Martinez, Andres; Awad, Andrew M; Herkert, Nicholas J; Heiger-Bernays, Wendy J; Scammell, Madeleine K; Hornbuckle, Keri C (2019): Airborne polychlorinated biphenyl congener concentrations from New Bedford, MA, 2015-2016 [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902925
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Abstract:
We report the levels of airborne PCB concentrations at 18 locations for three consecutive periods, from July to November of 2015, and one extra period from July to August of 2016 in New Bedford, Fairhaven, Dartmouth, and Acushnet, MA, USA. Measurements were obtained using polyurethane foam passive air samplers (PUF-PAS), deployed for ~40 days. Effective volumes for individual PCB congeners were calculated from a previously published model and included here. Further, the limit of detection from the PUF for individual PCB congeners are included, together with the masses of the PCB congeners measured in the PUF.
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Heiger-Bernays, Wendy J; Tomsho, Kathryn Scott; Basra, Komal; Petropoulos, Zoe E; Crawford, Kathryn; Martinez, Andres; Hornbuckle, Keri C; Scammell, Madeleine K (2020): Human health risks due to airborne polychlorinated biphenyls are highest in New Bedford Harbor communities living closest to the harbor. Science of the Total Environment, 710, 135576, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135576
Martinez, Andres; Hadnott, Bailey; Awad, Andrew M; Herkert, Nicholas J; Tomsho, Kathryn Scott; Basra, Komal; Scammell, Madeleine K; Heiger-Bernays, Wendy J; Hornbuckle, Keri C (2017): Release of airborne polychlorinated biphenyls from New Bedford Harbor results in elevated concentrations in the surrounding air. Environmental Science & Technology, 4(4), 127-131, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.7b00047
Tomsho, Kathryn Scott; Basra, Komal; Rubin, Staci M; Miller, Claire B; Juang, Richard; Broude, Sylvia; Martinez, Andres; Hornbuckle, Keri C; Heiger-Bernays, Wendy J; Scammell, Madeleine K (2018): Community reporting of ambient air polychlorinated biphenyl concentrations near a Superfund site. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25(17), 16389-16400, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-0286-6
Funding:
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), grant/award no. P42ES013661: Iowa Superfund Research Program
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Median Latitude: 41.653875 * Median Longitude: -70.930441 * South-bound Latitude: 41.620749 * West-bound Longitude: -70.956940 * North-bound Latitude: 41.676964 * East-bound Longitude: -70.856926
Date/Time Start: 2015-07-09T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2016-08-20T00:00:00
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0)
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- Martinez, A; Awad, AM; Herkert, NJ et al. (2019): Airborne polychlorinated biphenyl congeners limits of detection using polyurethane foam passive air samplers. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902917
- Martinez, A; Awad, AM; Herkert, NJ et al. (2019): Airborne polychlorinated biphenyl congeners masses from New Bedford, MA, 2015-2016 measured in the polyurethane foam passive air samplers. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902919
- Martinez, A; Awad, AM; Herkert, NJ et al. (2019): Airborne polychlorinated biphenyl congeners effective volumes collected using polyurethane foam passive air samplers from New Bedford, MA, 2015-2016. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902923
- Martinez, A; Awad, AM; Herkert, NJ et al. (2019): Airborne polychlorinated biphenyl congener concentrations collected using polyurethane foam passive air samplers from New Bedford, MA, 2015-2016. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902915