Martinez, Andres (2024): Dataset of surface water concentrations of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the U.S. from 1979 - 2020 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.972705
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Abstract:
Water concentrations of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in the U.S., consisting of individual PCB congeners, Aroclor mixtures (i.e., 1016, 1221, 1232, 1242, 1248, 1254, and 1260), and the sum of PCBs, were compiled from U.S. EPA reports, U.S. EPA Superfund websites, and peer-reviewed scientific papers to create a dataset consisting of 5138 individual samples. Individual PCB congeners were grouped into a list of 104 individual and co-eluting PCB congeners. Metadata include EPA Region, U.S. State, site name, sampling date, latitude, longitude, units (pg/L), the measured phase, the EPA analytical method, and whether the analytical method was Aroclor or congener specific.
Supplement to:
Martinez, Andres; Hornbuckle, Keri C; Jones, Michael P; Westra, Brian D (in review): Spatial and Temporal Analysis, and Machine Learning-Based Prediction of PCB Water Concentrations in U.S. Natural Water Systems. ACS ES&T Water
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Funding:
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), grant/award no. P42ES013661: Iowa Superfund Research Program
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 42.384517 * Median Longitude: -80.910742 * South-bound Latitude: 28.642544 * West-bound Longitude: -123.772092 * North-bound Latitude: 47.715320 * East-bound Longitude: -70.909841
Date/Time Start: 1979-10-04T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2020-04-22T00:00:00
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
231099 data points
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