12/10 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2018/12/15 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/01/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/07/02 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/01/15 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0160-4120(18)32412-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envint.2018.12.031 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Int. 2019 Mar;124:89-97. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.12.031. Epub 2019 Jan 
      11.