PMID- 33984778
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210825
LR  - 20210825
IS  - 1873-6424 (Electronic)
IS  - 0269-7491 (Linking)
VI  - 286
DP  - 2021 Oct 1
TI  - High spatial resolution measurements of passive-sampler derived air 
      concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in the Campania region, Italy: 
      Implications for source identification and risk analysis.
PG  - 117248
LID - S0269-7491(21)00830-7 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117248 [doi]
AB  - Because most relevant studies have used small sample sizes, to date, 
      representative atmospheric monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) on 
      a regional scale has been very limited, which makes it difficult to precisely 
      identify "hotspots" and possible pollution sources. In this study, an ultrahigh 
      resolution monitoring technique was used to measure the atmospheric spatial 
      variations in POP concentrations on a regional scale, throughout Campania, Italy. 
      The occurrence of specific POPs-including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), 
      organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), 
      polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and phthalate esters (PAEs)-were 
      investigated using polyurethane foam-based passive air samplers (PUF-PAS), which 
      were deployed at 129 sites across the Campania Territory between April and July 
      2016. The results show that the highest POP levels occurred in the Naples 
      metropolitan area (NMA), although there were other problematic spots throughout 
      the Territory. More specifically, hotspot areas in the NMA that depict serious 
      POP pollution were found in the Bagnoli brownfield site, Sarno River Basin, and 
      parts of the northeastern NMA sector. The atmospheric POP contamination in 
      Campania is jointly controlled by the contributions of local emissions and 
      long-range atmospheric transport. Di ff usion model was employed to identify the 
      potential sources of various POPs. The simulation showed that all the POP sources 
      are located in the NMA and are closely related to industrial sites. This study 
      demonstrates the advantage of using large sample sizes to identify POP source 
      locations and achieve geospatial visualization of POP concentration and risk 
      assessment levels.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Qu, Chengkai
AU  - Qu C
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of 
      Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China; Department of Earth Sciences, Environment and 
      Resources, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, 80125, Italy.
FAU - De Vivo, Benedetto
AU  - De Vivo B
AD  - Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, 24061, VA, USA; Pegaso 
      On-Line University, Naples, 80138, Italy; Nanjing University, Nanjing, China; 
      Hubei Polytechnic University, Huangshi, China.
FAU - Albanese, Stefano
AU  - Albanese S
AD  - Department of Earth Sciences, Environment and Resources, University of Naples 
      Federico II, Naples, 80125, Italy. Electronic address: stefano.albanese@unina.it.
FAU - Fortelli, Alberto
AU  - Fortelli A
AD  - Department of Earth Sciences, Environment and Resources, University of Naples 
      Federico II, Naples, 80125, Italy.
FAU - Scafetta, Nicola
AU  - Scafetta N
AD  - Department of Earth Sciences, Environment and Resources, University of Naples 
      Federico II, Naples, 80125, Italy.
FAU - Li, Jiji
AU  - Li J
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of 
      Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China; National Engineering Research Center for 
      Marine Aquaculture, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316022, China.
FAU - Hope, Dave
AU  - Hope D
AD  - Pacific Rim Laboratories Inc., Surrey, BC, Canada.
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 - Qi, Shihua
AU  - Qi S
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of 
      Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.
FAU - Lima, Annamaria
AU  - Lima A
AD  - Department of Earth Sciences, Environment and Resources, University of Naples 
      Federico II, Naples, 80125, Italy.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210429
PL  - England
TA  - Environ Pollut
JT  - Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
JID - 8804476
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Air Pollutants/analysis
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/analysis
MH  - *Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/analysis
MH  - Persistent Organic Pollutants
MH  - *Pesticides/analysis
MH  - *Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis
MH  - Risk Assessment
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Atmospheric transport
OT  - Campania
OT  - PUF-PAS
OT  - Persistent organic pollutants
OT  - Risk assessment
EDAT- 2021/05/14 06:00
MHDA- 2021/08/26 06:00
CRDT- 2021/05/13 20:26
PHST- 2020/12/07 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/04/23 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/04/24 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/05/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/08/26 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/05/13 20:26 [entrez]
AID - S0269-7491(21)00830-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117248 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Pollut. 2021 Oct 1;286:117248. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117248. Epub 
      2021 Apr 29.