Detection of persistent organic pollutants in the Mississippi Delta using semipermeable membrane devices

Authors
Zimmerman, LR Thurman, EM Bastian, KC
Citation
Lr. Zimmerman et al., Detection of persistent organic pollutants in the Mississippi Delta using semipermeable membrane devices, SCI TOTAL E, 248(2-3), 2000, pp. 169-179
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
ISSN journal
00489697 → ACNP
Volume
248
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
169 - 179
Database
ISI
SICI code
0048-9697(20000405)248:2-3<169:DOPOPI>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
From semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs) placed in five Mississippi Delt a streams in 1996 and 1997, the persistent organic pollutants (POPs) aldrin , chlordane, DCPA, DDT, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, mirex, nonachlor, and toxaphene were detected. In addition, the insecticides chlorpyriphos, endo sulfan, and hexachlorocyclohexanes were detected. Two low-solubility herbic ides not detected commonly in surface water, pendimethalin and trifluralin, were also detected. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.