The Sarno River develops across an area (Sarno Plain, Campania Region, Southern Italy) with a high demographic impact where insist intensive agriculture and several industries. Consequently, many contaminants arrive in the sea and can be widely deposited on the continental shelf. The research represents a preliminary study, aimed at investigating the levels, spatial distributions, and possible sources of legacy chlorine pesticides (OCPs) including dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its primary metabolites dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) and (DDD), α, β, and γ hexachlorocyclohexane (HCHs), Aldrin, Dieldrin, Alaclor, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in seafloor sediments offshore the Sarno plain (Naples Bay, Eastern Tyrrhenian Sea). Results showed DDT compounds were the prevalent organochlorine pesticides determined. Overall, the most frequently detected isomers were p,p'-DDT, and p,p'-DDE. DDT source in the investigated sediment was attributable to historical residues.
Legacy organochlorine pesticides and PCBs in the seafloor sediments offshore the Sarno plain (Gulf of Naples, Eastern Tyrrhenian Sea): preliminary results / Buonocunto, F.P., Giandomenico, S., Gherardi, S., Milia, A., Di Leo, A., Spada, L., Mali, M.. - STAMPA. - (2023), pp. 259-262. (2023 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea; Learning to Measure Sea Health Parameters, MetroSea 2023 mlt 2023) [10.1109/metrosea58055.2023.10317430].
Legacy organochlorine pesticides and PCBs in the seafloor sediments offshore the Sarno plain (Gulf of Naples, Eastern Tyrrhenian Sea): preliminary results
Mali, Matilda
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2023
Abstract
The Sarno River develops across an area (Sarno Plain, Campania Region, Southern Italy) with a high demographic impact where insist intensive agriculture and several industries. Consequently, many contaminants arrive in the sea and can be widely deposited on the continental shelf. The research represents a preliminary study, aimed at investigating the levels, spatial distributions, and possible sources of legacy chlorine pesticides (OCPs) including dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its primary metabolites dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) and (DDD), α, β, and γ hexachlorocyclohexane (HCHs), Aldrin, Dieldrin, Alaclor, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in seafloor sediments offshore the Sarno plain (Naples Bay, Eastern Tyrrhenian Sea). Results showed DDT compounds were the prevalent organochlorine pesticides determined. Overall, the most frequently detected isomers were p,p'-DDT, and p,p'-DDE. DDT source in the investigated sediment was attributable to historical residues.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
