Coastal waters polychlorinated biphenyls

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Corsolini, S, Focardi, S, Kannan, K, Tanabe, S, Borrell, A, Tatsukawa, R. (1995). Congener profile and toxicity assessment of polychlorinated biphenyls in dolphins, sharks and tuna collected from Italian coastal waters. Mar. Environ. Res., 40, 33-53... 

Minh, T.B., Nakata, H., Watanabe, M., Tanabe, S., Miyazaki, N., Jefferson, T.A., Prudente, M., Subramanian, A., 2000. Isomer-specific accumulation and toxic assessment of polychlorinated biphenyls, including coplanar congeners, in cetaceans from the north Pacific and Asian coastal waters. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 39, 398 110. 

Ramu, K., Kajiwara, N., Isobe, T., Takahashi, S., Kim, E., Min, B., We, S., Tanabe, S., 2007. Spatial distribution and accumulation of brominated flame retardants, polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) from coastal waters of Korea. Environ. Pollut. (in press) (doi 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.11.034). 

The ubiquity of PCBs is indicated by then-presence in environmental samples from the polar regions of air, snow, ice, water, and in living organisms. The presence of PCBs in such remote areas suggests the importance of atmospheric transport. The Committee on the Assessment of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Environment estimated that 50-80% of the PCBs derived from the United States were now in sediments and waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. Of the estimated total world PCB production of 1.2 million tons to date, about 374,000 tons are now in various portions of the terrestrial, coastal, and open ocean ecospheres (Table 25.1). Another 783,(XX) tons are still in use in electrical equipment and other products or deposited in landfills and dumps and represent a potential source of... 

Dawson, R., and J.P. Riley. 1977. Chlorine-containing pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in British coastal waters. Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science 4 55-69. 

Watanabe, M., Kannan, K., Takahashi, A., Loganathan, B.G., Odell, D. K., Tanabe, S., and Giesy, J.P. (2000) Polychlorinated biphenyls, organochlorine pesticides, tris(4-chlorophenyl)methane and tris(4-chlorophenyl)methanol in livers of small cetaceans stranded along Florida coastal waters, USA. Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 19, 1566-1574. 

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