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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 155, Issue 1, Pages 52-60Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.10.037
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pesticides; passive sampling; water; bioavailability; Chemcatcher (R)
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Passive sampling is a powerful method for Continuous Pollution monitoring, but calibration experiments are still needed to generate sampling rates in order to estimate water concentrations for polar compounds. We calibrated the Chemcatcher(R) device with all uncovered SDB-XC Empore disk as receiving phase for 12 polar and semi-polar pesticides in aquatic environments in flow-through tank experiments at two water flow velocities (0.135 m/s and 0.4 m/s). In the 14-day period Of exposure the uptake of test substances in the sampler remained linear, and all derived sampling rates R, were in the range of 0.1 to 0.5 L/day. By additionally monitoring the release of two preloaded polar pesticides from the SDB-XC disks over time, very high variation in release kinetics was found, which calls into question the applicability of performance reference compounds. Our study expands the applicability of the Chemcatcher(R) for monitoring trace concentrations of pesticides with frequent occurrence in water. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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