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Asia-Pacific mussel watch: monitoring contamination of persistent organochlorine compounds in coastal waters of Asian countries

Contamination of persistent organochlorines (OCs) such as PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), DDT and its metabolites (DDTs), HCH (hexachlorocyclohexane) isomers (HCHs), chlordane compounds (CHLs), and HCB (hexachlorobenzene) were examined in mussels collected from coastal waters of Asian countries su...

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Main Authors: In Monirith,, Ueno, Daisuke, Takahashi, Shin, Nakata, Haruhiko, Sudaryanto, Agus, Subramanian, Annamalai, Karuppiah, Subramanian, Ismail, Ahmad, Muchtar, Muswerry, Zheng, Jinshu, Richardson, Bruce J., Prudente, Maricar, Hue, Ngyen Duc, Tana, Touch Seang, Tkalin, Alexander V., Tanabe, Shinsuke
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Published: Elsevier 2003
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spelling my.upm.eprints.399692015-08-26T02:18:19Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39969/ Asia-Pacific mussel watch: monitoring contamination of persistent organochlorine compounds in coastal waters of Asian countries In Monirith, Ueno, Daisuke Takahashi, Shin Nakata, Haruhiko Sudaryanto, Agus Subramanian, Annamalai Karuppiah, Subramanian Ismail, Ahmad Muchtar, Muswerry Zheng, Jinshu Richardson, Bruce J. Prudente, Maricar Hue, Ngyen Duc Tana, Touch Seang Tkalin, Alexander V. Tanabe, Shinsuke Contamination of persistent organochlorines (OCs) such as PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), DDT and its metabolites (DDTs), HCH (hexachlorocyclohexane) isomers (HCHs), chlordane compounds (CHLs), and HCB (hexachlorobenzene) were examined in mussels collected from coastal waters of Asian countries such as Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Far East Russia, Singapore, and Vietnam in 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2001 to elucidate the contamination status, distribution and possible pollution sources and to assess the risks on aquatic organisms and human. OCs were detected in all mussels collected from all the sampling sites investigated. Considerable residue levels of p,p′-DDT and α-HCH were found in mussels and the concentrations of DDTs and HCHs found in mussels from Asian developing countries were higher than those in developed nations suggesting present usage of DDTs and HCHs along the coastal waters of Asian developing countries. On the other hand, lower concentrations of PCBs detected in mussels from Asian developing countries than those in developed countries indicate that PCBs contamination in mussels is strongly related to industrial and activities. To our knowledge, this is a first comprehensive report on monitoring OCs pollution in the Asia-Pacific region. Elsevier 2003-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39969/1/Asia-Pacific%20mussel%20watch%20monitoring%20contamination%20of%20persistent%20organochlorine%20compounds%20in%20coastal%20waters%20of%20Asian%20countries.pdf In Monirith, and Ueno, Daisuke and Takahashi, Shin and Nakata, Haruhiko and Sudaryanto, Agus and Subramanian, Annamalai and Karuppiah, Subramanian and Ismail, Ahmad and Muchtar, Muswerry and Zheng, Jinshu and Richardson, Bruce J. and Prudente, Maricar and Hue, Ngyen Duc and Tana, Touch Seang and Tkalin, Alexander V. and Tanabe, Shinsuke (2003) Asia-Pacific mussel watch: monitoring contamination of persistent organochlorine compounds in coastal waters of Asian countries. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 46 (3). pp. 281-300. ISSN 0025-326X; ESSN: 1879-3363 10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00400-9
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description Contamination of persistent organochlorines (OCs) such as PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), DDT and its metabolites (DDTs), HCH (hexachlorocyclohexane) isomers (HCHs), chlordane compounds (CHLs), and HCB (hexachlorobenzene) were examined in mussels collected from coastal waters of Asian countries such as Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Far East Russia, Singapore, and Vietnam in 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2001 to elucidate the contamination status, distribution and possible pollution sources and to assess the risks on aquatic organisms and human. OCs were detected in all mussels collected from all the sampling sites investigated. Considerable residue levels of p,p′-DDT and α-HCH were found in mussels and the concentrations of DDTs and HCHs found in mussels from Asian developing countries were higher than those in developed nations suggesting present usage of DDTs and HCHs along the coastal waters of Asian developing countries. On the other hand, lower concentrations of PCBs detected in mussels from Asian developing countries than those in developed countries indicate that PCBs contamination in mussels is strongly related to industrial and activities. To our knowledge, this is a first comprehensive report on monitoring OCs pollution in the Asia-Pacific region.
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author In Monirith,
Ueno, Daisuke
Takahashi, Shin
Nakata, Haruhiko
Sudaryanto, Agus
Subramanian, Annamalai
Karuppiah, Subramanian
Ismail, Ahmad
Muchtar, Muswerry
Zheng, Jinshu
Richardson, Bruce J.
Prudente, Maricar
Hue, Ngyen Duc
Tana, Touch Seang
Tkalin, Alexander V.
Tanabe, Shinsuke
spellingShingle In Monirith,
Ueno, Daisuke
Takahashi, Shin
Nakata, Haruhiko
Sudaryanto, Agus
Subramanian, Annamalai
Karuppiah, Subramanian
Ismail, Ahmad
Muchtar, Muswerry
Zheng, Jinshu
Richardson, Bruce J.
Prudente, Maricar
Hue, Ngyen Duc
Tana, Touch Seang
Tkalin, Alexander V.
Tanabe, Shinsuke
Asia-Pacific mussel watch: monitoring contamination of persistent organochlorine compounds in coastal waters of Asian countries
author_facet In Monirith,
Ueno, Daisuke
Takahashi, Shin
Nakata, Haruhiko
Sudaryanto, Agus
Subramanian, Annamalai
Karuppiah, Subramanian
Ismail, Ahmad
Muchtar, Muswerry
Zheng, Jinshu
Richardson, Bruce J.
Prudente, Maricar
Hue, Ngyen Duc
Tana, Touch Seang
Tkalin, Alexander V.
Tanabe, Shinsuke
author_sort In Monirith,
title Asia-Pacific mussel watch: monitoring contamination of persistent organochlorine compounds in coastal waters of Asian countries
title_short Asia-Pacific mussel watch: monitoring contamination of persistent organochlorine compounds in coastal waters of Asian countries
title_full Asia-Pacific mussel watch: monitoring contamination of persistent organochlorine compounds in coastal waters of Asian countries
title_fullStr Asia-Pacific mussel watch: monitoring contamination of persistent organochlorine compounds in coastal waters of Asian countries
title_full_unstemmed Asia-Pacific mussel watch: monitoring contamination of persistent organochlorine compounds in coastal waters of Asian countries
title_sort asia-pacific mussel watch: monitoring contamination of persistent organochlorine compounds in coastal waters of asian countries
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2003
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39969/1/Asia-Pacific%20mussel%20watch%20monitoring%20contamination%20of%20persistent%20organochlorine%20compounds%20in%20coastal%20waters%20of%20Asian%20countries.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39969/
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