Determination of dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls in soil and moss from Fildes Peninsula, Antarctica

Dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a class of toxic and persistent chemicals that are often found in the environment. The determination of dioxin-like PCBs in Fildes Peninsula, Antarctica, is reported in this paper. Dioxin-like PCBs were widely distributed in Antarctic soil and moss wi...

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Published in:Chinese Science Bulletin
Main Authors: Wang Qiang, Shi YeHong, Hu JianXin, Yao ZiWei, Fang XueKun, Dong YiAn
Other Authors: Hu, JX (reprint author), Peking Univ, Coll Environm Sci & Engn, State Key Joint Lab Environm Simulat & Pollut Con, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China., Peking Univ, Coll Environm Sci & Engn, State Key Joint Lab Environm Simulat & Pollut Con, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China., Natl Marine Environm Monitoring Ctr, Dalian 116023, Peoples R China.
Format: Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 科学通报 英文版 2012
Subjects:
Fildes Peninsula
dioxin-like PCBs
concentration
congener distribution
PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS
DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS
KING-GEORGE ISLAND
ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES
MARITIME ANTARCTICA
ROSS-ISLAND
PCBS
CONTAMINATION
SEDIMENTS
CHINA
Antarctic
Ardley
Ardley Island
Fildes
Fildes peninsula
King George Island
Ross Island
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/158386
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-011-4969-y
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Summary:Dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a class of toxic and persistent chemicals that are often found in the environment. The determination of dioxin-like PCBs in Fildes Peninsula, Antarctica, is reported in this paper. Dioxin-like PCBs were widely distributed in Antarctic soil and moss with concentration of 2.23-27.2 pg/g in soil and 10.4-812 pg/g in moss. The highest concentrations were found in the Ardley Island area and the lowest concentrations on the west coast. The contribution of PCB-118 to the I (12)PCBs pound ranged from 36.0% to 69.6% in soil, and 17.2% to 43.4% in moss. The congener specific patterns in soil and moss were similar. Long-range atmospheric transport is thought to be the main source of PCBs detected on King George Island. The I (12)PCBs pound toxic equivalent (TEQ) in soil was 0.400x10(-3) to 516x10(-3) pg (TEQ)/g with a mean value of 147x10(-3) pg (TEQ)/g. PCB-126 had the largest contribution (81.1%) to the I (12)PCBs pound TEQ in soil. The I (12)PCBs pound TEQ in moss ranged from 2.90x10(-3) to 1.19 pg/g with a mean value of 0.482 pg/g. PCB-126 was also the largest contributor (91.4%) to the I (12)PCBs pound TEQ in moss. The mean TEQ in moss was about 40 times that in soil. Multidisciplinary Sciences SCI(E) 0 ARTICLE 9 992-996 57

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