Sources and distribution of polychlorinated-dibenzo-p-dioxins and -dibenzofurans in soil and sediment from the Yellow Sea region of China and Korea
- Authors
- Naile, Jonathan E.; Khim, Jong Seong; Wang, Tieyu; Wan, Yi; Luo, Wei; Hu, Wenyou; Jiao, Wentao; Park, Jinsoon; Ryu, Jongseong; Hong, Seongjin; Jones, Paul D.; Lu, Yonglong; Giesy, John P.
- Issue Date
- 4월-2011
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCI LTD
- Keywords
- Dioxins; Furans; Soil; Sediment quality guidelines; Risk assessment; Yellow Sea
- Citation
- ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, v.159, no.4, pp.907 - 917
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
- Volume
- 159
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 907
- End Page
- 917
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/112741
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.12.017
- ISSN
- 0269-7491
- Abstract
- Polychlorinated-dibenzo-p-dioxins and -dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) were measured in soils and sediments from the Yellow Sea region. Korean soils and sediments mostly contained detectable PCDD/Fs and showed a widespread distribution among locations. Soil and sedimentary PCDD/Fs from China were comparable to or less than those in Korea. The patterns of relative concentrations of individual congeners in soils were different between the two countries, but similar in sediments. Sources of PCDD/Fs in China and Korea were found to be independent of each other and their distributions reflected matrix-dependent accumulation. Spatial distribution indicated some point sources in Korea while Chinese sources were more widespread and diffuse. PCDD/Fs measured in the coastal areas of the Yellow Sea were comparable to or less than those previously reported in for eastern Asia. However, Sigma TEQs in soils and sediments were near to or, in some cases exceeded environmental quality guidelines. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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