2019
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b01396
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Ecological Legacy of DDT Archived in Lake Sediments from Eastern Canada

Abstract: Historic forest management practices led to widespread aerial application of insecticides, such as dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), to North American conifer forests during ∼1950–1970. Lake basins thus may provide an important archive of inputs and aquatic responses to these organochlorines. We use dated sediment cores from five study lakes in multiple watersheds in New Brunswick (NB), Canada, to provide a regional paleo-ecotoxicological perspective on this potential legacy stressor in remote lake ecosys… Show more

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“…Over the past century, plastics have been invented and released into the environment and a series of environmental problems have also emerged, including increased CO 2 concentrations and global warming 24 , increased extreme weather events such drought 25 , forest reductions 25 , accelerated species extinction 26 , and the introduction of POPs such as organochlorine pesticides into the environment 27,28 . All of these impacts have signified that human beings are a significant force affecting the Earth's ecological environment 29 and profoundly altering the planet.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Over the past century, plastics have been invented and released into the environment and a series of environmental problems have also emerged, including increased CO 2 concentrations and global warming 24 , increased extreme weather events such drought 25 , forest reductions 25 , accelerated species extinction 26 , and the introduction of POPs such as organochlorine pesticides into the environment 27,28 . All of these impacts have signified that human beings are a significant force affecting the Earth's ecological environment 29 and profoundly altering the planet.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Supporting this, we nd DDD:DDE in the lake sediments are always greater than 1, indicating dominance of anaerobic conditions in the lake depositional environment (Zhang and Shan 2014, Ma et al 2016). Other studies also report higher DDD than DDT and DDE in lake sediments, since anaerobic conditions are common in lake bottoms (Oliver et al 1989, Muir et al 1995, Kurek et al 2019).…”
Section: Persistencementioning
confidence: 93%
“…The main peak in p,p' DDD and p,p' DDE concentrations in the lake core sediments in 1982, ten years after the U.S. ban, indicates retention of DDT-laden particles in the watershed soils or Bennett Brook, creating a lag in delivery of residues to Squam Lake (Muir et al 1995, Kurek et al 2019.…”
Section: Transportation Potentialmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Lake deposits can preserve the chronological sequence of sediments (Last and Smol, 2001) and lake sediment cores, which collect a top to bottom column of sediment, can improve understanding of historical and current levels of DDT residues in lakes (Oliver et al, 1989;Muir et al, 1995;Olsson et al, 2000;Hu et al, 2010;Kurek et al, 2019). Analyses of Squam Lake sediment cores, therefore, provides insight for: 1) the duration of Bennett Brook sourcing DDT to the lake; 2) the historic and current levels the aquatic ecosystem has been and is exposed to; 3) the dominant DDT products in the lake, and; 4) triggers for mobilization from the Bennett Brook watershed to Squam Lake.…”
Section: Lake Core Collectionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The peak values for p,p' DDD and p,p' DDE in the lake core sediments occurs in those dated to 1982, ten years after the U.S. ban. This lag in peak concentrations implies retention of DDT-laden particles in the watershed soils or in Bennett Brook's channel deposits (Muir et al, 1995;Kurek et al, 2019). We hypothesized that watershed erosion events would produce spikes of ΣDDT in the lake sediments, associated with oods and other sediment disturbances.…”
Section: Transportation Potentialmentioning
confidence: 99%