<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Steven G O&#039;Connell</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">McCartney, Melissa A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LB Paulik</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sarah E Allan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lane G Tidwell</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Glenn R Wilson</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kim A Anderson</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Improvements in pollutant monitoring: Optimizing silicone for co-deployment with polyethylene passive sampling devices.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Environ Pollut</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Environ. Pollut.</style></alt-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">07/2014</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">193C</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">71-78</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Sequestering semi-polar compounds can be difficult with low-density polyethylene (LDPE), but those pollutants may be more efficiently absorbed using silicone. In this work, optimized methods for cleaning, infusing reference standards, and polymer extraction are reported along with field comparisons of several silicone materials for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and pesticides. In a final field demonstration, the most optimal silicone material is coupled with LDPE in a large-scale study to examine PAHs in addition to oxygenated-PAHs (OPAHs) at a Superfund site. OPAHs exemplify a sensitive range of chemical properties to compare polymers (log Kow 0.2-5.3), and transformation products of commonly studied parent PAHs. On average, while polymer concentrations differed nearly 7-fold, water-calculated values were more similar (about 3.5-fold or less) for both PAHs (17) and OPAHs (7). Individual water concentrations of OPAHs differed dramatically between silicone and LDPE, highlighting the advantages of choosing appropriate polymers and optimized methods for pollutant monitoring.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25009960?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kim A Anderson</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seck, Dogo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kevin A Hobbie</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Traore, Anna Ndiaye</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">McCartney, Melissa A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ndaye, Adama</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Norman D Forsberg</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gregory J Sower</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Passive sampling devices enable capacity building and characterization of bioavailable pesticide along the Niger, Senegal and Bani Rivers of Africa.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., B, Biol. Sci.</style></alt-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">04/2014</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">369</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">20130110</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;It is difficult to assess pollution in remote areas of less-developed regions owing to the limited availability of energy, equipment, technology, trained personnel and other key resources. Passive sampling devices (PSDs) are technologically simple analytical tools that sequester and concentrate bioavailable organic contaminants from the environment. Scientists from Oregon State University and the Centre Régional de Recherches en Ecotoxicologie et de Sécurité Environnementale (CERES) in Senegal developed a partnership to build capacity at CERES and to develop a pesticide-monitoring project using PSDs. This engagement resulted in the development of a dynamic training process applicable to capacity-building programmes. The project culminated in a field and laboratory study where paired PSD samples were simultaneously analysed in African and US laboratories with quality control evaluation and traceability. The joint study included sampling from 63 sites across six western African countries, generating a 9000 data point pesticide database with virtual access to all study participants.&lt;/p&gt;
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