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ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY
Volume 55, Issue 3, Pages 358-371Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-008-9133-6
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India [24[0276]/05/EMR-II]
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This paper presents the first comprehensive report of the organochlorine pesticide residues (OCs) such as hexachlorocyclohexane isomers (HCHs), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and its six metabolites (DDTs), and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) in core sediments (< 63-mu m particle size) from the Indian Sunderban wetland. The pooled mean values of the mass fraction of Sigma HCHs, HCB, and Sigma DDTs in the sediments were 0.05-12, 0.05-1.4, and 0.05-11.5 ng g(-1) dry weight, respectively. The vertical distribution of pesticides reveals an erratic pattern. The concentration of four isomers of HCHs reveals a heterogenic distribution where gamma-HCH (lindane) and beta-HCH shared the dominant part. The mass fraction of HCB did not show any sharp spatial variation. The prevailing sequence of DDT metabolites indicates an active degradation of the parent compound in the sediments and/or inputs of already degraded pp'DDT to the region. Peak concentrations of HCH isomers and DDT metabolites have the potential to induce ecotoxicological impact as per the sediment quality guidelines.
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