PMID- 38128657
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240117
IS  - 1879-1026 (Electronic)
IS  - 0048-9697 (Linking)
VI  - 912
DP  - 2024 Feb 20
TI  - Air monitoring of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in Bursa Turkiye: Levels, 
      temporal trends and risk assessment.
PG  - 169397
LID - S0048-9697(23)08027-0 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169397 [doi]
AB  - Monitoring concentration levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) is 
      required to evaluate the effectiveness of international regulations to minimize 
      the emissions of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) into the environment. In 
      this manner, we evaluated the spatial and temporal variations of 22 
      organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) using polyurethane foam passive air samplers at 
      ten stations in Bursa in 2017 and 2018. The highest concentration value for 
      Sigma(22)OCPs was detected in Agakoy (775 pg/m(3)) and Demirtas (678 pg/m(3)) 
      sampling sites, while the lowest value was observed in Uludag University Campus 
      (UUC, 284 pg/m(3)) site. HCB, gamma-HCH, Endo I, and Mirex were the most frequently 
      detected OCPs, which shows their persistence. Diagnostic ratios of beta-/(alpha + gamma)-HCH 
      have pointed to historical and possible illegal OCP usage in the study area. The 
      seasonality of air concentrations (with spring and summer concentrations higher 
      than winter and autumn concentrations) was well exhibited by alpha-HCH, beta-HCH, ɣ-HCH, 
      HCB, Endo I, and Mirex but not aldrin, dieldrin, and alpha-chlordane (CC). Levels of 
      OCPs detected in ambient air in the current study were relatively similar to or 
      lower than those reported in previous studies conducted in Turkiye. Back 
      trajectory analysis was applied to identify the possible sources of OCPs detected 
      in the sampling regions. The Clausius-Clapeyron approach was used to investigate 
      the temperature dependence of OCP gas-phase atmospheric concentrations. The data 
      showed that long-range atmospheric transport affects ambient air OCP 
      concentrations in the study area.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Birgul, Askin
AU  - Birgul A
AD  - Bursa Technical University, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, 
      Department of Environmental Engineering, Mimar Sinan Mahallesi Mimar Sinan 
      Bulvari Eflak Caddesi No:177, 16310 Yildirim/Bursa, Turkey. Electronic address: 
      askin.birgul@btu.edu.tr.
FAU - Kurt-Karakus, Perihan Binnur
AU  - Kurt-Karakus PB
AD  - Bursa Technical University, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, 
      Department of Environmental Engineering, Mimar Sinan Mahallesi Mimar Sinan 
      Bulvari Eflak Caddesi No:177, 16310 Yildirim/Bursa, Turkey.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20231219
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Sci Total Environ
JT  - The Science of the total environment
JID - 0330500
SB  - IM
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Agricultural sites
OT  - Back trajectory
OT  - Clausius-Clapeyron
OT  - Organochlorine pesticides
OT  - Passive sampling
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- 2023/12/22 00:42
MHDA- 2023/12/22 00:43
CRDT- 2023/12/21 19:25
PHST- 2023/09/04 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/11/09 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/12/13 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/12/22 00:43 [medline]
PHST- 2023/12/22 00:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/12/21 19:25 [entrez]
AID - S0048-9697(23)08027-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169397 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sci Total Environ. 2024 Feb 20;912:169397. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169397. 
      Epub 2023 Dec 19.