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Temporal and spatial variations in atmospheric unintentional PCB emissions in Chinese mainland from 1960 to 2019
Ye Li
Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science of the Ministry of
Education, School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, 500
Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200241, China
Ye Huang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science of the Ministry of
Education, School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, 500
Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200241, China
Yunshan Zhang
Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science of the Ministry of
Education, School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, 500
Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200241, China
Wei Du
Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil Carbon Sequestration and
Pollution Control, Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering,
Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
Shanshan Zhang
Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science of the Ministry of
Education, School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, 500
Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200241, China
Tianhao He
Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science of the Ministry of
Education, School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, 500
Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200241, China
Yan Li
Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science of the Ministry of
Education, School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, 500
Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200241, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Sustainable Forestry, College of
Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, 159 Longpan Road, Xuanwu District,
Nanjing, 210037, China
Yan Chen
Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science of the Ministry of
Education, School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, 500
Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200241, China
Fangfang Ding
Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science of the Ministry of
Education, School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, 500
Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200241, China
Lin Huang
Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science of the Ministry of
Education, School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, 500
Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200241, China
Haibin Xia
Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science of the Ministry of
Education, School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, 500
Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200241, China
Wenjun Meng
Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and
Environmental Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
Min Liu
Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science of the Ministry of
Education, School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, 500
Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200241, China
Shu Tao
Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and
Environmental Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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Short summary
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are typical persistent organic pollutants (POPs) listed among the 12 initial POPs that should be prohibited or limited under the Stockholm Convention. They are widely present in the environment and pose a threat to human health and ecosystems. Emission estimation for them is essential to understand and evaluate their environment fate and associated health effect. This work developed 12 dioxin-like UP-PCBs from 66 sources from 1960 to 2019 in China.
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are typical persistent organic pollutants (POPs) listed among...
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