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Wang, Xianyu1, Kennedy, Karen1, Powell, Jennifer2, Keywood, Melita2, Gillett, Rob2, Thai, Phong1, Bridgen, Phil3, Broomhall, Sara4, Paxman, Chris1, Wania, Frank5, Mueller, Jochen F.1 |
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Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. Mar2015, Vol. 17 Issue 3, p525-532. 8p. |
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A nation-wide passive air sampling campaign recorded concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in Australia's atmosphere in 2012. XAD-based passive air samplers were deployed for one year at 15 sampling sites located in remote/background, agricultural and semi-urban and urban areas across the continent. Concentrations of 47 polychlorinated biphenyls ranged from 0.73 to 72 pg m−3 (median of 8.9 pg m−3) and were consistently higher at urban sites. The toxic equivalent concentration for the sum of 12 dioxin-like PCBs was low, ranging from below detection limits to 0.24 fg m−3 (median of 0.0086 fg m−3). Overall, the levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in Australia were among the lowest reported globally to date. Among the organochlorine pesticides, hexachlorobenzene had the highest (median of 41 pg m−3) and most uniform concentration (with a ratio between highest and lowest value ∼5). Bushfires may be responsible for atmospheric hexachlorobenzene levels in Australia that exceeded Southern Hemispheric baseline levels by a factor of ∼4. Organochlorine pesticide concentrations generally increased from remote/background and agricultural sites to urban sites, except for high concentrations of α-endosulfan and DDTs at specific agricultural sites. Concentrations of heptachlor (0.47–210 pg m−3), dieldrin (ND-160 pg m−3) and trans- and cis-chlordanes (0.83–180 pg m−3, sum of) in Australian air were among the highest reported globally to date, whereas those of DDT and its metabolites (ND-160 pg m−3, sum of), α-, β-, γ- and δ-hexachlorocyclohexane (ND-6.7 pg m−3, sum of) and α-endosulfan (ND-27 pg m−3) were among the lowest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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GreenFILE |
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