TY - CHAP
T1 - Chapter 6 Sources and Occurrence of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Pearl River Delta, South China
AU - Zhang, Gan
AU - Li, Xiangdong
AU - Mai, Bixian
AU - Peng, Ping'an
AU - Ran, Yong
AU - Wang, Xinming
AU - Zeng, Eddy Y.
AU - Sheng, Guoying
AU - Fu, Jiamo
PY - 2007/12/1
Y1 - 2007/12/1
N2 - The Pearl River Delta is a fast-developing economic zone in South China. Relatively abundant monitoring data of POPs are available in the regional environment. DDT is still the most priority POP widely occurred at high concentrations in the air, wild fishes and human breast milk. Fast-increasing municipal waste incinerators, as well as electronic waste cycling activities in the region are important potential sources for PBDEs and PCDD/Fs. Atmosphere and aquatic biota are suggested to be the priority environmental media for monitoring POPs in the subtropical environment, and regional collaboration between mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau on the monitoring and inventory of POPs are of critical need in the Pearl River Delta.
AB - The Pearl River Delta is a fast-developing economic zone in South China. Relatively abundant monitoring data of POPs are available in the regional environment. DDT is still the most priority POP widely occurred at high concentrations in the air, wild fishes and human breast milk. Fast-increasing municipal waste incinerators, as well as electronic waste cycling activities in the region are important potential sources for PBDEs and PCDD/Fs. Atmosphere and aquatic biota are suggested to be the priority environmental media for monitoring POPs in the subtropical environment, and regional collaboration between mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau on the monitoring and inventory of POPs are of critical need in the Pearl River Delta.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=44349148687&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S1474-8177(07)07006-4
DO - 10.1016/S1474-8177(07)07006-4
M3 - Chapter in an edited book (as author)
SN - 9780080451329
T3 - Developments in Environmental Science
SP - 289
EP - 311
BT - Persistent Organic Pollutants in Asia
ER -