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Monitoring of organochlorine pesticides in the urban air of Dalian, China with semipermeable membrane devices

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The concentrations of 28 organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in the urban air of Dalian, China were measured using semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs) for the first time. Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane (α-HCH), β-HCH, pentachlorobenzene (PentCB), hexachlorobenzene (HexCB), 4,4′-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (4,4′-DDT), 4,4′-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethene, endosulfan-I and endosulfan-II were the predominant OCPs in the urban air of Dalian. The concentration of OCPs sequestrated by SPMDs (C SPMD) ranged from undetected to 56,772 pg SPMD−1 and had a linear correlation with the reciprocal of the average ambient atmospheric temperature (1/T). The C SPMD of PentCB and HexCB had negative correlations with T, whereas the other detected OCPs had a positive correlation. The source of HCHs, DDTs, HexCB, PentCB, chlordane, and endosulfan in the air were also evaluated. The OCPs in the urban air of Dalian could be attributed to the seasonal usage of pesticides, combustion, volatilization of aged OCPs from soil, water, plants, and long-range atmospheric transport.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20877011), the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Scientific Research Visiting Scholarship and the National High Technology Research and Development Programs of China (2011AA060604).

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  1. School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Dalian Jiaotong University, Dalian, 116028, China

    Xiuhua Zhu, Taian Shi, Wei Wang, Jun Mu & Liangjun Han

  2. Helmholtz Center Munich-German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Molecular EXposomics (MEX), Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Munich, Germany

    Bernhard Henkelmann, Gerd Pfister & Karl-Werner Schramm

  3. Dalian Meteorological Observatory, Dalian, 116001, China

    Xiaoxiao Li

  4. Department für Biowissenschaften, Technische Universität München, Weihenstephaner Steig 23, 85350, Freising, Germany

    Karl-Werner Schramm

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Zhu, X., Shi, T., Henkelmann, B. et al. Monitoring of organochlorine pesticides in the urban air of Dalian, China with semipermeable membrane devices. Chin. Sci. Bull. 59, 2957–2965 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-014-0437-9

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