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Ghose A, Mitra S. Spent waste from edible mushrooms offers innovative strategies for the remediation of persistent organic micropollutants: A review. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 305:119285. [PMID: 35421550 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Revised: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Urgent and innovative strategies for removal of persistent organic micropollutants (OMPs) in soil, groundwater, and surface water are the need of the hour. OMPs detected in contaminated soils and effluents from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are categorized as environmentally persistent pharmaceutical pollutants (EPPPs), and endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), their admixture could cause serious ecological issues to the non-target species. As complete eradication of OMPs is not possible with the extant conventional WWTPs technology, the inordinate and reckless application of OMPs negatively impacts environmental regenerative and resilience capacity. Therefore, the cardinal focus of this review is the bioremediation of persistent OMPs through efficient application of an agro-waste, i.e. spent mushroom waste (SMW). This innovative, green, long-term strategy embedded in the circular economy, based on state of the art information is comprehensively assessed in this paper. SMW accrues ligninolytic enzymes such as laccase and peroxidase, with efficient mechanism to facilitate biodegradation of recalcitrant organic pollutants. It is vital in this context that future research should address immobilization of such enzymes to overcome quantitative and qualitative issues obstructing their widespread use in biodegradation. Therefore, dual benefit is gained from cultivating critical cash crops like mushrooms to meet the escalating demand for food resources and to aid in biodegradation. Hence, mushroom cultivation has positive environmental, social, and economic implications in developing countries like India.
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- Anamika Ghose
- Agro-ecotechnology Laboratory, School of Agro and Rural Technology (SART), Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), Assam, 781039, India
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- Agro-ecotechnology Laboratory, School of Agro and Rural Technology (SART), Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), Assam, 781039, India; Centre for Disaster Management and Research, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), Assam 781039, India.
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Feng WL, Wu JP, Li X, Nie YT, Xu YC, Tao L, Zeng YH, Luo XJ, Mai BX. Bioaccumulation and maternal transfer of two understudied DDT metabolites in wild fish species. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 818:151814. [PMID: 34813814 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 11/14/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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While the secondary metabolites of DDT such as 2,2-bis(chlorophenyl)-1-chloroethylene (DDMU) and 2,2-bis(chlorophenyl)methane (DDM) have been detected in the environment for several decades, knowledge is extremely limited on their bioaccumulation characteristics. Here, we reported the bioaccumulation and maternal transfer of p,p'-DDMU and p,p'-DDM in two wild fishes, i.e., the northern snakehead (Channa argus) and crucian carp (Carassius auratus), from a DDT contaminated site in South China. The hepatic concentrations of p,p'-DDMU and p,p'-DDM in the fish were up to 549 and 893 ng/g lipid weight, contributing 5.3% and 3.2% in average to ΣDDXs (the sum concentrations of DDT and its 6 metabolites), respectively. The residues of p,p'-DDMU and p,p'-DDM in the fish exhibited interspecific and intraspecific variations, resulting from the differences in lipid content, sex, and body sizes (length and mass) between or within species. Both p,p'-DDMU and p,p'-DDM were consistently detected in the fish eggs, demonstrating their maternal transfer in female fish. The mean eggs to liver lipid-normalized concentration (E/L) ratios of p,p'-DDMU and p,p'-DDM were 0.98 and 1.77 in the northern snakehead, 0.35 and 0.01 in crucian carp, respectively; which were comparable to or even exceeded those of DDT and its major metabolites calculated in the same individual. Statistical analyses of the data showed that the E/L ratios were positively correlated with body sizes of the fish, but negatively correlated with the hepatic concentrations of p,p'-DDMU and p,p'-DDM in females; suggesting the influences of fish sizes and the mother body residues on their maternal transfer efficiencies.
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- Wen-Lu Feng
- School of Ecology and Environment, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China; Center of Cooperative Innovation for Recovery and Reconstruction of Degraded Ecosystem in Wanjiang City Belt, Wuhu 241000, China.
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Liu J, An F, Zhu C, Zhou D. Efficient transformation of DDT with peroxymonosulfate activation by different crystallographic MnO 2. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 759:142864. [PMID: 33268252 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2020] [Revised: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In this study, three different structures of MnO2 were synthesized and used to activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) for the degradation of DDT in aqueous solutions. It was found that DDT was efficiently degraded in the MnO2/PMS system and the degradation rate was dependent on the properties of MnO2 including crystal structure (followed the order: α-MnO2 > γ-MnO2 > β-MnO2), surface area and Mn(III) content. Sulfate radicals (SO4-) was primarily responsible for the degradation of DDT based on the results of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and quenching experiments. The degradation of DDT was suppressed at alkaline pH because the formation of SO4- was inhibited. The results of GC-MS indicated that dichlorobenzophenone, 4-chlorobenzoic acid and benzylalcohol were the dominant intermediates for DDT degradation. The possible pathways of DDT degradation were proposed according to the identified products.
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- Jingliang Liu
- School of Environmental Science, Nanjing XiaoZhuang University, Nanjing 211171, China
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- State Power Environmental Protection Research Institute Co. Ltd., Nanjing 210031, China
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- School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
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Rizqi HD, Purnomo AS, Kamei I. Interaction and Effects of Bacteria Addition on Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane Biodegradation by Daedalea dickinsii. Curr Microbiol 2021; 78:668-678. [PMID: 33398445 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-020-02305-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The residue of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) has been a major pollution problem in our environment. Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) is one of the most common persistent OCPs that continue to pose a serious risk to human health and the environment. Some treatment methods have been developed to reduce and minimize the adverse impacts of the use of DDT, including biodegradation with brown-rot fungi (BRF). However, DDT degradation using BRF has still low degradation rate and needs a long incubation time. Therefore, the ability of BRF need to be enhanced to degrade DDT. Interaction and effect of bacteria addition on biodegradation of DDT by brown-rot fungus Daedalea dickinsii were investigated. The interaction assay between D. dickinsii with bacteria addition showed that the addition of bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa did not provide resistance to the growth of D. dickinsii. Meanwhile, bacterium Bacillus subtilis addition has an inhibitory effect on the growth of D. dickinsii. The addition of 10 ml (1 ml = 1.05 × 109 CFU/ml bacteria cell) of P. aeruginosa and B. subtilis was able to improve DDT biodegradation by D. dickinsii from 53.61% to 96.70% and 67.60%, respectively. The highest biodegradation capability of DDT was obtained through addition of 10 ml of P. aeruginosa into the D. dickinsii culture in which the mixed cultures produce final metabolites of 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane (DDD) and 1-chloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethylene (DDMU). This study indicated that the addition of P. aeruginosa can be used for optimization of DDT biodegradation by D. dickinsii.
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- Hamdan Dwi Rizqi
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Data Analytics, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Kampus ITS Sukolilo, Surabaya, 60111, Indonesia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Data Analytics, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Kampus ITS Sukolilo, Surabaya, 60111, Indonesia.
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- Department of Forest and Environmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, 1-1, Gakuen-kibanadai-nishi, Miyazaki, 889-2192, Japan
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Peng S, Kong D, Li L, Zou C, Chen F, Li M, Cao T, Yu C, Song J, Jia W, Peng P. Distribution and sources of DDT and its metabolites in porewater and sediment from a typical tropical bay in the South China Sea. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 267:115492. [PMID: 33254672 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) is well known for its harmful effects and has been banned around the world. However, DDT is still frequently detected in natural environments, particularly in aquaculture and harbor sediments. In this study, 15 surface sediment samples were collected from a typical tropical bay (Zhanjiang Bay) in the South China Sea, and the levels of DDT and its metabolites in sediment and porewater samples were investigated. The results showed that concentrations of DDXs (i.e., DDT and its metabolites) in bulk sediments were 1.58-51.0 ng g-1 (mean, 11.5 ng g-1). DDTs (DDT and its primary metabolites, dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (DDD) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE)) were the most prominent, accounting for 73.2%-98.3% (86.1% ± 12.8%) of the DDXs. Additionally, high-order metabolites (i.e., 1-chloro-2,2-bis(4'-chlorophenyl)ethylene (p,p'-DDMU), 2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene (p,p'-DDNU), 2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethanol (p,p'-DDOH), 2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)methane (p,p'-DDM), and 4,4'-dichlorobenzophenone (p,p'-DBP)) were also detected in most of the sediment and porewater samples, with DDMU and DBP being predominant. The DDTs concentration differed among the sampling sites, with relatively high DDTs concentrations in the samples from the aquaculture zone and an area near the shipping channel and the Haibin shipyard. The DDD/DDE ratios indicated a reductive dichlorination of DDT to DDD under anaerobic conditions at most of the sampling sites of Zhanjiang Bay. The possible DDT degradation pathway in the surface sediments of Zhanjiang Bay was p,p'-DDT/p,p'-DDD(p,p'-DDE)/p,p'-DDMU/p,p'-DDNU/ … /p,p'-DBP. The DDXs in the sediments of Zhanjiang Bay were mainly introduced via mixed sources of industrial DDT and dicofol, including fresh input and historical residue. The concentrations of DDXs in porewater samples varied from 66.3 to 250 ng L-1, exhibiting a distribution similar to that in the accompanying sediments. However, the content of high-order metabolites was relatively lower in porewater than in sediment, indicating that high-order degradation mainly occurs in particles. Overall, this study helps in understanding the distribution, source, and degradation of DDT in a typical tropical bay.
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- Shiyun Peng
- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China
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- College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China
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- College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Huang H, Li J, Zhang Y, Chen W, Ding Y, Chen W, Qi S. How persistent are POPs in remote areas? A case study of DDT degradation in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 263:114574. [PMID: 33618471 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2019] [Revised: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) can undergo long-range atmospheric transport (LRAT) and deposit in remote areas. How persistent are POPs in remote areas? To answer this question, we measured two parent-DDTs and eight metabolites in soil and air along a transect in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China, to quantitatively evaluate the degree of degradation of DDTs. DDTs were ubiquitous in soil and air with the total DDT concentrations (Σ10DDTs) ranging 37.7-70,100 pg g-1 dw and 3.4-175 pg m-3, respectively. The air-soil equilibrium status indicated that the forest/basin soil was a source for most DDTs, while the plateau soil was a sink receiving DDTs from the LRAT and photodegradation in the air (for metabolites). The metabolites accounted for avg. 64.1% of Σ10DDTs in soil, with avg. 93.2% from local degradation, implying the overall high degradation of DDTs. With the significant degradation, the continuous input via LRAT was deemed to be the main reason for the stable level (persistence) of POPs in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Therefore, we emphasize the importance of source control for the risk management of POPs. POPs in the environment might decline rapidly due to a reduction in source input and significant degradation as indicated by our study.
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- Huanfang Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China; State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, China Academic of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, China Academic of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China; School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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Purnomo AS, Sariwati A, Kamei I. Synergistic interaction of a consortium of the brown-rot fungus Fomitopsis pinicola and the bacterium Ralstonia pickettii for DDT biodegradation. Heliyon 2020; 6:e04027. [PMID: 32548317 PMCID: PMC7284076 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2019] [Revised: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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1,1,1-Trichloro-2,2-bis (4-chlorophenyl) ethane (DDT) is a toxic and recalcitrant pesticide that has been greatly used to eradicate malaria mosquitos since the 1940s. However, the US Environmental Protection Agency banned and classified DDT as priority pollutants due to its negative impact on wildlife and human health. Considering its negative effects, it is necessary to develop effective methods of DDT degradation. A synergistic interaction of a consortium consisting of the brown-rot fungus Fomitopsis pinicola and the bacterium Ralstonia pickettii was adopted to degrade DDT. For the microbial consortia, F. pinicola was mixed with R. pickettii at 1, 3, 5, 7 and 10 ml (1 ml ≈ 1.44 × 1013 CFU) in a potato dextrose broth (PDB) medium to degrade DDT throughout the seven days incubation period. The degradation of DDT by only the fungus F. pinicola was roughly 42%, while by only R. pickettii was 31%. The addition of 3 ml of R. pickettii into F. pinicola culture presented appropriate optimization for efficient DDT degradation at roughly 61%. The DDT transformation pathway by co-inoculation of F. pinicola and R. pickettii showed that DDT was converted to 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl) ethane (DDD), further transformed to 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl) ethylene (DDE), and then ultimately transformed to 1-chloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl) ethylene (DDMU). These metabolites are less toxic than DDT. This research showed that R. picketti synergistically interacts with F. pinicola by enhancing DDT degradation.
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- Adi Setyo Purnomo
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Data Analytics, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Kampus ITS Sukolilo, Surabaya, 60111, Indonesia
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- Department of Tiongkok Traditional Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, Institut Ilmu Kesehatan Bhakti Wiyata Kediri, Jalan KH Wahid Hasyim 65, Kediri, 64114, Indonesia
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- Department of Forest and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, 1-1 Gakuen-kibanadai-nishi, Miyazaki, 889-2192, Japan
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Multiannual Trend of Micro-Pollutants in Sediments and Benthic Community Response in a Mediterranean Lagoon (Sacca di Goro, Italy). WATER 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/w12041074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Long-term variations of ecological status in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon (Sacca di Goro, Northern Adriatic) were investigated, combining data on the concentration of surface sediment contaminants and on the structure of the macrobenthic community. The aim was to assess any amount of chemical contamination and check the response of the macrobenthic community to sediment contamination. Over the studied period, the sediments of the lagoon showed contamination by trace metals and organochlorine pesticides, with most of them exceeding the thresholds indicated by the Italian legislation in many samples. Contamination by polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) instead never exceeded the threshold. The ecological status based on the macrobenthic community, evaluated through biotic indices (AMBI and M-AMBI), fell below the Good/Moderate threshold in most samples. The results indicate a possible influence of toxic compounds in sediment on benthic organisms, but most of the variability shown by the macrobenthic community is probably due to other factors. The difficulty in establishing a cause/effect relationship was due to the co-occurrence and variability of various stressors (both natural and anthropogenic) and their interactions. The methods currently used for monitoring transitional waters thus seem insufficient to disentangle the effect of pollutants and other environmental variables on the benthos. Integrated approaches (e.g., bioaccumulation and toxicity tests) are thus needed for a more precise identification of the risk posed by a high concentration of pollutants in such environments.
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Sun R, Yu J, Liao Y, Chen J, Wu Z, Mai B. Geographical distribution and risk assessment of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and its metabolites in Perna viridis mussels from the northern coast of the South China Sea. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2020; 151:110819. [PMID: 32056612 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Revised: 12/07/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Mussels (Perna viridis) were collected from the northern coast of the South China Sea (NSCS) to investigate the geographical distribution and potential risk of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and its metabolites (DDTs). DDTs had concentrations that ranged from 248 ng/g to 4650 ng/g lipid weight (lw), with an average of 807 ± 932 ng/ng lw. A comparison of the levels of DDTs in mussels indicated that the NSCS is still one of the most polluted areas in the world, although a decreasing trend was observed. DDT metabolites were predominant in all samples, suggesting that historical residue was the main source of DDT pollution. However, there were new inputs of DDTs which likely associated with antifouling paints. The human health risk assessment revealed that the current concentrations of DDTs in mussels might pose little health risk for the consumers.
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- Runxia Sun
- School of Marine Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
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- School of Materials and Environment, Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai, Zhuhai 519000, China.
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- School of Marine Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Kivenson V, Lemkau KL, Pizarro O, Yoerger DR, Kaiser C, Nelson RK, Carmichael C, Paul BG, Reddy CM, Valentine DL. Ocean Dumping of Containerized DDT Waste Was a Sloppy Process. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2019; 53:2971-2980. [PMID: 30829032 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b05859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Industrial-scale dumping of organic waste to the deep ocean was once common practice, leaving a legacy of chemical pollution for which a paucity of information exists. Using a nested approach with autonomous and remotely operated underwater vehicles, a dumpsite offshore California was surveyed and sampled. Discarded waste containers littered the site and structured the suboxic benthic environment. Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) was reportedly dumped in the area, and sediment analysis revealed substantial variability in concentrations of p, p-DDT and its analogs, with a peak concentration of 257 μg g-1, ∼40 times greater than the highest level of surface sediment contamination at the nearby DDT Superfund site. The occurrence of a conspicuous hydrocarbon mixture suggests that multiple petroleum distillates, potentially used in DDT manufacture, contributed to the waste stream. Application of a two end-member mixing model with DDTs and polychlorinated biphenyls enabled source differentiation between shelf discharge versus containerized waste. Ocean dumping was found to be the major source of DDT to more than 3000 km2 of the region's deep seafloor. These results reveal that ocean dumping of containerized DDT waste was inherently sloppy, with the contents readily breaching containment and leading to regional scale contamination of the deep benthos.
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- Veronika Kivenson
- Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Marine Science , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
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- Marine Science Institute , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
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- Australian Centre for Field Robotics , University of Sydney , Sydney 2006 , Australia
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- Department of Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering , Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution , Woods Hole , Massachusetts 02453 , United States
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- Department of Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering , Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution , Woods Hole , Massachusetts 02453 , United States
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- Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry , Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution , Woods Hole , Massachusetts 02453 , United States
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- Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry , Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution , Woods Hole , Massachusetts 02453 , United States
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- Marine Science Institute , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
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- Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry , Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution , Woods Hole , Massachusetts 02453 , United States
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- Marine Science Institute , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
- Department of Earth Science , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
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Xie H, Zhu L, Wang J. Combined treatment of contaminated soil with a bacterial Stenotrophomonas strain DXZ9 and ryegrass (Lolium perenne) enhances DDT and DDE remediation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 25:31895-31905. [PMID: 29354855 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-1236-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2017] [Accepted: 01/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Bioremediation of contaminated soils by a combinational approach using specific bacterial species together with ryegrass is a promising strategy, resulting in potentially highly efficient degradation of organic contaminants. The present study tested the combination of strain DXZ9 of Stenotrophomonas sp. with ryegrass to remove DDT and DDE contaminants from soil under natural conditions in a pot experiment. The strain DXZ9 was successfully colonized in the natural soil, resulting in removal rates of approximately 77% for DDT, 52% for DDE, and 65% for the two pollutants combined after 210 days. Treatment with ryegrass alone resulted in slightly lower removal rates (72 and 48%, respectively, 61% for both combined), while the combination of strain DXZ9 and ryegrass significantly (p < 0.05) improved the removal rates to 81% for DDT and 55% for DDE (69% for both). The half-life of the contaminants was significantly shorter in combined treatment with DXZ9 and ryegrass compared to the control. The remediation was mostly due to degradation of the contaminants, as the net uptake of DDT and DDE by the ryegrass accounted for less than 3% of the total amount in the soil. DDT is reductively dechlorinated to DDD and dehydrochlorinated to DDE in the soil; the metabolites of DDE and DDD were multiple undefined substances. The toxicity of the soil was significantly reduced as a result of the treatment. The present study demonstrates that the bioremediation of soil contaminated with DDT and DDE by means of specific bacteria combined with ryegrass is feasible.
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- Hui Xie
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment in Universities of Shandong, College of Resources and Environment, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018, China.
- National Engineering Laboratory for Efficient Utilization of Soil and Fertilizer Resources, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment in Universities of Shandong, College of Resources and Environment, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018, China.
- National Engineering Laboratory for Efficient Utilization of Soil and Fertilizer Resources, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment in Universities of Shandong, College of Resources and Environment, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018, China
- National Engineering Laboratory for Efficient Utilization of Soil and Fertilizer Resources, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018, China
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Huang H, Zhang Y, Chen W, Chen W, Yuen DA, Ding Y, Chen Y, Mao Y, Qi S. Sources and transformation pathways for dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and metabolites in soils from Northwest Fujian, China. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2018; 235:560-570. [PMID: 29329097 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.12.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2017] [Revised: 12/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Dicofol (2,2,2-trichloro-1,1-bis-(p-chlorophenyl)ethanol) found in the environment is not only a miticide originated from commercial use, but also a metabolite of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), which is often overlooked. To verify the sources and transformation pathways of DDT and related metabolites in soils, we measured p,p'-(dicofol + DBP) (sum of p,p'-dicofol and 4,4'-dichlorobenzophenone), DDT and six metabolites in soils from Northwest Fujian, China. The ratios of 1,1,1-trichloro-2-(o-chlorophenyl)-2-(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (o,p'-DDT)/1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis-(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (p,p'-DDT) and the mass balance demonstrated that p,p'-(dicofol + DBP) predominantly originated from p,p'-DDT transformation rather than from actual dicofol application. p,p'-(dicofol + DBP) accounted for 45.0% as the primary metabolites of DDT in this study, more than 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis-(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene (p,p'-DDE) and 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis-(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (p,p'-DDD), which might lead to large overestimations of the fresh DDT input by using the traditional ratio of (∑2DDD + ∑2DDE)/∑2DDT (with all o,p'- and p,p'- isomers included). In paddy fields where the conditions alternate between aerobic (dry period) and anaerobic (wet period), both p,p'-DDD and p,p'-DDE were likely to degrade to 1-chloro-2,2-bis-(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene (p,p'-DDMU), which further transformed to 2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene (p,p'-DDNU). Degradation of p,p'-DDMU to p,p'-DDNU mainly occurred in waterlogged paddy soils. However, p,p'-DDNU might not transform to other higher-order metabolites in aerobic surface soils. Overall, our study confirmed p,p'-(dicofol + DBP) as metabolites of p,p'-DDT, suggested DDE and DDD were parallel precursors of DDMU, and further verified the transformation pathways of DDT in surface soils.
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- Huanfang Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China; School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China; Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China; School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China; Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK; State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China; Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China; School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
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Kucher S, Schwarzbauer J. DDT-related compounds as non-extractable residues in submarine sediments of the Palos Verdes Shelf, California, USA. CHEMOSPHERE 2017; 185:529-538. [PMID: 28715764 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.07.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Revised: 07/06/2017] [Accepted: 07/09/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The Palos Verdes Shelf (PVS) and the continental slope off the Palos Verdes Peninsula are highly contaminated by degradation products of the pesticide DDT (1-chloro-4-[2,2,2-trichloro-1-(4-chlorophenyl)ethyl]benzene). Sediment samples from two box cores were analyzed to obtain further information about the fate of DDT and its degradation products within the environment. After solvent extraction, an alkaline hydrolysis procedure was applied. A comprehensive screening for 26 DDT compounds revealed that DDT and its degradates contaminate not only the extractable fraction but also the fraction released by alkaline hydrolysis. A comparison of the quantitative distribution of DDT degradation products in the extractable fraction and released by alkaline hydrolysis showed a distinct difference. DDE (1-chloro-4-[2,2-dichloro-1-(4-chlorophenyl)ethenyl]benzene), DDD (1-chloro-4-[2,2-dichloro-1-(4-chlorophenyl)ethyl]benzene), DDMS (1-chloro-4-[2-chloro-1-(4-chlorophenyl)ethyl]benzene), and DDMU (1-chloro-4-[2-chloro-1-(4-chlorophenyl)ethenyl]benzene) were predominant in the sediment extracts but minor components of the hydrolyzable fraction. The most abundant compounds released by the alkaline hydrolysis were DBP (bis(4-chlorophenyl)methanone), DDNU (1-chloro-4-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)ethenyl]benzene), DDM (1-chloro-4-[(4-chlorophenyl)methyl]benzene) and the water-soluble DDA (2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)acetic acid). The release of DDA may point to the presence of an important degradation pathway in marine environments. Concentration levels of DDT-related compounds showed corresponding vertical profiles in both fractions, but were significantly lower in the fraction released by alkaline hydrolysis. In contrast to fluvial sediments contaminated by DDT and its degradates the alkaline hydrolysis products represented a minor portion of the total sedimentary burden in the analyzed marine sediments. These findings show the necessity of a comprehensive screening for all DDT isomers and breakdown products in the extractable and non-extractable fraction to assess the total contamination abundance and potential environmental risks.
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- S Kucher
- Energy and Mineral Resources Group (EMR), Institute for Geology and Geochemistry of Petroleum and Coal, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, 52058, Germany
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- Energy and Mineral Resources Group (EMR), Institute for Geology and Geochemistry of Petroleum and Coal, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, 52058, Germany.
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Wen J, Yu B, Huang T, Mack J, Wildervanck M, Nyokong T, Li M, Zhu W, Liang X. Enantioselective electrochemical carbon-chloride bond cleavage of hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) catalyzed by Mn(III)Cl-phthalocyanine. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2017.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Wu CC, Bao LJ, Liu LY, Shi L, Tao S, Zeng EY. Impact of Polymer Colonization on the Fate of Organic Contaminants in Sediment. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2017; 51:10555-10561. [PMID: 28825800 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b03310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Plastic pellets and microbes are important constitutes in sediment, but the significance of microbes colonizing on plastic pellets to the environmental fate and transport of organic contaminants has not been adequately recognized and assessed. To address this issue, low-density polyethylene (LDPE), polyoxymethylene (POM) and polypropylene (PP) slices were preloaded with dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes (DDTs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and incubated in abiotic and biotic sediment microcosms. Images from scanning electron microscope, Lysogeny Broth agar plates and confocal laser scanning microscope indicated that all polymer slices incubated in biotic sediments were colonized by microorganisms, particularly the LDPE slices. The occurrence of biofilms induced higher dissipation rates of DDTs and PAHs from the LDPE slice surfaces incubated in the biotic sediments than in the abiotic sediments. Plastic colonization on LDPE slice surfaces enhanced the biotransformation of DDT and some PAHs in both marine and river sediments, but had little impact on PCBs. By comparison, PP and POM with unique properties were shown to exert different impacts on the physical and microbial activities as compared to LDPE. These results clearly demonstrated that the significance of polymer surface affiliated microbes to the environmental fate and behavior of organic contaminants should be recognized.
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- Chen-Chou Wu
- School of Environment, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Environmental Exposure and Health, and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health, Jinan University , Guangzhou 510632, China
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- School of Environment, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Environmental Exposure and Health, and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health, Jinan University , Guangzhou 510632, China
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- School of Environment, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Environmental Exposure and Health, and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health, Jinan University , Guangzhou 510632, China
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- School of Environment, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Environmental Exposure and Health, and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health, Jinan University , Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Science, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Environment, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Environmental Exposure and Health, and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health, Jinan University , Guangzhou 510632, China
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Hieke ASC, Brinkmeyer R, Yeager KM, Schindler K, Zhang S, Xu C, Louchouarn P, Santschi PH. Widespread Distribution of Dehalococcoides mccartyi in the Houston Ship Channel and Galveston Bay, Texas, Sediments and the Potential for Reductive Dechlorination of PCDD/F in an Estuarine Environment. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2016; 18:630-644. [PMID: 27844293 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-016-9723-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2015] [Accepted: 10/04/2016] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Sediments in the Houston Ship Channel and upper Galveston Bay, Texas, USA, are polluted with polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/furans (PCDD/F; ≤46,000 ng/kg dry weight (wt.)) with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), the most toxic congener, contributing >50 % of the total toxic equivalents (TEQ) at most locations. We measured PCDD/F concentrations in sediments and evaluated the potential for enhanced in situ biodegradation by surveying for Dehalococcoides mccartyi, an obligate organohalide respiring bacterium. Dehalococcoides spp. (98 % similar to D. mccartyi) and 22 other members of the class Dehalococcoidia were predominant 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) phylotypes. Dehalococcoides spp. were also present in the active fraction of the bacterial community. Presence/absence PCR screening detected D. mccartyi in sediment cores and sediment grab samples having at least 1 ng/kg dry wt. TEQ at salinities ranging from 0.6 to 19.5 PSU, indicating that they are widespread in the estuarine environment. Organic carbon-only and organic carbon + sulfate-amended sediment microcosm experiments resulted in ∼60 % reduction of ambient 2,3,7,8-TCDD in just 24 months leading to reductions in total TEQs by 38.4 and 45.0 %, respectively, indicating that 2,3,7,8-TCDD degradation is occurring at appreciable rates.
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- Anne-Sophie Charlotte Hieke
- Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 3146 TAMU, College Station, TX, 77843, USA.
- Department of Poultry Science, Texas A&M University, 2472 TAMU, College Station, TX, 77843, USA.
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- Department of Marine Science, Texas A&M University, 200 Seawolf Parkway, Galveston, TX, 77553, USA
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- Department of Marine Science, Texas A&M University, 200 Seawolf Parkway, Galveston, TX, 77553, USA
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Research Building, Lexington, KY, 40506, USA
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- Department of Marine Science, Texas A&M University, 200 Seawolf Parkway, Galveston, TX, 77553, USA
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Research Building, Lexington, KY, 40506, USA
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- Department of Marine Science, Texas A&M University, 200 Seawolf Parkway, Galveston, TX, 77553, USA
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- Department of Marine Science, Texas A&M University, 200 Seawolf Parkway, Galveston, TX, 77553, USA
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- Department of Marine Science, Texas A&M University, 200 Seawolf Parkway, Galveston, TX, 77553, USA
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- Department of Marine Science, Texas A&M University, 200 Seawolf Parkway, Galveston, TX, 77553, USA
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Sarkar A, Ghosh AB, Saha N, Srivastava DN, Paul P, Adhikary B. Enhanced photocatalytic performance of morphologically tuned Bi 2 S 3 NPs in the degradation of organic pollutants under visible light irradiation. J Colloid Interface Sci 2016; 483:49-59. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2016] [Revised: 08/05/2016] [Accepted: 08/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Mackintosh SA, Dodder NG, Shaul NJ, Aluwihare LI, Maruya KA, Chivers SJ, Danil K, Weller DW, Hoh E. Newly Identified DDT-Related Compounds Accumulating in Southern California Bottlenose Dolphins. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2016; 50:12129-12137. [PMID: 27737539 PMCID: PMC6310127 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b03150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Nontargeted GC×GC-TOF/MS analysis of blubber from 8 common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) inhabiting the Southern California Bight was performed to identify novel, bioaccumulative DDT-related compounds and to determine their abundance relative to the commonly studied DDT-related compounds. We identified 45 bioaccumulative DDT-related compounds of which the majority (80%) is not typically monitored in environmental media. Identified compounds include transformation products, technical mixture impurities such as tris(chlorophenyl)methane (TCPM), the presumed TCPM metabolite tris(chlorophenyl)methanol (TCPMOH), and structurally related compounds with unknown sources, such as hexa- to octachlorinated diphenylethene. To investigate impurities in pesticide mixtures as possible sources of these compounds, we analyzed technical DDT, the primary source of historical contamination in the region, and technical Dicofol, a current use pesticide that contains DDT-related compounds. The technical mixtures contained only 33% of the compounds identified in the blubber, suggesting that transformation products contribute to the majority of the load of DDT-related contaminants in these sentinels of ocean health. Quantitative analysis revealed that TCPM was the second most abundant compound class detected in the blubber, following DDE, and TCPMOH loads were greater than DDT. QSPR estimates verified 4,4',4″-TCPM and 4,4'4,″-TCPMOH are persistent and bioaccumulative.
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- Susan A. Mackintosh
- Center for Oceans and Human Health, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, California 92182, United States
- San Diego State University Research Foundation, 5250 Campanile Drive, San Diego, California 92182, United States
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- Center for Oceans and Human Health, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, California 92182, United States
- San Diego State University Research Foundation, 5250 Campanile Drive, San Diego, California 92182, United States
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- Center for Oceans and Human Health, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Center for Oceans and Human Health, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Southern California Coastal Water Research Project Authority, 3535 Harbor Boulevard, Suite 110, Costa Mesa, California 92626, United States
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- Marine Mammal & Turtle Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Marine Mammal & Turtle Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Marine Mammal & Turtle Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Center for Oceans and Human Health, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, California 92182, United States
- Corresponding Author: Phone: +16195944671. Fax: +16195946112.
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Mansouri A, Cregut M, Abbes C, Durand MJ, Landoulsi A, Thouand G. The Environmental Issues of DDT Pollution and Bioremediation: a Multidisciplinary Review. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2016; 181:309-339. [PMID: 27591882 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-016-2214-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2016] [Accepted: 08/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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DDT (1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl) ethane) is probably the best known and most useful organochlorine insecticide in the world which was used since 1945 for agricultural purposes and also for vector-borne disease control such as malaria since 1955, until its banishment in most countries by the Stockholm convention for ecologic considerations. However, the World Health Organization allowed its reintroduction only for control of vector-borne diseases in some tropical countries in 2006. Due to its physicochemical properties and specially its persistence related with a half-life up to 30 years, DDT linked to several health and social problems which are due to its accumulation in the environment and its biomagnification properties in living organisms. This manuscript compiles a multidisciplinary review to evaluate primarily (i) the worldwide contamination of DDT and (ii) its (eco) toxicological impact onto living organisms. Secondly, several ways for DDT bioremediation from contaminated environment are discussed. For this, reports on DDT biodegradation capabilities by microorganisms and ways to enhance bioremediation strategies to remove DDT are presented. The different existing strategies for DDT bioremediation are evaluated with their efficiencies and limitations to struggle efficiently this contaminant. Finally, rising new approaches and technological bottlenecks to promote DDT bioremediation are discussed.
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- Ahlem Mansouri
- University of Nantes, UMR CNRS 6144 GEPEA, CBAC group, 18 Bvd Gaston Defferre, 85000, La Roche sur Yon, France.,Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Carthage, Zarzouna, 7021, Tunisia
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- University of Nantes, UMR CNRS 6144 GEPEA, CBAC group, 18 Bvd Gaston Defferre, 85000, La Roche sur Yon, France
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- Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Carthage, Zarzouna, 7021, Tunisia
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- University of Nantes, UMR CNRS 6144 GEPEA, CBAC group, 18 Bvd Gaston Defferre, 85000, La Roche sur Yon, France
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- Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Carthage, Zarzouna, 7021, Tunisia
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- University of Nantes, UMR CNRS 6144 GEPEA, CBAC group, 18 Bvd Gaston Defferre, 85000, La Roche sur Yon, France.
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Chakraborty J, Das S. Molecular perspectives and recent advances in microbial remediation of persistent organic pollutants. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2016; 23:16883-16903. [PMID: 27234838 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-6887-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2016] [Accepted: 05/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Nutrition and pollution stress stimulate genetic adaptation in microorganisms and assist in evolution of diverse metabolic pathways for their survival on several complex organic compounds. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are highly lipophilic in nature and cause adverse effects to the environment and human health by biomagnification through the food chain. Diverse microorganisms, harboring numerous plasmids and catabolic genes, acclimatize to these environmentally unfavorable conditions by gene duplication, mutational drift, hypermutation, and recombination. Genetic aspects of some major POP catabolic genes such as biphenyl dioxygenase (bph), DDT 2,3-dioxygenase, and angular dioxygenase assist in degradation of biphenyl, organochlorine pesticides, and dioxins/furans, respectively. Microbial metagenome constitutes the largest genetic reservoir with miscellaneous enzymatic activities implicated in degradation. To tap the metabolic potential of microorganisms, recent techniques like sequence and function-based screening and substrate-induced gene expression are proficient in tracing out novel catabolic genes from the entire metagenome for utilization in enhanced biodegradation. The major endeavor of today's scientific world is to characterize the exact genetic mechanisms of microbes for bioremediation of these toxic compounds by excavating into the uncultured plethora. This review entails the effect of POPs on the environment and involvement of microbial catabolic genes for their removal with the advanced techniques of bioremediation.
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- Jaya Chakraborty
- Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Ecology (LEnME), Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, 769 008, Odisha, India
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- Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Ecology (LEnME), Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, 769 008, Odisha, India.
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Matturro B, Ubaldi C, Grenni P, Caracciolo AB, Rossetti S. Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) anaerobic degradation in marine sediments: microcosm study and role of autochthonous microbial communities. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2016; 23:12613-12623. [PMID: 26162439 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4960-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2015] [Accepted: 06/24/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Polychlorobiphenyl (PCB) biodegradation was followed for 1 year in microcosms containing marine sediments collected from Mar Piccolo (Taranto, Italy) chronically contaminated by this class of hazardous compounds. The microcosms were performed under strictly anaerobic conditions with or without the addition of Dehalococcoides mccartyi, the main microorganism known to degrade PCBs through the anaerobic reductive dechlorination process. Thirty PCB congeners were monitored during the experiments revealing that the biodegradation occurred in all microcosms with a decrease in hepta-, hexa-, and penta-chlorobiphenyls (CBs) and a parallel increase in low chlorinated PCBs (tri-CBs and tetra-CBs). The concentrations of the most representative congeners detected in the original sediment, such as 245-245-CB and 2345-245-CB, and of the mixture 2356-34-CB+234-245-CB, decreased by 32.5, 23.8, and 46.7 %, respectively, after only 70 days of anaerobic incubation without any bioaugmentation treatment. Additionally, the structure and population dynamics of the microbial key players involved in the biodegradative process and of the entire mixed microbial community were accurately defined by Catalyzed Reporter Deposition Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (CARD-FISH) in both the original sediment and during the operation of the microcosm. The reductive dehalogenase genes of D. mccartyi, specifically involved in PCB dechlorination, were also quantified using real-time PCR (qPCR). Our results demonstrated that the autochthonous microbial community living in the marine sediment, including D. mccartyi (6.32E+06 16S rRNA gene copy numbers g(-1) sediment), was able to efficiently sustain the biodegradation of PCBs when controlled anaerobic conditions were imposed.
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- Bruna Matturro
- Water Research Institute, IRSA-CNR, Via Salaria km 29, 300, Monterotondo, RM, Italy
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- ENEA, Technical Unit for Environmental Characterization, Prevention and Remediation, UTPRA, C.R Casaccia, Rome, Italy
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- Water Research Institute, IRSA-CNR, Via Salaria km 29, 300, Monterotondo, RM, Italy
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- Water Research Institute, IRSA-CNR, Via Salaria km 29, 300, Monterotondo, RM, Italy.
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Electrochemical transformation of DDT into new 2-(Bis(4-chlorophenyl)methylene) and 2-(Bis(4-chlorophenyl)methyl)phenanthro[9,10-d][1,3]dioxoles. Tetrahedron Lett 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.04.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Li M, Liang L, Ni C, Liang X, Zhu W. meso-Tetrakis-(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin iron(III) chloride electrocatalyzed dechlorination of DDT: Rational molecule design towards enhanced removal of environmental harmful organochlorides. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2016.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Liu C, Xu X, Fan J. Accelerated anaerobic dechlorination of DDT in slurry with Hydragric Acrisols using citric acid and anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate (AQDS). J Environ Sci (China) 2015; 38:87-94. [PMID: 26702971 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2015.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2015] [Revised: 05/05/2015] [Accepted: 05/11/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The application of electron donor and electron shuttle substances has a vital influence on electron transfer, thus may affect the reductive dechlorination of 1,1,1-trichoro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (DDT) in anaerobic reaction systems. To evaluate the roles of citric acid and anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate (AQDS) in accelerating the reductive dechlorination of DDT in Hydragric Acrisols that contain abundant iron oxide, a batch anaerobic incubation experiment was conducted in a slurry system with four treatments of (1) control, (2) citric acid, (3) AQDS, and (4) citric acid+AQDS. Results showed that DDT residues decreased by 78.93%-92.11% of the initial quantities after 20days of incubation, and 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-ethane (DDD) was the dominant metabolite. The application of citric acid accelerated DDT dechlorination slightly in the first 8days, while the methanogenesis rate increased quickly, and then the acceleration effect improved after the 8th day while the methanogenesis rate decreased. The amendment by AQDS decreased the Eh value of the reaction system and accelerated microbial reduction of Fe(III) oxides to generate Fe(II), which was an efficient electron donor, thus enhancing the reductive dechlorination rate of DDT. The addition of citric acid+AQDS was most efficient in stimulating DDT dechlorination, but no significant interaction between citric acid and AQDS on DDT dechlorination was observed. The results will be of great significance for developing an efficient in situ remediation strategy for DDT-contaminated sites.
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- Cuiying Liu
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Agricultural Meteorology, College of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Agricultural Meteorology, College of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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Serio N, Moyano DF, Rotello VM, Levine M. Array-based detection of persistent organic pollutants via cyclodextrin promoted energy transfer. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:11615-8. [PMID: 26096542 DOI: 10.1039/c5cc04153h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We report herein the selective array-based detection of 30 persistent organic pollutants via cyclodextrin-promoted energy transfer. The use of three fluorophores enabled the development of an array that classified 30 analytes with 100% accuracy and identified unknown analytes with 96% accuracy, as well as identifying 92% of analytes in urine.
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- Nicole Serio
- Department of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, 51 Lower College Road, Kingston, RI 02881, USA.
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Sphingomonas taxi, Isolated from Cucurbita pepo, Proves to Be a DDE-Degrading and Plant Growth-Promoting Strain. GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS 2015; 3:3/3/e00489-15. [PMID: 25977415 PMCID: PMC4432355 DOI: 10.1128/genomea.00489-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The draft genome of Sphingomonas taxi, a strain of the Sphingomonadaceae isolated from Cucurbita pepo root tissue, is presented. This Gram-negative bacterium shows 2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dichloroethylene (DDE)-degrading potential and plant growth-promoting capacities. An analysis of its 3.9-Mb draft genome will enhance the understanding of DDE-degradation pathways and phytoremediation applications for DDE-contaminated soils.
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Draft Genome Sequence of Methylobacterium radiotolerans, a DDE-Degrading and Plant Growth-Promoting Strain Isolated from Cucurbita pepo. GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS 2015; 3:3/3/e00488-15. [PMID: 25977414 PMCID: PMC4432354 DOI: 10.1128/genomea.00488-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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We announce the draft genome of Methylobacterium radiotolerans, a Gram-negative bacterium isolated from Cucurbita pepo roots. This strain shows 2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dichloroethylene (DDE)-degrading potential and plant growth-promoting capacities. Analyses of its 6.8-Mb genome will improve our understanding of DDE-degradation pathways and aid in the deployment of phytoremediation technologies to remediate DDE-contaminated soils.
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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are widespread persistent anthropogenic contaminants that can accumulate in tissues of fish. The toxicity of PCBs and their transformation products has been investigated for nearly 50 years, but there is a lack of consensus regarding the effects of these environmental contaminants on wild fish populations. The objective of this review is to critically examine these investigations and evaluate publicly available databases for evidence of effects of PCBs in wild fish. Biological activity of PCBs is limited to a small proportion of PCB congeners [e.g., dioxin-like PCBs (DL-PCBs)] and occurs at concentrations that are typically orders of magnitude higher than PCB levels detected in wild fish. Induction of biomarkers consistent with PCB exposure (e.g., induction of cytochrome P450 monooxygenase system) has been evaluated frequently and shown to be induced in fish from some environments, but there does not appear to be consistent reports of damage (i.e., biomarkers of effect) to biomolecules (i.e., oxidative injury) in these fish. Numerous investigations of endocrine system dysfunction or effects on other organ systems have been conducted in wild fish, but collectively there is no consistent evidence of PCB effects on these systems in wild fish. Early life stage toxicity of DL-PCBs does not appear to occur at concentrations reported in wild fish embryos, and results do not support an association between PCBs and decreased survival of early life stages of wild fish. Overall, there appears to be little evidence that PCBs have had any widespread effect on the health or survival of wild fish.
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- T B Henry
- a School of Life Sciences, John Muir Building, Heriot-Watt University , Edinburgh, EH14 4AS , UK.,b The University of Tennessee Center for Environmental Biotechnology , 676 Dabney Hall, Knoxville , Tennessee 37996, USA.,c Department of Forestry , Wildlife and Fisheries, The University of Tennessee , 274 Ellington Plant Sciences Building, Knoxville , Tennessee , 37996, USA
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Draft Genome Sequence of Enterobacter aerogenes, a DDE-Degrading and Plant Growth-Promoting Strain Isolated from Cucurbita pepo. GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS 2015; 3:3/2/e00317-15. [PMID: 25883299 PMCID: PMC4400442 DOI: 10.1128/genomea.00317-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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We report here the draft genome of Enterobacter aerogenes, a Gram-negative bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae isolated from Cucurbita pepo root tissue. This bacterium shows 2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dichloroethylene (DDE)-degrading potential and plant growth-promoting capacity. An analysis of its 4.5-Mb draft genome will enhance the understanding of DDE degradation pathways and phytoremediation applications for DDE-contaminated soils.
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Ma X, Luan Y, Liu S, Liu Y, Xia C. Remediation of DDTr contaminated soil by the combination of solvent extraction and catalytic hydrodechlorination. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra01779c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A combination technique for remediation of DDT and its metabolites (DDTr) contaminated soil based on successive steps of solvent extraction, followed by catalytic hydrodechlorination (HDC) was studied.
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- Xuanxuan Ma
- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Biological Resources Utilization
- Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yantai 264003
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Biological Resources Utilization
- Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yantai 264003
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Biological Resources Utilization
- Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yantai 264003
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Biological Resources Utilization
- Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yantai 264003
- China
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Wu T, Hong B, Wu X, Wu J, Wang X, Yi Z, Zhao J, Zhan M, Mai B. Persistent halogenated compounds in captive Chinese alligators (Alligator sinensis) from China. CHEMOSPHERE 2014; 110:23-30. [PMID: 24880595 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2013] [Revised: 02/18/2014] [Accepted: 03/05/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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While a number of studies have reported residual levels of persistent halogenated compounds (PHCs) in crocodilia, there is still a dearth of information on the Chinese alligator, a critically endangered crocodilian species. In the present study, several PHCs, including polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and its metabolites (DDTs), were detected in the adult tissues, neonates, and eggs of captive Chinese alligators from China. The concentrations of ΣPBDEs, ΣPCBs, and ΣDDTs in Chinese alligators ranged from 0.11 to 16.1, 1.12 to 22.2, and 6.03 to 1020ngg(-1) wet weight, respectively, with higher levels of ΣPCBs and ΣDDTs in the neonates and eggs than in muscle tissues. The ΣDDT residues in the studied Chinese alligators were at the high end of reported ranges from crocodilia around the world, and some results exceeded levels known to cause a female-biased sex ratio in crocodilians.
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- Ting Wu
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241003, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241003, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241003, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241003, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241003, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Liang Q, Lei M, Chen T, Yang J, Wan X, Yang S. Application of sewage sludge and intermittent aeration strategy to the bioremediation of DDT- and HCH-contaminated soil. J Environ Sci (China) 2014; 26:1673-1680. [PMID: 25108723 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2014.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2013] [Revised: 02/10/2014] [Accepted: 03/19/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Adding organic amendments to stimulate the biodegradation of pesticides is a subject of ongoing interest. The effect of sewage sludge on the bioremediation of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) contaminated soil was investigated in bench scale experiments, and intermittent aeration strategy was also used in this study to form an anaerobic-aerobic cycle. Bioremediation of DDT and HCH was enhanced with the addition of sewage sludge and the intermittent aeration. The removal rates of HCH and DDT were raised by 16.8%-80.8% in 10 days. Sewage sludge increased the organic carbon content from 6.2 to 218 g/kg, and it could also introduce efficient degradation microbes to soil, including Pseudomonas sp., Bacillus sp. and Sphingomonas sp. The unaerated phase enhanced the anaerobic dechlorination of DDT and HCH, and anaerobic removal rates of β-HCH, o,p'-DDT and p,p'-DDT accounted for more than 50% of the total removal rates, but the content of α-HCH declined more in the aerobic phase.
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- Qi Liang
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
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- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
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- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Carro N, Cobas J, García I, Ignacio M, Mouteira A. Distribution and trend of organochlorine pesticides in Galicia coast using mussels as bioindicator organisms. Possible relationship to biological parameters. CHEMOSPHERE 2014; 102:37-47. [PMID: 24374186 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2013] [Revised: 10/21/2013] [Accepted: 12/01/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Contamination of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) such as DDT and its metabolites (ΣDDs), γ-HCH (hexachlorocyclohexane), HCB (hexachlorobenzene), aldrin, endrin, isodrin and trans-nonachlor were investigated in wild mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) collected from Galician Rías (Rías of Ferrol, A Coruña, Muros, Arousa, Pontevedra and Vigo) during the period 1998-2012. Biological parameters, lipid content, shell length and condition index, were also studied. The OCPs levels in the wild mussel were in the order ΣDDs>γ-HCH>HCB. The other pesticides, aldrin, endrin, isodrin and trans-nonachlor, were not detected or were below the analytical detection limit. All concentrations found in these samples were below the allowable limits for human consumption (Regulation (EC) no. 396/2005). Univariate analysis confirmed that levels of some compounds presented significant relation with biological parameters. Multivariate analysis of the OCPs levels revealed significantly differences between studied Rías, samples from Ría of Ferrol had the highest levels of these compounds (values of ΣDDs ranged from 3.9 to 4.2 ng g(-1) ww) and samples from Ría of Arousa, the lowest levels (values of ΣDDs from 1.3 to 2.4 ng g(-1) ww). Temporal trends showed a decrease of OCPs levels along the studied period 1998-2012 in the Galician Rías.
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- N Carro
- Instituto Tecnolóxico para o Control do Medio Mariño de Galicia, INTECMAR, Consellería do Medio Rural e do Mar, Xunta de Galicia, Peirao de Vilaxoán s/n. 36611, Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain.
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- Instituto Tecnolóxico para o Control do Medio Mariño de Galicia, INTECMAR, Consellería do Medio Rural e do Mar, Xunta de Galicia, Peirao de Vilaxoán s/n. 36611, Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain
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- Instituto Tecnolóxico para o Control do Medio Mariño de Galicia, INTECMAR, Consellería do Medio Rural e do Mar, Xunta de Galicia, Peirao de Vilaxoán s/n. 36611, Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain
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- Instituto Tecnolóxico para o Control do Medio Mariño de Galicia, INTECMAR, Consellería do Medio Rural e do Mar, Xunta de Galicia, Peirao de Vilaxoán s/n. 36611, Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain
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- Instituto Tecnolóxico para o Control do Medio Mariño de Galicia, INTECMAR, Consellería do Medio Rural e do Mar, Xunta de Galicia, Peirao de Vilaxoán s/n. 36611, Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain
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Fernandez LA, Lao W, Maruya KA, Burgess RM. Calculating the diffusive flux of persistent organic pollutants between sediments and the water column on the Palos Verdes shelf superfund site using polymeric passive samplers. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2014; 48:3925-34. [PMID: 24564763 DOI: 10.1021/es404475c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Passive samplers were deployed to the seafloor at a marine Superfund site on the Palos Verdes Shelf, California, USA, and used to determine water concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the surface sediments and near-bottom water. A model of Fickian diffusion across a thin water boundary layer at the sediment-water interface was used to calculate flux of contaminants due to molecular diffusion. Concentrations at four stations were used to calculate the flux of DDE, DDD, DDMU, and selected PCB congeners from sediments to the water column. Three passive sampling materials were compared: PE strips, POM strips, and SPME fibers. Performance reference compounds (PRCs) were used with PE and POM to correct for incomplete equilibration, and the resulting POP concentrations, determined by each material, agreed within 1 order of magnitude. SPME fibers, without PRC corrections, produced values that were generally much lower (1 to 2 orders of magnitude) than those measured using PE and POM, indicating that SPME may not have been fully equilibrated with waters being sampled. In addition, diffusive fluxes measured using PE strips at stations outside of a pilot remedial sand cap area were similar to those measured at a station inside the capped area: 240 to 260 ng cm(-2) y(-1) for p,p'-DDE. The largest diffusive fluxes of POPs were calculated at station 8C, the site where the highest sediment concentrations have been measured in the past, 1100 ng cm(-2) y(-1) for p,p'-DDE.
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- Loretta A Fernandez
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Atlantic Ecology Division, Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882, United States
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Mishra K, Sharma RC, Kumar S. Contamination profile of DDT and HCH in surface sediments and their spatial distribution from North-East India. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2013; 95:113-122. [PMID: 23810211 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2013] [Revised: 05/17/2013] [Accepted: 05/20/2013] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Contamination status and spatial distribution of DDTs and HCHs were investigated in sediments collected from ponds and riverine system from districts Nagaon and Dibrugarh, North East India. A total of 113 surface sediment samples were collected from both the districts including 43 from ponds/wetlands and 70 from rivers/streams. Based on dry weight (dw), the mean concentration of ∑HCH and ∑DDT in sediments were found to be 287 ng/g (71.2-834 ng/g) and 321 ng/g (30.1-918 ng/g) for district Dibrugarh while 330 ng/g (39.2-743 ng/g) and 378 ng/g (72.5-932 ng/g) for district Nagaon, respectively. DDTs and HCHs in sediments were well influenced by total organic carbon, clay and silt content of sediments. Source identification revealed that sediment residue levels have originated from long and recent mixed source of technical HCH and Lindane for HCHs and mainly technical DDT for DDTs. Majority of samples exceeded the sediment quality guidelines (SQG) for γ-HCH, p,p'-DDT and ∑DDT indicating potential environmental risk. This baseline data can be used as reference for regular ecological and future POPs monitoring program.
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- Kumkum Mishra
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University (A Central University), Srinagar Garhwal-246174, Uttarakhand, India.
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The use of mass defect plots for the identification of (novel) halogenated contaminants in the environment. Anal Bioanal Chem 2013; 405:3289-97. [PMID: 23354579 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-013-6735-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2012] [Revised: 01/02/2013] [Accepted: 01/11/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Mass defect is the difference between the nominal and exact mass of a chemical element or compound. An intrinsic property of polyhalogenated molecules is a uniquely negative mass defect, which readily distinguishes halogenated from non-halogenated compounds in a complex mass spectrum and can be visualized by constructing a mass defect plot. This study demonstrates the utility of the mass defect plot as a powerful tool to screen gas-chromatography (ultra)high-resolution mass spectrometry data for potentially toxic and bioaccumulative halogenated compounds in a Lake Ontario lake trout, an apex species in the Great Lakes environment. Our results indicate that the sample is contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, terphenyls, diphenylethers, as well as other chlorinated pesticides and flame retardants that are regulated and routinely analyzed by traditional target analyses. However, the mass defect plot also displays peaks which could be traced to the presence of as yet undiscovered contaminants. These include chlorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as well as mixed halogenated analogues of the flame retardant Dechlorane 604. The identity of the latter class of compounds is supported by experiments with genuine standards.
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In-utero exposure to dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and cognitive development among infants and school-aged children. Epidemiology 2012; 23:689-98. [PMID: 22766752 DOI: 10.1097/ede.0b013e31825fb61d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) continues to be used for control of infectious diseases in several countries. In-utero exposure to DDT and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) has been associated with developmental and cognitive impairment among children. We examined this association in an historical cohort in which the level of exposure was greater than in previous studies. METHODS The association of in-utero DDT and DDE exposure with infant and child neurodevelopment was examined in 1100 subjects in the Collaborative Perinatal Project, a prospective birth cohort enrolling pregnant women from 12 study centers in the United States from 1959 to 1965. Maternal DDT and DDE concentrations were measured in archived serum specimens. Infant mental and motor development was assessed at age 8 months using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, and child cognitive development was assessed at age 7 years, using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. RESULTS Although levels of DDT and DDE were relatively high in this population (median DDT concentration, 8.9 μg/L; DDE, 24.5 μg/L), neither were related to Mental or Psychomotor Development scores on the Bayley Scales nor to Full-Scale Intelligence Quotient at 7 years of age. Categorical analyses showed no evidence of dose- response for either maternal DDT or DDE, and estimates of the association between continuous measures of exposure and neurodevelopment were indistinguishable from 0. CONCLUSIONS Adverse associations were not observed between maternal serum DDT and DDE concentrations and offspring neurodevelopment at 8 months or 7 years in this cohort.
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Fernandez LA, Lao W, Maruya KA, White C, Burgess RM. Passive sampling to measure baseline dissolved persistent organic pollutant concentrations in the water column of the Palos Verdes Shelf Superfund site. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2012; 46:11937-11947. [PMID: 23062073 DOI: 10.1021/es302139y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Passive sampling was used to deduce water concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the vicinity of a marine Superfund site on the Palos Verdes Shelf, California, USA. Precalibrated solid phase microextraction (SPME) fibers and polyethylene (PE) strips that were preloaded with performance reference compounds (PRCs) were codeployed for 32 d along an 11-station gradient at bottom, surface, and midwater depths. Retrieved samplers were analyzed for DDT congeners and their breakdown products (DDE, DDD, DDMU, and DDNU) and 43 PCB congeners using GC-EI- and NCI-MS. PRCs were used to calculate compound-specific fractional equilibration achieved in situ for the PE samplers, using both an exponential approach to equilibrium (EAE) and numerical integration of Fickian diffusion (NI) models. The highest observed concentrations were for p,p'-DDE, with 2200 and 990 pg/L deduced from PE and SPME, respectively. The difference in these estimates could be largely attributed to uncertainty in equilibrium partition coefficients, unaccounted for disequilibrium between samplers and water, or different time scales over which the samplers average. The concordance between PE and SPME estimated concentrations for DDE was high (R(2) = 0.95). PCBs were only detected in PE samplers, due to their much larger size. Near-bottom waters adjacent to and down current from sediments with the highest bulk concentrations exhibited aqueous concentrations of DDTs and PCBs that exceeded Ambient Water Quality Criteria (AWQC) for human and aquatic health, indicating the need for future monitoring to determine the effectiveness of remedial activities taken to reduce adverse effects of contaminated surface sediments.
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- Loretta A Fernandez
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Atlantic Ecology Division, Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882, USA.
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Sudharshan S, Naidu R, Mallavarapu M, Bolan N. DDT remediation in contaminated soils: a review of recent studies. Biodegradation 2012; 23:851-63. [DOI: 10.1007/s10532-012-9575-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2012] [Accepted: 07/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chen Z, Chen L, Liu Y, Cui L, Tang CL, Vega H, Krieger RI. Occurrence of DDA in DDT-contaminated sediments of the Southern California Bight. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2012; 64:1300-1308. [PMID: 22683103 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2012] [Revised: 05/07/2012] [Accepted: 05/09/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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DDT, DDE and some additional lipophilic derivatives are recognized contaminants in sediments of Southern California Bight (SCB). Only about 10% of total DDTs discharged into the SCB are accounted for using available monitoring data (sediment, water, and biota). DDA represented up to 0.03% DDTs (DDT/DDE/DDD) in SCB surface sediments (top 2 cm) in amounts up to 76 μg DDA/kg dry weight. Highest DDA levels were found where DDT and DDD levels were maximal at the primary wastewater outfall indicating a natural precursor-product relationship for DDT and DDA. Still culture of SCB sediment revealed limited DDA formation following DDT fortification. DDA residues have also been found in contaminated Long Island, NY sediments provided by USGS. The formation of DDA and its potential release from sediments may be significant in resolution of uncertainties concerning the natural recovery of sediments in DDT-contaminated environments.
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- Zhenshan Chen
- Personal Chemical Exposure Program, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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Zhu W, Fang Y, Shen W, Lu G, Zhang Y, Ou Z, Kadish KM. Reductive dechlorination of DDT electrocatalyzed by synthetic cobalt porphyrins in N,N′-dimethylformamide. J PORPHYR PHTHALOCYA 2012. [DOI: 10.1142/s1088424611002957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Two cobalt porphyrins, (OEP) CoII and (TPP) CoII , where OEP and TPP are the dianions of octaethylporphyrin and tetraphenylporphyrin, respectively, were examined as electrocatalysts for the reductive dechlorination of DDT (1,1-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-2,2,2-trichloroethane) in N,N′-dimethylformamide (DMF) containing 0.1 M tetra-n-butylammonium perchlorate (TBAP). No reaction is observed between DDT and the porphyrin in its Co(II) oxidation state but this is not the case for the reduced Co(I) forms of the porphyrins which electrocatalyze the dechlorination of DDT, giving initially DDD (1,1-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-2,2-dichloroethane), DDE (1,1-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-2, 2-dichloroethylene) and DDMU (1,1-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-2-chloroethylene) as determined by GC-MS analysis of the reaction products. A further dechlorination product, DDOH (2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethanol), is also formed on longer timescales when using (TPP)Co as the electroreduction catalyst. The effect of porphyrin structure and reaction time on the dechlorination products was examined by GC-MS, cyclic voltammetry, controlled potential electrolysis and UV-visible spectroelectrochemistry and a mechanism for the reductive dechlorination is proposed.
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- Weihua Zhu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-5003, USA
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Mishra K, Sharma RC, Kumar S. Contamination levels and spatial distribution of organochlorine pesticides in soils from India. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2012; 76:215-25. [PMID: 22001318 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2011] [Revised: 09/15/2011] [Accepted: 09/24/2011] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Organochlorine pesticides, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), are potential chemical pollutants extensively used for agriculture and vector control purposes due to low cost and high effectiveness. Concentrations of HCH and DDT were determined in 175 surface soil samples from different agricultural fields, fallow and urban lands of districts Nagaon and Dibrugarh, Assam, India. The mean concentrations of total HCH and total DDT were 825 ng/g (range: 98-1945 ng/g) and 903 ng/g (range: 166-2288 ng/g) in district Nagaon while 705 ng/g (range: 178-1701 ng/g) and 757 ng/g (range: 75-2296 ng/g) in district Dibrugarh, respectively. The soils from paddy fields contained highest amounts of HCH and DDT residues. Total organic carbon was found to be positively associated with soil HCH and DDT residues. Ratios of DDT/(DDD+DDE) were 1.25 and 1.82 while of α/γ HCH were 2.78 and 2.51 for districts Dibrugarh and Nagaon, respectively. Source identification revealed that soil residue levels have originated from long past and recent mixed source of technical HCH and Lindane for HCHs and mainly technical DDT for DDTs. Spatial distribution was also investigated to identify the areas with higher pesticide loadings in soil.
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- K Mishra
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University-A Central University, Srinagar Garhwal 246174, Uttarakhand, India.
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Nguyen ATP, Sato Y, Iwasaki T, Miyauchi K, Tokuda M, Kasai D, Masai E, Fukuda M. Characterization of the 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethylene (DDE) degradation system in Janibacter sp. TYM3221. Enzyme Microb Technol 2011; 49:532-9. [PMID: 22142728 DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2011.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2011] [Revised: 06/13/2011] [Accepted: 06/16/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Bacterial degradation of 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethylene (DDE) has been previously reported, however, its degradation enzyme system has not been characterized. In this study, a DDE-degrading bacterium, Janibacter sp. TYM3221, was isolated and characterized. Transformation of DDE was demonstrated by TYM3211 resting cells grown in LB in the presence and absence of biphenyl. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis revealed five metabolites of DDE containing a meta-ring cleavage product and 4-chlorobenzoic acid, suggesting that TYM3221 degrades DDE to 4-chlorobenzoic acid via a meta-ring cleavage product. A gene cluster, bphAaAbAcAd, which codes for biphenyl dioxygenase subunits, was cloned from TYM3221. A mutant strain with a bphAa-gene inactivation did not grow on biphenyl, and showed no DDE degradation activity. These results indicate that in strain TYM3221, the bphAa-coded biphenyl dioxygenase is involved not only in the metabolism of biphenyl but also in the degradation of DDE.
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- Anh Thi Phuong Nguyen
- Department of Bioengineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Kamitomioka, Nagaoka, Niigata 940-2188, Japan
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Yu HY, Bao LJ, Liang Y, Zeng EY. Field validation of anaerobic degradation pathways for dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and 13 metabolites in marine sediment cores from China. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2011; 45:5245-5252. [PMID: 21595473 DOI: 10.1021/es2006397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Although the production and use of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), a legacy component of persistent organic pollutants, have been highly restricted worldwide, the environmental fate of DDT has remained a great concern as it is not only ubiquitous and bioaccumulative but can also be degraded to a series of metabolites that may be more hazardous ecologically. The present study, taking advantage of the abundant levels of DDT and its metabolites in a subtropical coastal region of China, investigated into the degradation pathways of DDT in natural coastal sediment. Sediment profiles indicated that degradation of 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis-(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (p,p'-DDT) to 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis-(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (p,p'-DDD) mainly occurred in sediment of the top 20 cm layer. 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis-(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene (p,p'-DDE), aerobically transformed from p,p'-DDT prior to sedimentation, was likely to degrade to 1-chloro-2,2-bis-(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene (p,p'-DDMU) which was further converted to 2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene (p,p'-DDNU). In addition, p,p'-DDNU could be transformed to 2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (p,p'-DDNS) and other high-order metabolites. On the other hand, the conversions of p,p'-DDD to p,p'-DDMU and 1-chloro-2,2-bis-(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (p,p'-DDMS) to p,p'-DDNU were deemed slow in anaerobic sediment. Therefore, the present study confirmed all the degradation pathways involving reductive dechlorination and p,p'-DDE being a more important precursor for p,p'-DDMU than p,p'-DDD in anaerobic sediment, as proposed previously. On the other hand, the present study suggested that p,p'-DDMU instead of p,p'-DDMS was more likely the precursor for formation of high-order metabolites. Based on the current assessments, use of (DDD+DDE)/DDTs to indicate whether there is fresh DDT input may lead to large uncertainties if the concentrations of high-order metabolites are not negligible. Similarly, ecological risk assessment associated with DDT should be conducted with consideration of high-order DDT metabolites.
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- Huan-Yun Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Zhang C, Li X, Sun H. Palladium-catalyzed hydrodechlorination of ary chlorides and its mechanism. Inorganica Chim Acta 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2010.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Ni HG, Cao SP, Ji LY, Zeng H. Incidence of organochlorine pesticides in soils of Shenzhen, China. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 13:951-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c0em00737d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Effects of soil oxygen conditions and soil pH on remediation of DDT-contaminated soil by laccase from white rot fungi. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2010; 7:1612-21. [PMID: 20617049 PMCID: PMC2872356 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7041612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2010] [Revised: 03/25/2010] [Accepted: 04/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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High residues of DDT in agricultural soils are of concern because they present serious threats to food security and human health. This article focuses on remediation of DDT-contaminated soil using laccase under different soil oxygen and soil pH conditions. The laboratory experiment results showed significant effects of soil oxygen conditions and soil pH on remediation of DDT-contaminated soil by laccase at the end of a 25-d incubation period. This study found the positive correlation between the concentration of oxygen in soil and the degradation of DDT by laccase. The residue of DDTs in soil under the atmosphere of oxygen decreased by 28.1% compared with the atmosphere of nitrogen at the end of the incubation with laccase. A similar pattern was observed in the remediation of DDT-contaminated soil by laccase under different flooding conditions, the higher the concentrations of oxygen in soil, the lower the residues of four DDT components and DDTs in soils. The residue of DDTs in the nonflooding soil declined by 16.7% compared to the flooded soil at the end of the incubation. The residues of DDTs in soils treated with laccase were lower in the pH range 2.5–4.5.
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Carvalho FP, Villeneuve JP, Cattini C, Tolosa I, Bajet CM, Navarro-Calingacion M. Organic contaminants in the marine environment of Manila Bay, Philippines. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2009; 57:348-358. [PMID: 19132437 DOI: 10.1007/s00244-008-9271-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2008] [Accepted: 12/07/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Organochlorine pesticides (OCs) and polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) were determined in sediments and oysters' soft tissues (Cassostrea gigas) collected in selected sites of Manila Bay. Overall, the concentration levels were very low. In sediments, PCBs were the compounds present in higher concentrations, with Sigma13PCB congeners averaging 0.69 +/- 0.46 ng/g (dry weight), followed by SigmaDDT averaging 0.53 +/- 0.28 ng/g and Sigmachlordane with 0.26 +/- 0.28 ng/g. Concentrations measured in oysters averaged 20 +/- 17 ng/g (dry weight) for Sigma13PCB and were higher than SigmaDDT, with 9.5 +/- 2.4 ng/g, and Sigmachlordane, with 3.8 +/- 3.1 ng/g. No dissolved residues of polar compounds, such as herbicides, and organophosphorous and organochlorine pesticides were found in the bay water. In general, results showed that concentrations of organochlorine pesticide residues, such as DDT, hexachlorocyclohexane, chlordane, lindane, endosulfan, and heptachlor in sediments and oysters were low in comparison with other coastal areas in Asia, although PCB concentrations in oysters were relatively high in some zones of Manila Bay and indicative of loose control of industrial chemical waste discharges into the bay. Nevertheless, current concentrations of persistent organochlorine contaminants in sediments were under threshold effect levels (TELs) and chronic toxic effects are, thus, unlikely to generate impairment of marine biota in Manila Bay.
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- Fernando P Carvalho
- Marine Environment Laboratories, International Atomic Energy Agency, 4 Quai Antoine 1er, MC 98000, Monaco.
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DouAbul AAZ, Mohammed SS, Warner BG, Asada T. Persistent DDE in the Mesopotamian wetlands of southern Iraq. BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2009; 82:690-693. [PMID: 19294328 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-009-9677-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2008] [Accepted: 02/26/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Screening of potential pollutants in surface sediments revealed that almost all persistent organochlorine pesticides were not detected in the newly flooded Mesopotamian wetlands of southern Iraq. This observation suggests that there has been minimal input of organochlorine pesticides recently except for p,p'-DDE which was the only pesticide residue detected (0.29-2.33 microg/kg). It was found in all samples indicating its ability to persist under severe drying of previously exposed surface sediments, high temperature, and intensive solar radiation. p,p'-DDE appears to have a negative relationship with wetland biota, such as zooplankton.
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Guo Y, Zhang BZ, Meng XZ, Yu HY, Ran Y, Li SM, Zeng EY. Occurrence and fate of 1-chloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethene in the environment of the Pearl River Delta, South China. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2009; 43:3073-3079. [PMID: 19534116 DOI: 10.1021/es803294w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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1-Chloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethene (p,p'-DDMU), a metabolite of either 1,1-dichloro-22-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane (p,p'-DDD) or 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethene (p,p'-DDE), which is degraded from 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane (p,p'-DDT), was detected in a variety of environmental matrices of the Pearl River Delta (PRD), South China, including fish, fish feeds, semidigested fish stomach contents, marine surface sediment, surface soil, atmospheric gaseous phase, and particulates, rainwater, and coastal rainwater. Forfish species,the concentrations of p,p'-DDMU were significantly higher in farmed fish than in marine wild fish, with the highest value obtained in seawater farmed fish species (mear/median values of 262/173 ng/g lipid). The relative abundance of p,p'-DDMU to total DDTs (sum of o,p'- and p,p'-DDT, DDD, and DDE) was higher in samples of marine origin (approximately 5%) than in those of terrestrial origin (approximately 2%). Because p,p'-DDD was considerably abundant in all samples and a negative linear correlation was found between p,p'-DDD/(p,p'-DDD + p,p'-DDE) and p,p'-DDMU/DDTs in the marine sediments (r2 = 0.73) and seawater farmed fish (r2 = 0.29) under investigation, it is possible that DDMU was partially dehydrochlorinated from DDD in the environment of the PRD. A fugacity-based assessment suggested that p,p'-DDMU is likely to transport from sediment to seawater and then to air and from soilto air. The ubiquity of p,p'-DDMU in the PRD indicates that it may also be widespread worldwide particularly in countries with large amounts of DDT used currently and/or historically. Given the potential risk of p,p'-DDMU to human health, more efforts should be directed toward to this previously overlooked contaminant
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- Ying Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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