Multiyear Measurements of Flame Retardants and Organochlorine Pesticides in Air in Canadas Western Sub-Arctic

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 8623-8630

  Yu, Yong ^a   Hung, Hayley ^a   Alexandrou, Nick ^a   Roach, Pat ^b   Nordin, Ken ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada   (Canada)

^c Laberge Environmental Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES;

HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; LONG TERM MONITORING; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; MULTI-YEAR MEASUREMENTS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POTENTIAL SOURCE CONTRIBUTION FUNCTION; POTENTIAL SOURCES;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

2 ETHYLHEXYL 2,3,4,5 TETRABROMOBENZOATE; 2,3 DIBROMOPROPYL 2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENYL ETHER; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; DECHLORANE 602; DECHLORANE PLUS; ENDOSULFAN; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOBENZENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PENTABROMOTOLUENE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2,2',4,4',5-BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4'-TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,3-DIBROMOPROPYL-2,4,6-TRIBROMOPHENYL ETHER; AIR POLLUTANT; ALPHA-HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; BROMOBENZENE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; LINDANE; PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR SAMPLING; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CANADA; EAST ASIAN; LAKE; MEASUREMENT; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SEASONAL VARIATION; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAR EAST; PROCEDURES; SEASON;

CANADA; LITTLE FOX LAKE; YUKON TERRITORY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERE; BROMOBENZENES; CANADA; ENDOSULFAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAR EAST; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LINDANE; PESTICIDES; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; SEASONS;

EID: 84937510423     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01996     Document Type: Article

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