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| Project Metadata Element | Details |
| Project Title | Passive Samplers for Water Quality Monitoring of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Marine Environment |
| Research Area | Water |
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| Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Patrice Behan |
| Lead Institution or Organisation | Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) |
| Lead Country | Ireland |
| Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 53.33881, -6.26748 |
| Lead Funding Entity | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Approximate Project Start Date | 09/10/2006 |
| Approximate Project Finishing Date | 09/02/2009 |
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| Project Keywords | Water Quality; Monitoring; Organic pollutants; Marine |
| Project Abstract | Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are internationally considered as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) which can be mutagenic carcinogenic and may accumulate in aquatic organisms and potentially in the human chain. PCBs and PAHs are thus listed as priority pollutants in the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and under the Convention for the protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (Oslo Paris Convention: OSPAR). Currently most marine monitoring programmes involving such compounds rely on the collection and analysis of discrete water/sediment grab samples or on the analysis of filter feeding indicator organisms e.g. mussels. Such measurements can provide unrepresentative pictures regarding seasonal variations and point source discharges of contaminants. |