ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES IN MARINE ENVIRONMENT OF QUANZHOU BAY, SOUTHEAST CHINA

Abstract

As one of the most important buildup of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) have received more and more attention. Samples including sediments, water and marine products were collected. In the lab, nineteen types of organochlorine pesticides were tested using GC-ECD following US-EPA 8080A method. In the top sediments, the concentration of HCHs was 0.1-3.08 ng/g and the concentration of DDTs was 3.53-75.83 ng/g.