Environmental Pollution 161(1)
Overview of new articles on POPs in a new issue of the Environmental Pollution journal.
Selected articles
Vegetative cover and PAHs accumulation in soils of urban green space
Pages 36-42
Chi Peng, Zhiyun Ouyang, Meie Wang, Weiping Chen, Wentao Jiao
- Land use did not affect PAHs in soils except for areas adjacent to industrial sources.
- Tree–shrub–herb and woodland cover amass more PAHs in soils than grassland cover.
- Urban development and soil property factors had little effect on PAHs in soils.
Long term trends in PBDE concentrations in gannet (Morus bassanus) eggs from two UK colonies
Pages 93-100
John D. Crosse, Richard F. Shore, Kevin C. Jones, M. Glória Pereira
Highlights
- Detailed long-term (1977–2007) PBDE trends are presented in gannet eggs from the UK.
- Temporal trends mirror consumption of PeBDE technical products.
- In recent years the PBDE profile heavier BDEs became increasingly more important.
- BDE35 concentrations decreased linearly throughout the monitoring period.
- ΣPBDE levels in gannet eggs are below levels linked to impaired reproductive output.
Pages 101-106
Xiaoyan Zheng, Xiande Liu, Guibin Jiang, Yawei Wang, Qinghua Zhang, Yaqi Cai, Zhiyuan Cong
- Total organic carbon plays an important role in accumulation potential of POPs.
- Forest filter effect might enhance the chemical levels for below-treeline soils.
- Precipitation was the key factor of mountain cold-trapping effect in this area.
- The reduction of precipitation might lead to a weak cold-trapping effect of POPs.
- Higher level of BDE-153 at Site 7 probably resulted from the human disturbance.
Pages 121-127
Ping Wang, Haizhen Wang, Laosheng Wu, Hongjie Di, Yan He, Jianming Xu
- Extracted phenanthrene increased substantially as the BC amount increased.
- Extracted phenanthrene in black soil with 1% BC were higher, oppositely in red soil.
- BC caused a marked decrease in the dissipation of phenanthrene from soil.
- PLFA pattern in phenanthrene-spiked soils with time had significant changes.
Persistent organic pollutants in four bivalve species from Svalbard waters
Pages 134-142
Ireen Vieweg, Haakon Hop, Thomas Brey, Sandra Huber, William G. Ambrose, William L. Locke V, Geir W. Gabrielsen
- Organochlorine compounds (OC) were analyzed in 4 bivalve species from Svalbard.
- Polychlorinated biphenyls dominated the OC load observed in the bivalves.
- Atlantic water influenced bivalves had higher OC levels than those from Arctic water.
- Location and species, rather than size and age, determined the OC pattern found.
Pages 154-161
Hang Xiao, Li Shen, Yushan Su, Enzo Barresi, Maryl DeJong, Hayley Hung, Ying-Duan Lei, Frank Wania, Eric J. Reiner, Ed Sverko, Shi-Chang Kang
- First year-round measurements of FRs in the atmosphere of the Tibetan Plateau.
- PBDEs in Tibet are reflective of truly global background levels.
- Orographic precipitation limits the transport of particle-bound chemicals.
- First study of BTBPE, EHTeBB and TBPH in the Arctic and Tibetan air.
- These new FRs may have significant long-range atmospheric transport potential.
Pages 185-191
Huabo Duan, Jinhui Li, Yicheng Liu, Norimasa Yamazaki, Wei Jiang
- This study characterizing the emissions of PBDD/Fs and PCDD/Fs from scrap PCBs.
- Both PBDD/Fs and PCDD/Fs have been found to form in all experimental samples.
- The profile of PBDD/Fs was similar to those from environmental samples.
- The concentration of PCDD/Fs is quite lower than PBDD/Fs.
- PCDD/Fs are formed and released into the environment in a variety of ways.
Pages 199-205
Baoliang Chen, Miaoxin Yuan
- The addition of fresh plant extracts significantly enhance PAHs bio-dissipation from water.
- Bioaccumulation and biodegradation contribute to the bio-dissipation of PAHs in solution.
- The added fresh plant residues promotes 15 PAHs dissipation in PAHs-contaminated soil.
- Stimulating indigenous microbial degradation activity contributes to PAHs dissipation.
- Bamboo leave exhibits the most effective one to stimulate dissipation of PAHs in soil.
Toxicokinetic of benzo[a]pyrene and fipronil in female green frogs (Pelophylax kl.esculentus)
Pages 206-214
Stéphane Reynaud, Isabelle A.M. Worms, Sylvie Veyrenc, Julien Portier, Anne Maitre, Claude Miaud, Muriel Raveton
- The uptake of benzo[a]pyrene is 1.5–3 times higher than for fipronil.
- Fipronil was more recalcitrant than benzo[a]pyrene to detoxification processes.
- This lead to increased-bioaccumulation factors except in excretion organs.
- Amphibians can be used as biomonitors for persistent pollutants.
Spatial distribution of chlordanes and PCB congeners in soil in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Pages 222-228
Andres Martinez, Nicholas R. Erdman, Zachary L. Rodenburg, Paul M. Eastling, Keri C. Hornbuckle
- Chlordanes and PCBs congeners were measured in surficial soil from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
- Measured values for both chemical groups are similar to other urban/industrial site around the world.
- This is one of the few urban soil studies in the USA.
- TEQs values are in the same order of magnitude of the provisional threshold recommended by USEPA to perform soil remediation.
PBDEs in Italian sewage sludge and environmental risk of using sewage sludge for land application
Pages 229-234
Alessandra Cincinelli, Tania Martellini, Lorenza Misuri, Eudes Lanciotti, Andy Sweetman, Serena Laschi, Ilaria Palchetti
- PBDEs in sewage sludge were determined in eight Italian WWTPs for the first time.
- PBDEs concentrations showed differences between the eight investigated WWTPs.
- Deca-BDE (BDE-209) was the dominant congener in all samples.
- The suitability of using ELISA method to analyse PBDEs in sewage sludge was tested.
- The risk assessment of using sewage sludge for land application was evaluated.
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