PMID- 31044375
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190816
LR  - 20190816
IS  - 1614-7499 (Electronic)
IS  - 0944-1344 (Linking)
VI  - 26
IP  - 18
DP  - 2019 Jun
TI  - Occurrence of persistent organic pollutants in air at different sites in the 
      province of Cordoba, Argentina.
PG  - 18379-18391
LID - 10.1007/s11356-019-05088-z [doi]
AB  - The occurrence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and polycyclic aromatic 
      hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the atmosphere of six sites with different emission 
      sources in the province of Cordoba, Argentina, was analyzed. The sites included 
      urban, industrial, agricultural, and mountain areas. Samples were collected using 
      passive air samplers (PAS) consisting of polyurethane foam disks (PUF). Samples 
      were analyzed for 12 PAHs, 31 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), 12 organochlorine 
      pesticides (OCPs), and 11 polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). The 
      concentrations of PAHs in the atmosphere were elevated at urban sites and were 
      even higher at the industrial site. With respect to OCPs, it was observed that 
      the concentrations of endosulfan were greater at the agricultural site (AGR) 
      (416 +/- 4 pg m(-3)). For hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), only the alpha isomer was 
      detected and there were minimal differences between the different sampling sites 
      (5.9-13.3 pg m(-3)). In the case of dieldrin, the highest concentrations 
      (33.6 pg m(-3)) were found at the mountain site, which may have been due to its 
      use for insect control. Although heptachlor epoxide was not detected, the 
      concentration of heptachlor was significantly higher at the agricultural and 
      downtown sites ( approximately  3.6 pg m(-3)). Regarding DDTs, the isomers p,p'-DDT and 
      p,p'-DDE showed the highest concentrations at the mountain site (SigmaDDT 
      120 +/- 12 pg m(-3)) and downtown site (SigmaDDT 157 +/- 62 pg m(-3)). The relationship 
      between the isomers suggested that at the downtown site, the contribution of this 
      pesticide to the environment was recent, probably for the control of diseases 
      vectors. The congener pattern of PBDEs was dominated by BDE-47, and BDE-99 at all 
      sites, with the downtown site having the highest concentrations of compound 
      esters (SigmaPBDEs 118 +/- 38 pg m(-3)). Finally, high concentrations of PCBs were 
      found at the industrial site (SigmaPCBs 1677 +/- 134 pg m(-3)), and the predominating 
      homologs were 5-Cl and 6-Cl, in contrast to the other sites where PCBs were 
      dominated by 3-Cl and 4-Cl. This is the first study of POPs carried out in the 
      province of Cordoba.
FAU - Pegoraro, Cesar N
AU  - Pegoraro CN
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1715-3217
AD  - Departamento de Quimica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad 
      Nacional de Mar del Plata, CONICET, Mar del Plata, Argentina. 
      cpegorar@mdp.edu.ar.
FAU - Wannaz, Eduardo D
AU  - Wannaz ED
AD  - Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal (IMBIV), CONICET - Universidad 
      Nacional de Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20190501
PL  - Germany
TA  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
JT  - Environmental science and pollution research international
JID - 9441769
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - 0 (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
MH  - Agriculture
MH  - Air Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Altitude
MH  - Argentina
MH  - Atmosphere/chemistry
MH  - Cities
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*methods
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/*analysis
MH  - Industry
MH  - Pesticides/*analysis
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/*analysis
MH  - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/*analysis
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Atmosphere
OT  - Cordoba, Argentina
OT  - PAHs
OT  - Passive sampling
OT  - Persistent organic pollutants
OT  - Urban, industrial, agricultural, and mountain environments
EDAT- 2019/05/03 06:00
MHDA- 2019/08/17 06:00
CRDT- 2019/05/03 06:00
PHST- 2018/08/13 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/04/04 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/05/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/08/17 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/05/03 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-019-05088-z [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-019-05088-z [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2019 Jun;26(18):18379-18391. doi: 
      10.1007/s11356-019-05088-z. Epub 2019 May 1.