Composition, distribution and risk assessment of organochlorine pesticides in soils from the Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 452-453, Issue , 2013, Pages 421-426

  Ge, Jing ^a   Woodward, Lee Ann ^b   Li, Qing X ^c   Wang, Jun ^a,c  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

DDTs; HCHs; Marine pollution; Midway Atoll; Risk assessment; Soils

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; MARINE POLLUTION; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL SURVEYS;

CANCER RISK; COMPOSITIONS DISTRIBUTIONS; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; MIDWAY ATOLLS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; RISKS ASSESSMENTS; SOIL SAMPLE;

SOILS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHLORPHENOTANE DERIVATIVE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; LINDANE; PESTICIDE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CANCER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; HCH; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; HUMAN; INGESTION; INHALATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; NEOPLASMS; SOIL POLLUTANT; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MIDWAY ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHANE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LINDANE; NEOPLASMS; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875767991     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.015     Document Type: Article

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