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Occurrence and possible sources of organochlorine pesticides in soils of Ningbo, East China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2018

Jianfeng TANG ,
Jiayong FENG ,
Gang LI ,
Mengqi LIANG ,
Ruijie WANG  and
Chao CAI
Jianfeng TANG*
Affiliation:
Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China. Email: [email protected] Ningbo Urban Environment Observation and Research Station Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315800, China.
Jiayong FENG
Affiliation:
Ningbo Environmental Monitoring Center, Ningbo 315012, China.
Gang LI
Affiliation:
Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China. Email: [email protected] Ningbo Urban Environment Observation and Research Station Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315800, China.
Mengqi LIANG
Affiliation:
Ningbo Urban Environment Observation and Research Station Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315800, China.
Ruijie WANG
Affiliation:
Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China. Email: [email protected] Ningbo Urban Environment Observation and Research Station Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315800, China.
Chao CAI
Affiliation:
Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China. Email: [email protected]
*
*Corresponding author
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Abstract

Study of the residues of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) can assist with the assessment of the contamination level, distribution, sources, transportation and trends in these selected OCPs. We investigated the concentration levels of hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), chlordane, which is currently used, and the never-used aldrin and dieldrin in the Ningbo region – a heavily industrialised and urbanised area in East China. OCPs were found in all soil samples and were predominantly composed of HCHs, DDT and its metabolites. The concentration of DDTs in the soil ranged from 2.2 to 566.6ngg–1, with a mean value of 55.6±94.8ngg–1, while the concentration of HCHs ranged from 2.7 to 28.2ngg–1, with an average of 4.6±2.9ngg–1. Aldrin, dieldrin, endrin and heptachlor were detected at much lower concentrations. The wide distribution of these never-used OCPs indicates that they have been input via long-range atmospheric processes. The results from analysis suggest that HCHs and DDTs were mainly derived from use in historical times.

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DDTsHCHsOCPs
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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 109 , Issue 3-4: Earth Surface Processes and Environmental Sustainability in China , September 2018 , pp. 495 - 500
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Copyright © The Royal Society of Edinburgh 2018 

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