Environmental Monitoring of Polychlorinated Biphenyls Using Pine Needles as Passive Samplers

Kylin, Henrik; Grimvall, Eva; Oestman, Conny E.

doi:10.1021/es00056a021

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“…On the other hand, vegetation can also accumulate considerable amounts of SVOCs from the atmosphere by gas-phase partitioning process and/or deposition of particle bound residues. For example, conifer needles are covered by a protective epicuticular wax layer and have been previously found to effectively accumulate atmospheric SVOCs (Kylin et al, 1994). Similarly, tree bark can also accumulate SVOCs due to their large surface area and high lipid content and can show the integrated levels of lipophilic compounds over a period of several years (Simonich and Hites, 1997).…”

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Levels of short chain chlorinated paraffins in pine needles and bark and their vegetation-air partitioning in urban areas

Wang

Han

et al. 2015

Environmental Pollution

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a b s t r a c tShort chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) have been of considerable concern in recent years due to their high production volumes, environmental persistency and potential for long range atmospheric transport. Vegetation can take up considerable amounts of semivolatile organic compounds from the atmosphere and can act as indicators of local contamination. Paired pine needles and bark were sampled around Beijing during winter and summertime to investigate the distribution of SCCPs in urban areas. Levels in bark samples ranged 5.79e37.5 mg/g on a lipid normalized basis (lw) with a geometric mean (GM) of 16.9 mg/g lw whereas levels were 3.03e40.8 (GM 11.8) mg/g lw for needles. Average congener group abundance profiles showed equal contribution of all four carbon groups (C 10e13 ) in wintertime whereas higher abundances of C 10 and C 11 groups were found during summer. Uptake of SCCPs occurred mainly via kinetically limited gaseous deposition and particle bound deposition in the investigated area.

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Levels of short chain chlorinated paraffins in pine needles and bark and their vegetation-air partitioning in urban areas

Wang

Han

et al. 2015

Environmental Pollution

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“…They had been used for monitoring PCDD/Fs, polychlorinated biphenyls, and other chlorinated organic compounds in the environment (Safe et al 1992;Kylin et al 1994;Strachan et al 1994;Ok et al 2002;Hanari et al 2004;Bochentin et al 2007;Wyrzykowska et al 2009;Falandysz et al 2012). To monitor PCDD/Fs in the atmosphere, Ok et al (2002) studied pine needle samples collected from 30 points in five cities in South Korea between 1998and 1999, and Bochentin et al (2007 studied 25 Scotch pine needle samples collected at various sites across Poland between October 21 and 27, 2002.…”

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PCDD/Fs accumulation in pine needles: variation with species and pine needle age

Mei

Chen

Peng

2015

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Pine needles have been used for many decades as a cheap and convenient biosampler to monitor atmospheric levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), collectively known as PCDD/Fs. However, it is unknown whether accumulation of PCDD/Fs varies according to pine tree species or pine needle age, which hampers the precise application of this biosampler. We collected 0.3-2.3-year-old pine needles from four different species of pine at three sites in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China. The PCDD/Fs were quantitatively analyzed by gas chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry. The results show that Pinus massoniana and Cedrus deodara absorbed more PCDD/Fs than Pinus thunbergii and Pinus parviflora at the same site. More cuticular wax and cuticular cell secretions in the pine needles from P. massoniana and C. deodara, as observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), might explain this discrepancy. The PCDD/Fs concentrations in 0.3-, 1.3-, and 2.3-year-old pine needles, indicated that concentrations increase with ascending age. This may be ascribed to the enhancement of lipids and cuticular waxes with age in pine needles as indicated by the lipid contents and morphologies observed by SEM. Our results may be useful for selecting the species and age of pine needles used for biosampling, especially for monitoring PCDD/Fs in large areas where the pine species growing in one place may differ from those in another place.

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“…Historically, passive sampling based on the principle of diffusion dosimeters was used for monitoring toxic chemicals in workplaces (Palmes and Gunnison 1973). Pine needles are one of the first "passive sampling devices", whose analysis is a well-established method for monitoring organic chemicals in the air (Kylin et al 1994). Some organisms may also serve as "passive samplers" in the aquatic environment.…”

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Passive sampling of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in aquatic environments

Křesinová

Petrů

Lhotský

et al. 2016

European Journal of Environmental Sciences

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Passive sampling is a rapidly developing technology, which is widely used for the monitoring of pollutants in different environments. Passive sampling offers significant advantages over traditional grab sampling. In the present review, the authors summarize the current literature on the methods of passive sampling used in the environmental monitoring of polar or semi-polar compounds in aqueous matrices. Methods of calibrating, design and deployment of samplers are also discussed. A major focus of this review is the use of polar organic compound integrative samplers (POCIS) and their use in sampling and monitoring of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PCPs) in both equilibrium and non-equilibrium conditions.

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Environmental Monitoring of Polychlorinated Biphenyls Using Pine Needles as Passive Samplers

Cited by 79 publications

References 15 publications

Levels of short chain chlorinated paraffins in pine needles and bark and their vegetation-air partitioning in urban areas

Levels of short chain chlorinated paraffins in pine needles and bark and their vegetation-air partitioning in urban areas

PCDD/Fs accumulation in pine needles: variation with species and pine needle age

Passive sampling of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in aquatic environments

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