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National Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Department of Food and Environmental Chemistry, 1 Kołłataja Str., 81-332 Gdynia, Poland
E-mail: jszlinder@mir.gdynia.pl
; Fax: +48 (0)58 7356110
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National Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Department of Fisheries Oceanography and Marine Ecology, 1 Kołłątaja Str., 81-332 Gdynia, Poland
E-mail: aleksander.drgas@mir.gdynia.pl
; Fax: +48 (0)58 7356110
; Tel: +48 (0)58 7356130
J. Environ. Monit., 2012,14, 2100-2107
DOI:
10.1039/C2EM30221G
Received
12 Sep 2011,
Accepted
24 May 2012
First published online
25 May 2012
The concentrations of organochlorine pesticides, PCBs, and PCDD/Fs were measured in sediment samples collected from the Gulf of Gdańsk, the Gdańsk Deep, the Vistula Lagoon and the off-shore waters in the southern Baltic Sea. The determinations were conducted in the fraction <63 μm. The highest levels of pollutants were found in sediments from the Gulf of Gdańsk and the Gdańsk Deep. In these sediments, concentrations of pp′-DDT and its metabolites (pp′-DDE and pp′-DDD) ranged from 2 to 11 μg kg−1 dw. Concentrations of HCB were between 0.1 and 1.0 μg kg−1 dw. Concentrations of the sum of α-, β-, γ-HCH were between 0.3 and 2.58 μg kg−1 dw. Concentrations of marker PCBs ranged from about 2 to 11 μg kg−1 dry weight. Total TEQ PCDD/F/dl-PCB values in the studied samples varied between 1 and 18 ng kg−1 dw. The data were evaluated in terms of ecotoxicological criteria based on the environmental impact of the pollutant effects. Our research indicated that in the sediment from the southern Baltic Sea, the PCDD/F and PCBs occurred at concentrations which could be dangerous to marine organisms.
The concentrations of organochlorine pesticides, PCBs, and PCDD/Fs were measured in sediment samples collected from the Gulf of Gdansk, the Gdansk Deep, the Vistula Lagoon and the off-shore waters in the southern Baltic Sea. The determinations were conducted in the fraction <63 µm. The highest levels of pollutants were found in sediments from the Gulf of Gdansk and the Gdansk Deep. In these sediments, concentrations of pp′-DDT and its metabolites (pp′-DDE and pp(prime or minute)-DDD) ranged from 2 to 11 µg/kg dw. Concentrations of HCB were between 0.1 and 1.0 µg/kg dw. Concentrations of the sum of α-, β-, γ-HCH were between 0.3 and 2.58 µg/kg dw. Concentrations of marker PCBs ranged from about 2 to 11 µg/kg dry weight. Total TEQ PCDD/F/dl-PCB values in the studied samples varied between 1 and 18 ng/kg dw. The data were evaluated in terms of ecotoxicological criteria based on the environmental impact of the pollutant effects. The research indicated that in the sediment from the southern Baltic Sea, the PCDD/F and PCBs occurred at concentrations which could be dangerous to marine organisms.
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