Presence of bisphenol S and surfactants in the sediments of Kongsfjorden: a negative impact of human activities in Arctic?

Pollution and fate of pollutants in polar region are important topics of investigation in the last several decades. We have analysed sediment samples from Kongsfjorden and Krossfjorden, two sites from Arctic region, and detected a number of emerging contaminants (ECs) using high-resolution mass spec...

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Published in:Environmental monitoring and assessment 2018-01, Vol.190 (1), p.22-8, Article 22
Main Authors: Nejumal, K. K., Dineep, D., Mohan, Mahesh, Krishnan, K. P., Aravind, U. K., Aravindakumar, C. T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acids
Arctic Regions
Arctic zone
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Bisphenols
Contaminants
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecology
Ecotoxicology
Environment
Environmental Management
Environmental monitoring
Environmental Monitoring - methods
Environmental Pollution - analysis
Environmental science
Geologic Sediments - chemistry
Human Activities
Human influences
Humans
Identification
Mass Spectrometry
Mass spectroscopy
Metabolites
Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
Phenols - analysis
Plastic pollution
Polar environments
Polar regions
Pollutants
Sediment
Sediment samplers
Sediment samples
Sediments
Sulfones - analysis
Sulfur
Sulphur
Surface-Active Agents - analysis
Surfactants
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Summary:Pollution and fate of pollutants in polar region are important topics of investigation in the last several decades. We have analysed sediment samples from Kongsfjorden and Krossfjorden, two sites from Arctic region, and detected a number of emerging contaminants (ECs) using high-resolution mass spectrometry connected to UPLC (LC-Q-ToF-MS). Out of the seven sampling sites selected, bisphenol S (BPS), an identified pollutant and plasticiser, was detected and quantified in three sediment samples from Kongsfjorden (≈ 0.2 ppm). Four major surfactants (decylbenzenesulphonic acid, undecylbenzenesulphonic acid, 2-dodecylbenzenesulphonic acid and tridecylbenzenesulphonic acid) were also identified. A possible metabolite of BPS (sulphur trioxide derivative of BPS) was identified in one of the samples. It is proposed that the presence of ECs is the result of human activities in the region for a long time. To the best our knowledge, this is the first report on the identification of BPS and surfactants in the Arctic region.
ISSN:0167-6369
1573-2959
DOI:10.1007/s10661-017-6383-7