Asia-Pacific mussel watch: monitoring contamination of persistent organochlorine compounds in coastal waters of Asian countries
Contamination of persistent organochlorines (OCs) such as PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), DDT and its metabolites (DDTs), HCH (hexachlorocyclohexane) isomers (HCHs), chlordane compounds (CHLs), and HCB (hexachlorobenzene) were examined in mussels collected from coastal waters of Asian countries su...
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| author | In Monirith, Ueno, Daisuke Takahashi, Shin Nakata, Haruhiko Sudaryanto, Agus Subramanian, Annamalai Karuppiah, Subramanian Ismail, Ahmad Muchtar, Muswerry Zheng, Jinshu Richardson, Bruce J. Prudente, Maricar Hue, Ngyen Duc Tana, Touch Seang Tkalin, Alexander V. Tanabe, Shinsuke |
| author_facet | In Monirith, Ueno, Daisuke Takahashi, Shin Nakata, Haruhiko Sudaryanto, Agus Subramanian, Annamalai Karuppiah, Subramanian Ismail, Ahmad Muchtar, Muswerry Zheng, Jinshu Richardson, Bruce J. Prudente, Maricar Hue, Ngyen Duc Tana, Touch Seang Tkalin, Alexander V. Tanabe, Shinsuke |
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| description | Contamination of persistent organochlorines (OCs) such as PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), DDT and its metabolites (DDTs), HCH (hexachlorocyclohexane) isomers (HCHs), chlordane compounds (CHLs), and HCB (hexachlorobenzene) were examined in mussels collected from coastal waters of Asian countries such as Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Far East Russia, Singapore, and Vietnam in 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2001 to elucidate the contamination status, distribution and possible pollution sources and to assess the risks on aquatic organisms and human. OCs were detected in all mussels collected from all the sampling sites investigated. Considerable residue levels of p,p′-DDT and α-HCH were found in mussels and the concentrations of DDTs and HCHs found in mussels from Asian developing countries were higher than those in developed nations suggesting present usage of DDTs and HCHs along the coastal waters of Asian developing countries. On the other hand, lower concentrations of PCBs detected in mussels from Asian developing countries than those in developed countries indicate that PCBs contamination in mussels is strongly related to industrial and activities. To our knowledge, this is a first comprehensive report on monitoring OCs pollution in the Asia-Pacific region. |
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| spelling | upm-399692015-08-26T02:18:19Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39969/ Asia-Pacific mussel watch: monitoring contamination of persistent organochlorine compounds in coastal waters of Asian countries In Monirith, Ueno, Daisuke Takahashi, Shin Nakata, Haruhiko Sudaryanto, Agus Subramanian, Annamalai Karuppiah, Subramanian Ismail, Ahmad Muchtar, Muswerry Zheng, Jinshu Richardson, Bruce J. Prudente, Maricar Hue, Ngyen Duc Tana, Touch Seang Tkalin, Alexander V. Tanabe, Shinsuke Contamination of persistent organochlorines (OCs) such as PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), DDT and its metabolites (DDTs), HCH (hexachlorocyclohexane) isomers (HCHs), chlordane compounds (CHLs), and HCB (hexachlorobenzene) were examined in mussels collected from coastal waters of Asian countries such as Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Far East Russia, Singapore, and Vietnam in 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2001 to elucidate the contamination status, distribution and possible pollution sources and to assess the risks on aquatic organisms and human. OCs were detected in all mussels collected from all the sampling sites investigated. Considerable residue levels of p,p′-DDT and α-HCH were found in mussels and the concentrations of DDTs and HCHs found in mussels from Asian developing countries were higher than those in developed nations suggesting present usage of DDTs and HCHs along the coastal waters of Asian developing countries. On the other hand, lower concentrations of PCBs detected in mussels from Asian developing countries than those in developed countries indicate that PCBs contamination in mussels is strongly related to industrial and activities. To our knowledge, this is a first comprehensive report on monitoring OCs pollution in the Asia-Pacific region. Elsevier 2003-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39969/1/Asia-Pacific%20mussel%20watch%20monitoring%20contamination%20of%20persistent%20organochlorine%20compounds%20in%20coastal%20waters%20of%20Asian%20countries.pdf In Monirith, and Ueno, Daisuke and Takahashi, Shin and Nakata, Haruhiko and Sudaryanto, Agus and Subramanian, Annamalai and Karuppiah, Subramanian and Ismail, Ahmad and Muchtar, Muswerry and Zheng, Jinshu and Richardson, Bruce J. and Prudente, Maricar and Hue, Ngyen Duc and Tana, Touch Seang and Tkalin, Alexander V. and Tanabe, Shinsuke (2003) Asia-Pacific mussel watch: monitoring contamination of persistent organochlorine compounds in coastal waters of Asian countries. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 46 (3). pp. 281-300. ISSN 0025-326X; ESSN: 1879-3363 10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00400-9 |
| spellingShingle | In Monirith, Ueno, Daisuke Takahashi, Shin Nakata, Haruhiko Sudaryanto, Agus Subramanian, Annamalai Karuppiah, Subramanian Ismail, Ahmad Muchtar, Muswerry Zheng, Jinshu Richardson, Bruce J. Prudente, Maricar Hue, Ngyen Duc Tana, Touch Seang Tkalin, Alexander V. Tanabe, Shinsuke Asia-Pacific mussel watch: monitoring contamination of persistent organochlorine compounds in coastal waters of Asian countries |
| title | Asia-Pacific mussel watch: monitoring contamination of persistent organochlorine compounds in coastal waters of Asian countries |
| title_full | Asia-Pacific mussel watch: monitoring contamination of persistent organochlorine compounds in coastal waters of Asian countries |
| title_fullStr | Asia-Pacific mussel watch: monitoring contamination of persistent organochlorine compounds in coastal waters of Asian countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Asia-Pacific mussel watch: monitoring contamination of persistent organochlorine compounds in coastal waters of Asian countries |
| title_short | Asia-Pacific mussel watch: monitoring contamination of persistent organochlorine compounds in coastal waters of Asian countries |
| title_sort | asia-pacific mussel watch: monitoring contamination of persistent organochlorine compounds in coastal waters of asian countries |
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