Production and use of DDT containing antifouling paint resulted in high DDTs residue in three paint factory sites and two shipyard sites, China

Chemosphere

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 342-347

  Xin, Jia ^a   Liu, Xiang ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Jiang, Lu ^a   Wang, Jihua ^b   Niu, Jia ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes (DDT); Environmental pollution; Paint factory; Shipyard

Indexed keywords

SHIPS; SHIPYARDS;

DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANES (DDT); ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; INPUT SOURCES; POTENTIAL ECOLOGICAL RISK; SEDIMENT SAMPLES;

ANTIFOULING PAINT;

ANTIFOULING AGENT; CHLORPHENOTANE; PAINT;

ANTIFOULING; DDT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; PAINT INDUSTRY; POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 79957706041     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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