POZO, Karla Andrea, Santosh Kumar SARKAR, Victor H. ESTELLANO, Soumita MITRA, Ondřej AUDY, Petr KUKUČKA, Petra PŘIBYLOVÁ, Jana KLÁNOVÁ and Simonetta CORSOLINI. Passive air sampling of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and emerging compounds in Kolkata megacity and rural mangrove wetland Sundarban in India: An approach to regional monitoring. Chemosphere. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2017, vol. 168, February, p. 1430-1438. ISSN 0045-6535. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.09.055.
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Original name Passive air sampling of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and emerging compounds in Kolkata megacity and rural mangrove wetland Sundarban in India: An approach to regional monitoring
Authors POZO, Karla Andrea (380 Italy, belonging to the institution), Santosh Kumar SARKAR (356 India), Victor H. ESTELLANO (380 Italy), Soumita MITRA (356 India), Ondřej AUDY (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Petr KUKUČKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Petra PŘIBYLOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jana KLÁNOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Simonetta CORSOLINI (380 Italy).
Edition Chemosphere, OXFORD, PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2017, 0045-6535.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10511 Environmental sciences
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 4.427
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/17:00100018
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.09.055
UT WoS 000400879900063
Keywords in English Kolkata megacity; Sundarban wetland; DDTs; POPs; PAS-PUF
Tags NZ, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Ing. Nicole Zrilić, učo 240776. Changed: 10/4/2018 14:15.
Abstract
Polyurethane foam (PUF) disk passive air samplers were deployed concurrently at five sites across Kolkata megacity and the rural mangrove wetland of Sundarban (UNESCO World Heritage Site) between January-March in 2014. Samples were analyzed for hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), dichlorodiphenyltricholoroethanes (DDTs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) using gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Derived air concentrations (pg/m(3)) for Kolkata ranged: for Sigma alpha- and gamma-HCH between 70 and 207 (114 +/- 62), Sigma 6DDTs: 127-216 (161 +/- 36), Sigma(7)PCBs: 53-213 (141 +/- 64), and Sigma 10PBDEs: 0.30-23 (11 +/- 9). Low values for all the studied POPs were recorded in the remote area of the Sundarban site (with the exception of DDTs: o,p'-DDT and p,p'-DDT), where Sigma 4DDTs was 161 +/- 36. In particular, the site of Ballygunge, located in the southern part of Kolkata, showed the highest level of all the metabolites/congeners of POPs, suggesting a potential hot spot of usage and emissions. From HCHs, alpha-/gamma-HCH isomers ratio was low (0.67-1.96) indicating a possible sporadic source of lindane. y-HCH dominated the HCH signal (at 3 sites) reflecting wide spread use of lindane both in Kolkata and the Sundarban region; however, isomeric composition in Kolkata also suggests potential technical HCHs use. Among DDT metabolites, both o,p'-DDT and p,p'-DDT shared the dominant percentages accounting for 26-46% of total DDTs followed by p,p'-DDE (similar to 12-19%). The PCB congener profile was dominated by tri- and tetra-CI at the southern and eastern part of Kolkata. These results are one of the few contributions that reports air concentrations of POPs, concurrently, at urban and remote villages in India. These data are useful to assess atmospheric pollution levels and to motivate local and regional authorities to better understand the potential human exposure risk associated to urban areas in India.
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Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
LO1214, research and development projectName: Centrum pro výzkum toxických látek v prostředí (Acronym: RECETOX)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
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