Atmospheric Concentrations and Deposition or Organochlorine Pesticides in US Mid-Atlantic Region

Abstract

Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) were measured in the atmosphere over the period January 2000- May 2001 at six locations as part of New Jersey Atmospheric Deposition Network (NJADN). Gas phase, particle phase and precipitation con centrations of 22 OCP species, including chloranes, DDTs, HCHs, endosulfan I and II, aldrin and diedrin, were measured. OCPs are found predominantly in the gas phase in all seasons, representing over 95% of the total air concentrations.JRC.H.5-Rural, water and ecosystem resource