The soil-air exchange of OCPs and PCBs in the Tibetan Plateau : Emphasis on episodic transport of unintentionally produced PCBs

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Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in paired ambient and surface air fugacity samples were measured in the Tibetan Plateau (TP) from 2019 to 2022. The air concentrations of previously intentionally produced chemicals like dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) declined. Their soil-air exchange direction ranged from equilibrium to volatilization, suggesting that the TP is acting as a secondary source of most OCPs and PCBs with the pollution alleviation. However, considerably high atmospheric levels of PCB-11, an indicator of unintentionally produced PCBs (UP-PCBs), were recorded in the southern TP. Strong episodic long-range atmospheric transport (LRAT) and deposition of PCB-11 events took place mostly in summer. Those events associated with winds from potential sources and less rainfall interception along the air mass transport routes accounted for a significant fraction of overall atmospheric deposition in the TP. Meanwhile, cryoturbation and plowing are suspected to be important factors contributing to the reemission of PCB-11 from surface soil. The high abundance of PCB-11 and strong deposition/evaporation events highlights potential environmental and health risks of UP-POPs in the TP.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:873

Enthalten in:

The Science of the total environment - 873(2023) vom: 15. Mai, Seite 162453

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xu, Yue [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Chenmeng [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Shizhen [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Haiyan [VerfasserIn]

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Episodic atmospheric transport and deposition
Journal Article
PCB-11
Soil−air exchange
The Tibetan Plateau

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Date Completed 27.03.2023

Date Revised 27.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162453

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353486973