PMID- 31018415
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20191120
IS  - 1879-1026 (Electronic)
IS  - 0048-9697 (Linking)
VI  - 670
DP  - 2019 Jun 20
TI  - Organochlorine pesticides air monitoring near a historical lindane production 
      site in Spain.
PG  - 1001-1007
LID - S0048-9697(19)31310-5 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.313 [doi]
AB  - The landfilling and dumping of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and other 
      persistent hazardous chemicals, such as hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) isomers can 
      have significantly adverse environmental consequences and cause contamination in 
      soil, water, and atmosphere systems. Approximately 115,000 t of HCH wastes were 
      generated by INQUINOSA Factory located in Sabinanigo (Aragon, Spain) from 1975 to 
      1992, and were mainly dumped at Bailin and Sardas landfills. Under the frame of 
      the project plan approved by the Government of Aragon, remediation and 
      containment measures were implemented at the derelict production facility and 
      landfill sites. To protect and assess the local environment, the concentrations 
      of HCH isomers, pentachlorobenzene (PeCB) and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) in air were 
      periodically monitored in the Sardas landfills and surroundings by passive 
      sampling devices. The influence of meteorological parameters was evaluated, 
      showing positive correlations between temperature and HCH and HCB concentrations. 
      The highest HCH levels were detected in Sardas landfill and INQUINOSA Factory 
      sites. PeCB values were statistically higher in Sardas landfill than in 
      Sabinanigo urban core, nevertheless, HCB concentrations were similar in both 
      sampling points. Statistically positive correlations were found among HCH isomers 
      in all sampling points, showing a major common source. The chlorobenzenes also 
      correlated positively with each other. The alpha-/gamma-HCH ratios were calculated 
      (1.46 +/- 1.25; mean +/- S.D.), corroborating that concentrations detected were 
      mainly originated from the historical production, storage and waste disposal of 
      technical HCH.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Navarro, I
AU  - Navarro I
AD  - Group of Persistent Organic Pollutants, Department of Environment, CIEMAT, Av. 
      Complutense 40, 28040 Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: i.navarro@ciemat.es.
FAU - de la Torre, A
AU  - de la Torre A
AD  - Group of Persistent Organic Pollutants, Department of Environment, CIEMAT, Av. 
      Complutense 40, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
FAU - Sanz, P
AU  - Sanz P
AD  - Group of Persistent Organic Pollutants, Department of Environment, CIEMAT, Av. 
      Complutense 40, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
FAU - Arjol, M A
AU  - Arjol MA
AD  - Sociedad Aragonesa de Gestion Agroambiental SARGA, Av. Ranillas 5 Edificio A, 
      50018 Zaragoza, Spain.
FAU - Fernandez, J
AU  - Fernandez J
AD  - Department of Rural Development and Sustainability, Government of Aragon, Pza. 
      San Pedro Nolasco, 50071 Zaragoza, Spain.
FAU - Martinez, M A
AU  - Martinez MA
AD  - Group of Persistent Organic Pollutants, Department of Environment, CIEMAT, Av. 
      Complutense 40, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20190321
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Sci Total Environ
JT  - The Science of the total environment
JID - 0330500
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Air monitoring
OT  - HCB
OT  - HCH
OT  - PAS
OT  - POPs
OT  - PeCB
EDAT- 2019/04/26 06:00
MHDA- 2019/04/26 06:01
CRDT- 2019/04/26 06:00
PHST- 2019/02/15 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/03/19 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2019/03/20 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/04/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/04/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/04/26 06:01 [medline]
AID - S0048-9697(19)31310-5 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.313 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sci Total Environ. 2019 Jun 20;670:1001-1007. doi: 
      10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.313. Epub 2019 Mar 21.