Migration of pentachlorophenol in artificial and natural sediments of Puck Bay

Abstract

Pentachlorophenol (PCP) is an anthropogenic substance, toxic to humans. The major source of this compound in the environment are wastes from factories producing PCP and materials (textiles, wood) treated with PCP. In 2008, a dossier was prepared to support the inclusion of PCP in Annex I to the Protocol of the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants. The draft decision to add PCP along with its salts (NaPCP) and esters (PCPL) in Annex A of the Stockholm Convention was adopted during the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention in 2015. The aim of present study was to assess the status of contamination in Puck Bay with this harmful substance. The surface bottom sediments of Puck Bay were contaminated with pentachlorophenol to varying degrees, ranging from 17.4 ± 5.6 ng g

Sorption of pentachlorophenol (PCP) in the marine bottom sediments—batch sorption experiment at varying pressure

“… TOC total organic carbon, LOI loss on ignition, SD standard deviation, LOD limit of detection a Maciak et al (2016)…”

“…The samples’ preparation by the solid-phase extraction method and analysis by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) were done in accordance with the methodology validated by Kobusińska et al (2014) and applied by Maciak et al (2016). Purified extracts of water samples were injected on the chromatography column Hypersil GOLD thermostated at 25 °C and equipped with a UV-Vis detector.…”

“…Strong sorption process can effectively affect the removal of a substance from the water and immobilize it on/in grains forming the bottom. However, as a result of bioturbation, influence of current fields and changes in pH or temperature desorption followed by secondary pollution can occur (Chorover and Brusseau 2008; Hedman et al 2009; Maciak et al 2016). …”