Mercury and Organochlorines in the Terrestrial Environment of Schirmacher Hills, Antarctica

• Published in: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
• Main Authors: Subhavana, K L, Qureshi, Asif, Chakraborty, P, Tiwari, A K
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2018
• Subjects: Civil Engineering; Antarctic; Maitri; Schirmacher Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://raiith.iith.ac.in/4571/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-018-2497-z

We report the levels of mercury (Hg) and nine organochlorine pesticides [OCPs: α-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), β-HCH, γ-HCH, δ-HCH, α-Endosulfan, β-Endosulfan, Endosulfan sulfate, p,p′-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) and p,p′-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (DDD)] in the terrestrial environment...