PMID- 32056855
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200619
LR  - 20200619
IS  - 1879-3363 (Electronic)
IS  - 0025-326X (Linking)
VI  - 153
DP  - 2020 Apr
TI  - Assessment of persistent organic pollutants in surface sediments along Lebanese 
      coastal zone.
PG  - 110947
LID - S0025-326X(20)30065-5 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.110947 [doi]
AB  - The levels of some persistent organic pollutants (POPs) along the Lebanese 
      coastal zone (LCZ) were assessed by collecting15 surface sediments from five 
      hotspot stations. Such stations were influenced by various industrial units, 
      riverine input, and touristic activities. The levels of polycyclic aromatic 
      hydrocarbons ( summation operator16PAHs), their methylated derivatives ( summation operator18Me-PAHs), and 
      polychlorinated biphenyls ( summation operator28PCBs) were in the range of 537-3773 mug∙kg(-)(1) dw, 
      187-1541 mug∙kg(-)(1) dw, and 143-303 mug∙kg(-)(1) dw respectively. Significant 
      contamination was found at Beirut Port that is surrounded by a densely populated 
      area and is subjected to multidisciplinary activities. Source identification of 
      PAHs was confirmed by using the diagnostic ratio of PAHs with low molecular 
      weight and high molecular weight (LMW/HMW). For PCBs, LCZ is polluted by higher 
      chlorinated congeners with 4 to 9 chlorinated atoms generated from volatilization 
      and combustion processes. Toxicity and biological risks were assessed using toxic 
      equivalent quantity (TEQcarc) and sediment quality guideline quotient (SQGq).
CI  - Copyright (c) 2020. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
FAU - Merhaby, Dima
AU  - Merhaby D
AD  - Univ. Lille, Laboratoire de Spectrochimie Infrarouge et Raman (LASIR)-UMR CNRS 
      8516, Equipe Physico-chimie de l'Environnement, 59000 Lille, France; Universite 
      Libanaise, Faculte de Sante Publique Section III, Laboratoire des Sciences de 
      l'Eau et de l'Environnement (L.S.E.E), Tripoli, Lebanon.
FAU - Ouddane, Baghdad
AU  - Ouddane B
AD  - Univ. Lille, Laboratoire de Spectrochimie Infrarouge et Raman (LASIR)-UMR CNRS 
      8516, Equipe Physico-chimie de l'Environnement, 59000 Lille, France. Electronic 
      address: baghdad.ouddane@univ-lille.fr.
FAU - Net, Sopheak
AU  - Net S
AD  - Univ. Lille, Laboratoire de Spectrochimie Infrarouge et Raman (LASIR)-UMR CNRS 
      8516, Equipe Physico-chimie de l'Environnement, 59000 Lille, France.
FAU - Halwani, Jalal
AU  - Halwani J
AD  - Universite Libanaise, Faculte de Sante Publique Section III, Laboratoire des 
      Sciences de l'Eau et de l'Environnement (L.S.E.E), Tripoli, Lebanon.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200207
PL  - England
TA  - Mar Pollut Bull
JT  - Marine pollution bulletin
JID - 0260231
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Environmental Pollutants
MH  - Geologic Sediments/chemistry
MH  - *Polychlorinated Biphenyls
MH  - *Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
MH  - *Water Pollutants, Chemical
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - LCZ
OT  - PAHs
OT  - PCBs
OT  - POPs
OT  - SQGq
OT  - Sediments
COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known 
      competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared 
      to influence the work reported in this paper.
EDAT- 2020/02/15 06:00
MHDA- 2020/06/20 06:00
CRDT- 2020/02/15 06:00
PHST- 2019/09/03 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/01/27 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/01/28 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/02/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/06/20 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/02/15 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0025-326X(20)30065-5 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.110947 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Mar Pollut Bull. 2020 Apr;153:110947. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.110947. Epub 
      2020 Feb 7.