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Depth profile of persistent and emerging organic pollutants upstream of the Three Gorges Dam gathered in 2012/2013.
Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 23, 5782-5794 (2016)
Persistent and emerging organic pollutants were sampled in September 2012 and 2013 at a sampling site in front of the Three Gorges Dam near Maoping (China) in a water depth between 11 and 61 m to generate a depth profile of analytes. A novel compact water sampling system with self-packed glass cartridges was employed for the on-site enrichment of approximately 300 L of water per sample to enable the detection of low analytes levels in the picogram per liter-scale in the large water body. The overall performance of the sampling system was acceptable for the qualitative detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), perfluoroalkylic acids (PFAAs), pharmaceutical residues and polar pesticides. Strongly particle-associated analytes like PAHs and PCBs resided mainly in the glass wool filter of the sampling system, whereas all other compounds have mainly been enriched on the XAD-resin of the self-packed glass cartridges. The sampling results revealed qualitative information on the presence, depth distribution and origin of the investigated compounds. Although the depth profile of PAHs, PCBs, OCPs, and PFAAs appeared to be homogeneous, pharmaceuticals and polar pesticides were detected in distinct different patterns with water depth. Source analysis with diagnostic ratios for PAHs revealed their origin to be pyrogenic (burning of coal, wood and grass). In contrast, most PCBs and OCPs had to be regarded as legacy pollutants which have been released into the environment in former times and still remain present due to their persistence. The abundance of emerging organic pollutants could be confirmed, and their most abundant compounds could be identified as perfluorooctanoic acid, diclofenac and atrazine among investigated PFAAs, pharmaceuticals and polar pesticides, respectively.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
Depth Profile ; Environmental Fate ; Monitoring ; Perfluoroalkylic Acids ; Persistent Organic Compounds ; Pharmaceutical Residues; Personal Care Products; Waste-water; Yangtze-river; Polychlorinated-biphenyls; Perfluorinated Compounds; Pollution Status; Treatment Plants; Reservoir Area; Surface-water; Mass Fluxes
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0944-1344
e-ISSN
1614-7499
Quellenangaben
Volume: 23,
Issue: 6,
Pages: 5782-5794
Publisher
Springer
Publishing Place
Heidelberg
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Peer reviewed
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PPM-MEX-Molecular EXposomics (MEX)