Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6356481 | Marine Pollution Bulletin | 2015 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were analyzed to assess the environmental quality in the surface sediments from Bohai Sea (BS), China. Concentrations of â37PCBs, â7PBDEs and BDE-209 were 0.157-1.699, 0.100-0.479 and 0.464-6.438Â ng/g (dry weight), respectively. All of these concentrations decreased generally from the coastal areas towards the outer sea, indicating intensive influences of anthropogenic activities. Principal component analysis (PCA) coupled with multiple linear regression (MLR) revealed that 82.1% of the PCBs in BS came from direct discharge of local anthropogenic activities, 16.3% from surface runoff of contaminated soils and 1.6% from atmospheric deposition. PBDEs were mainly derived from the usage and dismantling of products containing commercial Penta-, Octa- and Deca-BDEs. According to sediment quality guidelines (SQGs), the ecological risks of PCBs could be negligible, and penta- and deca-BDE homologs might be the major contributors of ecological risks in the BS sediments.
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Authors
Guoguang Wang, Jialin Peng, Dandan Yang, Dahai Zhang, Xianguo Li,