Annual cycles of organochlorine pesticide enantiomers in Arctic air suggest changing sources and pathways

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: Bidleman, Terry Frank, Jantunen, L. M., Hung, H., Ma, J., Stern, G. A., Rosenberg, B., Racine, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Umeå universitet, Kemiska institutionen 2015
• Subjects: Organic Chemistry; Organisk kemi; Arctic; Resolute Bay
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-101416; https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-1411-2015

Air samples collected during 1994-2000 at the Canadian Arctic air monitoring station Alert (82 degrees 30'N, 62 degrees 20'W) were analysed by enantiospecific gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane (alpha-HCH), trans-chlordane (TC) and cis-chlordane (CC). Resu...