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  • Title: Particle deposition fluxes of BDE-209, PAHs, DDTs and chlordane in the Pearl River Delta, South China.
    Author: Li J, Liu X, Zhang G, Li XD.
    Journal: Sci Total Environ; 2010 Aug 01; 408(17):3664-70. PubMed ID: 20546851.
    Abstract:
    Year-round bulk air deposition samples were collected at 15 sites in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) on a bimonthly basis from Dec 2003 to Nov 2004, and the particle-phase deposition of BDE-209, PAHs, DDTs and chlordane was measured. The annual deposition fluxes of BDE-209, total PAHs (15 compounds), total DDT (sum of p,p'-DDE, p,p'-DDD, p,p'-DDT, and o,p'-DDT ), and chlordane (sum of trans-chlordane and cis-chlordane) varied from 32.6 to 1970 microg m(-2) yr (-1), 22 to 290 microg m(-2) yr(-1), 0.8 to 11 microg m(-2) yr(-1), and 0.25 to 1.9 microg m(-2) yr(-1), respectively. Spatial variations were higher in the centre of the PRD and lower at the coastal sites for all compounds. The seasonal variations of deposition were found to be compound-dependent, influenced by a number of factors, such as the timing of source input, temperature, and precipitation etc. In particular, source input time affected the deposition fluxes of BDE-209 and high-weight PAHs, while temperature-dependent gas-particle partitioning was a key factor for DDT and light-weight PAH deposition. During the whole sampling period, the atmospheric deposition of BDE-209, SigmaPAHs, SigmaDDTs, and chlordane onto Hong Kong reached about 93, 86, 2.1 and 2.1 kg yr(-1), respectively, and onto the PRD reached about 13,400, 2950, 82, and 63 kg yr(-1). By comparing the calculated total air deposition with the burden in the soils, the half residual time of BDE-209 in soils was estimated to be 3 years.
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