TY - JOUR
T1 - Asia-Pacific mussel watch for emerging pollutants
T2 - Distribution of synthetic musks and benzotriazole UV stabilizers in Asian and US coastal waters
AU - Nakata, Haruhiko
AU - Shinohara, Ryu-Ichi
AU - Nakazawa, Yusuke
AU - Isobe, Tomohiko
AU - Sudaryanto, Agus
AU - Subramanian, Annamalai
AU - Tanabe, Shinsuke
AU - Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi
AU - Zheng, Gene J.
AU - Lam, Paul K.S.
AU - Kim, Eun Young
AU - Min, Byung-Yoon
AU - We, Sung-Ug
AU - Viet, Pham Hung
AU - Tana, Touch Seang
AU - Prudente, Maricar
AU - Frank, Donnell
AU - Lauenstein, Gunnar
AU - Kannan, Kurunthachalam
PY - 2012/10
Y1 - 2012/10
N2 - We analyzed 68 green and blue mussels collected from Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam and the USA during 2003 and 2007, to elucidate the occurrence and widespread distributions of emerging pollutants, synthetic musks and benzotriazole UV stabilizers (BUVSs) in Asia-Pacific coastal waters. Synthetic musks and BUVSs were detected in mussels from all countries, suggesting their ubiquitous contamination and widespread distribution. High concentrations of musks and BUVSs were detected in mussels from Japan and Korea, where the levels were comparable or greater than those of PCBs, DDTs and PBDEs. Significant correlations were found between the concentrations of HHCB and AHTN, and also between the concentrations of UV-327 and UV-328, which suggest similar sources and compositions of these compounds in commercial and industrial products. To our knowledge, this is the first study of large-scale monitoring of synthetic musks and BUVSs in Asia-Pacific coastal waters. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
AB - We analyzed 68 green and blue mussels collected from Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam and the USA during 2003 and 2007, to elucidate the occurrence and widespread distributions of emerging pollutants, synthetic musks and benzotriazole UV stabilizers (BUVSs) in Asia-Pacific coastal waters. Synthetic musks and BUVSs were detected in mussels from all countries, suggesting their ubiquitous contamination and widespread distribution. High concentrations of musks and BUVSs were detected in mussels from Japan and Korea, where the levels were comparable or greater than those of PCBs, DDTs and PBDEs. Significant correlations were found between the concentrations of HHCB and AHTN, and also between the concentrations of UV-327 and UV-328, which suggest similar sources and compositions of these compounds in commercial and industrial products. To our knowledge, this is the first study of large-scale monitoring of synthetic musks and BUVSs in Asia-Pacific coastal waters. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
KW - Asia-Pacific mussel watch
KW - Benzotriazole UV stabilizers
KW - Concentrations and distribution
KW - Emerging pollutant
KW - Synthetic musk
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U2 - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.07.049
DO - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.07.049
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
C2 - 22910332
SN - 0025-326X
VL - 64
SP - 2211
EP - 2218
JO - Marine Pollution Bulletin
JF - Marine Pollution Bulletin
IS - 10
ER -
