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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 42, Issue 4, Pages 1045-1050Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/es702383t
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A dated sediment core from Lake Thun covering the last 120 years was analyzed to get an overview of the historical trend of the chlorinated paraffin (CP) and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) deposition, because CPs and PCBs have/had similar applications as plasticizers and flame retardants. Total CP concentrations (sum of short chain (SCCP), medium, chain (MCCP), and long chain CPS (LCCP)) showed a steep increase in the 1980s and a more-or-less stable level of 50 ng g(-1) dry weight (dw) since then. The concentration-time profile is in good agreement with the available information on global production data. The quantification of higher chlorinated SCCPs using electron capture negative ionization low resolution mass spectrometry (ECNI-LRMS) revealed an increase in recent years. In addition, the degree of chlorination of SCCPs has strongly increased during the past 40 years, which may indicate its use as an additive for plastics, paints, and coatings. Furthermore, PCBs were analyzed in dated sediment slices. The PCB concentrations (sum of the six indicator congeners) peaked around 1969 (18 ng g(-1) dw) and decreased to 1.3 ng g(-1) dw in the surface. layer corresponding to 2004. The peak level of CPS exceeded those of PCBs by about a factor of 3.
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