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  • Title: Patterns and sources of PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs in surface sediments from the East River, China.
    Author: Ren M, Peng P, Chen D, Chen P, Li X.
    Journal: J Hazard Mater; 2009 Oct 15; 170(1):473-8. PubMed ID: 19464790.
    Abstract:
    The contamination status of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (DL-PCBs) was preliminarily investigated in surface sediments collected from the East River during April 2007. The contamination levels of PCDD/Fs and DL-PCBs ranged from 2.1 to 9.8 with mean concentration of 4.5 pg WHO(98)-TEQ g(-1) and ranged from 0.042 to 0.45 with mean concentration of 0.19 pg WHO(98)-TEQ g(-1), respectively. All sediments were characterized by the elevated levels of PCDDs, especially OCDD. Higher concentrations of PCDD/Fs were found in the sediments from Guangzhou and Dongguan. Source analysis revealed that PCDD/Fs in the sediments from Guangzhou were mainly from the secondary copper smelters and steel-making plants, and PCDD/Fs in the sediment from Dongguan were mainly from MSWIs. PCP and paper mills were unlikely to be the main sources.
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