International Pellet Watch: global monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in coastal waters. 1. Initial phase data on PCBs, DDTs, and HCHs
Samples of polyethylene pellets were collected at 30 beaches from 17 countries and analyzed for organochlorine compounds. PCB concentrations in the pellets were highest on US coasts, followed by western Europe and Japan, and were lower in tropical Asia, southern Africa and Australia. This spatial pa...
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| author | Ogata, Yuko Takada, Hideshige Mizukawa, Kaoruko Hirai, Hisashi Iwasa, Satoru Endo, Satoshi Mato, Yukie Saha, Mahua Okuda, Keiji Nakashima, Arisa Murakami, Michio Zurcher, Nico Booyatumanondo, Ruchaya Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi Dung, Le Quang Gordon, Miriam Miguez, Carlos Suzuki, Satoru Moore, Charles Karapanagioti, Hrissi K. Weerts, Steven McClurg, Tim Burres, Erick Smith, Wally Velkenburg, Michael Van Lang, Judith Selby Lang, Richard C. Laursen, Duane Danner, Brenda Stewardson, Nickol Thompson, Richard C. |
| author_facet | Ogata, Yuko Takada, Hideshige Mizukawa, Kaoruko Hirai, Hisashi Iwasa, Satoru Endo, Satoshi Mato, Yukie Saha, Mahua Okuda, Keiji Nakashima, Arisa Murakami, Michio Zurcher, Nico Booyatumanondo, Ruchaya Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi Dung, Le Quang Gordon, Miriam Miguez, Carlos Suzuki, Satoru Moore, Charles Karapanagioti, Hrissi K. Weerts, Steven McClurg, Tim Burres, Erick Smith, Wally Velkenburg, Michael Van Lang, Judith Selby Lang, Richard C. Laursen, Duane Danner, Brenda Stewardson, Nickol Thompson, Richard C. |
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| description | Samples of polyethylene pellets were collected at 30 beaches from 17 countries and analyzed for organochlorine compounds. PCB concentrations in the pellets were highest on US coasts, followed by western Europe and Japan, and were lower in tropical Asia, southern Africa and Australia. This spatial pattern reflected regional differences in the usage of PCBs and was positively correlated with data from Mussel Watch, another monitoring approach. DDTs showed high concentrations on the US west coast and in Vietnam. In Vietnam, DDT was predominant over its metabolites (DDE and DDD), suggesting the principal source may be current usage of the pesticide for malaria control. High concentrations of pesticide HCHs were detected in the pellets from southern Africa, suggesting current usage of the pesticides in southern Africa. This study demonstrates the utility and feasibility of the International Pellet Watch approach to monitor POPs at a global scale. |
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| spelling | upm-403322015-09-17T05:07:03Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40332/ International Pellet Watch: global monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in coastal waters. 1. Initial phase data on PCBs, DDTs, and HCHs Ogata, Yuko Takada, Hideshige Mizukawa, Kaoruko Hirai, Hisashi Iwasa, Satoru Endo, Satoshi Mato, Yukie Saha, Mahua Okuda, Keiji Nakashima, Arisa Murakami, Michio Zurcher, Nico Booyatumanondo, Ruchaya Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi Dung, Le Quang Gordon, Miriam Miguez, Carlos Suzuki, Satoru Moore, Charles Karapanagioti, Hrissi K. Weerts, Steven McClurg, Tim Burres, Erick Smith, Wally Velkenburg, Michael Van Lang, Judith Selby Lang, Richard C. Laursen, Duane Danner, Brenda Stewardson, Nickol Thompson, Richard C. Samples of polyethylene pellets were collected at 30 beaches from 17 countries and analyzed for organochlorine compounds. PCB concentrations in the pellets were highest on US coasts, followed by western Europe and Japan, and were lower in tropical Asia, southern Africa and Australia. This spatial pattern reflected regional differences in the usage of PCBs and was positively correlated with data from Mussel Watch, another monitoring approach. DDTs showed high concentrations on the US west coast and in Vietnam. In Vietnam, DDT was predominant over its metabolites (DDE and DDD), suggesting the principal source may be current usage of the pesticide for malaria control. High concentrations of pesticide HCHs were detected in the pellets from southern Africa, suggesting current usage of the pesticides in southern Africa. This study demonstrates the utility and feasibility of the International Pellet Watch approach to monitor POPs at a global scale. Elsevier 2009-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40332/1/International%20Pellet%20Watch%20global%20monitoring%20of%20persistent%20organic%20pollutants%20%28POPs%29%20in%20coastal%20waters.%201.%20Initial%20phase%20data%20on%20PCBs%2C%20DDTs%2C%20and%20HCHs.pdf Ogata, Yuko and Takada, Hideshige and Mizukawa, Kaoruko and Hirai, Hisashi and Iwasa, Satoru and Endo, Satoshi and Mato, Yukie and Saha, Mahua and Okuda, Keiji and Nakashima, Arisa and Murakami, Michio and Zurcher, Nico and Booyatumanondo, Ruchaya and Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi and Dung, Le Quang and Gordon, Miriam and Miguez, Carlos and Suzuki, Satoru and Moore, Charles and Karapanagioti, Hrissi K. and Weerts, Steven and McClurg, Tim and Burres, Erick and Smith, Wally and Velkenburg, Michael Van and Lang, Judith Selby and Lang, Richard C. and Laursen, Duane and Danner, Brenda and Stewardson, Nickol and Thompson, Richard C. (2009) International Pellet Watch: global monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in coastal waters. 1. Initial phase data on PCBs, DDTs, and HCHs. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 58 (10). pp. 1437-1446. ISSN 0025-326X; ESSN: 1879-3363 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X09002690 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.06.014 |
| spellingShingle | Ogata, Yuko Takada, Hideshige Mizukawa, Kaoruko Hirai, Hisashi Iwasa, Satoru Endo, Satoshi Mato, Yukie Saha, Mahua Okuda, Keiji Nakashima, Arisa Murakami, Michio Zurcher, Nico Booyatumanondo, Ruchaya Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi Dung, Le Quang Gordon, Miriam Miguez, Carlos Suzuki, Satoru Moore, Charles Karapanagioti, Hrissi K. Weerts, Steven McClurg, Tim Burres, Erick Smith, Wally Velkenburg, Michael Van Lang, Judith Selby Lang, Richard C. Laursen, Duane Danner, Brenda Stewardson, Nickol Thompson, Richard C. International Pellet Watch: global monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in coastal waters. 1. Initial phase data on PCBs, DDTs, and HCHs |
| title | International Pellet Watch: global monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in coastal waters. 1. Initial phase data on PCBs, DDTs, and HCHs |
| title_full | International Pellet Watch: global monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in coastal waters. 1. Initial phase data on PCBs, DDTs, and HCHs |
| title_fullStr | International Pellet Watch: global monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in coastal waters. 1. Initial phase data on PCBs, DDTs, and HCHs |
| title_full_unstemmed | International Pellet Watch: global monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in coastal waters. 1. Initial phase data on PCBs, DDTs, and HCHs |
| title_short | International Pellet Watch: global monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in coastal waters. 1. Initial phase data on PCBs, DDTs, and HCHs |
| title_sort | international pellet watch: global monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (pops) in coastal waters. 1. initial phase data on pcbs, ddts, and hchs |
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