Concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls in water from US Lake Ontario tributaries between 2004 and 2008

Chemosphere

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1314-1320

  Oliveira, Tiago ^a   Santacroce, Gregory ^a   Coleates, Richard ^a   Hale, Stephen ^a   Zevin, Paula ^a   Belasco, Barbara ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

HRGC HRMS; Lake Ontario; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Tributaries

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAKES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HIGH-RESOLUTION GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/HIGH-RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRIES; HRGC/HRMS; LAKE ONTARIO; PCB CONCENTRATION; PCB CONTAMINATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB); TRIBUTARIES;

LAKE POLLUTION;

LAKE WATER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAKE POLLUTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PCB; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SURFACE WATER; TRIBUTARY; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RELIABILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO;

EID: 79451475116     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Anderson, D.J., Bloem, T.B., Blankenbaker, R.K., Stanko, T.A. 1999. Concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls in the water column of the laurentian great lakes: spring. J. Great Lakes Res. 25 (1), 1993. pp. 160-170.
2. Atkinson J., DePinto J., 2007. Development and Application of LOTOX3 - A mass balance and bioaccumulation model for contaminants in Lake Ontario. http://canamglass.org/low/files/AtkinsonLOTOX3GrandIsland28Mar07.pdf.
3. Bremle G., Larsson P. Long-Term variations of PCB in the water of a river in relation to precipitation and internal sources. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1997, 31:3232-3237.
4. Chiarenzelli J., Pagano J., Scrudato R., Falanga L., Migdal K., Hartwell A., Milligan M., Battalagia T., Holsen T.M., Hsu Y., Hopke P. Enhanced airborne Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) concentrations and chlorination downwind of Lake Ontario. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2001, 35:3280-3286.
5. Ferrario J., Byrne C., Dupuy A. Background contamination by coplanar Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in trace level High Resolution Gas Chromatography/High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (HRGC/HRMS) analytical procedures. Chemosphere 1997, 34:2451-2465.
6. Frame G.M., Wagner R.E., Carnahan J.C., Brown J.F., May R.J., Smullen L.A., Bedard D.L. Comprehensive, quantitative, congener-specific analyses of eight aroclors and complete PCB congener assignments on DB-1 capillary GC columns. Chemosphere 1996, 33:603-623.
7. Froese K.L., Verbrugge D.A., Snyder S.A., Tilton F., Tuchman M., Ostaszewski A., Giesy J.P. PCBs in the detroit river water column. J. Great Lakes Res. 1997, 23(4):440-449.
8. Helm P.A., Gewurtz S.B., Whittle D.M., Marvin C.H., Fisk A.T., Tomy G.T. Occurrence and biomagnification of polychlorinated naphthalenes and non- and mono-ortho PCBs in Lake Ontario Sediment and Biota. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42:1024-1031.
9. Holsen, T.M., Hopke, P.K., Yi, S.M., Milligan, M.S., Pagano, J.J. 2007. Deposition and ambient concentrations of PBTs (Hg, PCBs, DDE, Mirex, HCB and Dioxin/Furans) in the Lake Ontario Region. Final Report. USEPA Agreement # X-982487020.
10. Howell N.L., Suarez M.P., Rifai H.S., Koenig L. Concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in water, sediment, and aquatic biota in the Houston Ship Channel, Texas. Chemosphere 2008, 70:593-606.
11. Jeremiason J.D., Hornbuckle K.C., Eisenreich S.J. PCBs in Lake Superior, 1978-1992: decreases in water concentrations reflect loss by volatilization. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1994, 28:903-914.
12. LAMP, 2008. Lake Ontario lakewide management plan status. April 22, 2008. http://www.epa.gov.
13. Litten S. 2009. Toxics Chemicals in NYS Tributaries to Lake Ontario: A Report On Sampling Undertaken In 2007 And 2008 With Special Emphasis On The Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins And Furans. Report submitted to USEPA-Region2.
14. Marti E.A., Armstrong D.E. Polychlorinated biphenyls in lake michigan tributaries. J. Great Lakes Res. 1990, 16:396-405.
15. Marvin C., Scott P., Williams D., Richardson V., Rossmann R., Van Hoof P. Spatial and temporal trends in surface water and sediment contamination in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Environ.Pollut. 2004, 129:131-144.
16. Metcalfe T.L., Metcalfe C.D., Bennett E.R., Haffner G.D. Distribution of toxic organic contaminants in water and sediments in the detroit river. J. Great Lakes Res. 2000, 26:55-64.
17. Pearson R.F., Hornbuckle K.C., Eisenreich S.J., Swackhamer D.L. PCBs in lake michigan water revisited. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1996, 30:1429-1436.
18. Quémerais B., Lemieux C., Lum K.L. Concentrations and sources of PCBs and organochlorine pesticides in the St. Lawrence (Canada) and its tributaries. Chemosphere 1994, 29:591-610.
19. RAP, 2006. http://www.eighteenmilerap.com/2006%20Status%20Report%20(Final).pdf.
20. Richards, P.R., Eckhardt, D.A.V. 2006. Tributary Loadings Of Priority Pollutants To Lake Ontario: A Prototype Approach Employing Surrogate Parameters. Final Project Report. USEPA Grant #GL982840-03-0.
21. Rowe A.A., Totten L.A., Xie M., Fikslin T.J., Eisenreich S.J. Air-water exchange of polychlorinated biphenyls in the Delaware river. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41:1152-1158.
22. Schneider A.R., Porter E.T., Baker J.E. Polychlorinated biphenyl release from resuspended hudson river sediment. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41:1097-1103.
23. Sethajintanin D., Anderson K.A. Temporal bioavailability of organochlorine pesticides and PCBs. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006, 40:3689-3695.
24. Totten L.A., Brunciak P.A., Gigliotta C.L., Dachs J., Glenn T.R., Nelson E.D., Eisenreich S.J. Dynamic air-water exchange of polychlorinated biphenyls in the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2001, 35:3834-3840.
25. Totten L.A., Gigliotta C.L., Offenberg J.H., Baker J.E., Eisenreich S.J. Reevaluation of air-water exchange fluxes of PCBs in Green Bay and southern Lake Michigan. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2003, 37:1739-1743.
26. USEPA, 1971. Method 160.2: Residue, Non-Filterable.
27. USEPA, 1999. Method 1668, Revison A: Chlorinated biphenyls congeners in water, soil, sediment, and tissue by HRGC/HRMS. USEPA National Office, Washington, DC. pp. 133.
28. Williams D.J., Kuntz K.W., Sverko E. Seasonality in contaminant concentrations in the Niagara River and Lakes Erie and Ontario. J. Great Lakes Res. 2003, 29:594-607.