title: Persistent organic pollutants in environment of the Pearl River Delta, China: an overview.
abstract: In the Pearl River Delta of China, the rapidly developing industrial and agricultural activities, municipal development and use of chemicals caused serious environmental problems. This report summarizes the published scientific data on POPs in the environment of the Pearl River Delta, including the levels of POPs in the air, water, soil, river and estuarine sediments, the marine organisms like fish and shellfish in this region. The data preliminarily reveal the state of contamination in this region and give insight into the fate of POPs in this sub-tropical area. However, most research in this area is limited to a few kinds of POP compounds.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China. fujm@gig.ac.cn
authors.forename: Jiamo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Bixian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mai
authors.forename: Guoying
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.forename: Gan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xinming
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ping'an
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Xianming
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ran
authors.forename: Fanzhong
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Xianzhi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Zhishi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: U Wa
authors.initials: UW
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000737:chemistry; D002681:China; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D006723:Hong Kong; D007306:Insecticides / Q000032:analysis; D008256:Macau; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis; D045483:Rivers / Q000737:chemistry; D014220:Trialkyltin Compounds / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D007306:Insecticides; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D014220:Trialkyltin Compounds; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls