title: Persistent organic pollutants in sediment from the southern Baltic: risk assessment.
abstract: The concentrations of organochlorine pesticides, PCBs, and PCDD/Fs were measured in sediment samples collected from the Gulf of Gdańsk, the Gdańsk Deep, the Vistula Lagoon and the off-shore waters in the southern Baltic Sea. The determinations were conducted in the fraction <63 μm. The highest levels of pollutants were found in sediments from the Gulf of Gdańsk and the Gdańsk Deep. In these sediments, concentrations of pp'-DDT and its metabolites (pp'-DDE and pp'-DDD) ranged from 2 to 11 μg kg(-1) dw. Concentrations of HCB were between 0.1 and 1.0 μg kg(-1) dw. Concentrations of the sum of α-, β-, γ-HCH were between 0.3 and 2.58 μg kg(-1) dw. Concentrations of marker PCBs ranged from about 2 to 11 μg kg(-1) dry weight. Total TEQ PCDD/F/dl-PCB values in the studied samples varied between 1 and 18 ng kg(-1) dw. The data were evaluated in terms of ecotoxicological criteria based on the environmental impact of the pollutant effects. Our research indicated that in the sediment from the southern Baltic Sea, the PCDD/F and PCBs occurred at concentrations which could be dangerous to marine organisms.
authors: National Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Department of Food and Environmental Chemistry, 1 Kołłataja Str., 81-332 Gdynia, Poland. jszlinder@mir.gdynia.pl
authors: Joanna
authors: J
authors: Szlinder-Richert
authors: Zygmunt
authors: Z
authors: Usydus
authors: Aleksander
authors: A
authors: Drgas
mesh_terms: D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry*; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis; D011108:Polymers / Q000032:analysis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*; D014877:Water Pollution, Chemical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D011108:Polymers; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C016068:polychlorodibenzofuran; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls