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Detection of persistent OCPs and PCBs congeners in the near-shore coastal waters of Alexandria, Egypt

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The residues of 19 EPA-organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were determined in water samples collected from the near-shore surface water of Alexandria coast, Egypt, using gas chomatograph-electron capture detector (GC-ECD) and gas chromatograph-mass spectometer (GC-MS). Higher concentrations of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)s, TC, and 2,2-bis (p-chlorophenyl)-1,1,1-trichloroethane (DDT)s with 1.36, 0.556, and 36.97 ngl−1 were recorded, respectively, with a maximum of 165.46 ngl−1 of PCBs during June 2014, which was clearly affected by higher sewage activities during summer season. Among DDTs metabolites, p,p-DDT was the most dominant with a maximum of 36.31ngl−1 recorded at El-Montazah station during June 2014.

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    Tarek O. Said, Mohamed A. Okbah, Laila A. Mohamed & Islam M. Othman

  2. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia

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Said, T.O., Okbah, M.A., Mohamed, L.A. et al. Detection of persistent OCPs and PCBs congeners in the near-shore coastal waters of Alexandria, Egypt. Environ Monit Assess 187, 353 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-015-4537-z

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