Persistent organic pollutants in two reservoirs along the Paraíba do Sul-Guandu River system, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sediment contamination is evaluated by determining organic micropollutants (organochlorine compounds - OCs and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - PAHs) in two important Brazilian water reservoirs. Trace levels of OCs were observed in the Santana reservoir (44.8 ng g-1 d.w. of p,p'-DDT), while i...

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Main Authors: Elcia Margareth Souza Brito, Elisa Diniz Reis Vieira, João Paulo Machado Torres, Olaf Malm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2005-12-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422005000600002