Main Title |
Sampling of glacial snow for pesticide analysis / |
Author |
Stengle, Thomas R.,
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Other Authors |
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Publisher |
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Monitoring, |
Year Published |
1971 |
Report Number |
EPA 16020-GAG-02/71; W7110675; EPAWQO-16020-GAG-02/71 |
OCLC Number |
00549123 |
Subjects |
Pesticides--Environmental aspects ;
Snow--Analysis ;
DDT (Insecticide) ;
Yukon ;
Yukon Territory
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJBD |
EPA 16020-GAG-02-71 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
05/12/2014 |
EJEM |
TD427.P35S74 1971 |
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OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC |
06/30/2006 |
ELBD ARCHIVE |
EPA 16020-GAG-02-71 |
Received from HQ |
AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
10/04/2023 |
ELBD RPS |
EPA 16020-GAG-02-71 |
repository copy |
AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
02/24/2020 |
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Collation |
vi, 23 pages : figures, tables ; 28 cm |
Notes |
"February 1971." Includes bibliographical references (page 23). |
Contents Notes |
Snow samples were taken from the plateau glacier of Mt. Logan, Y.T., Canada during an investigation intent on demonstrating the feasibility of taking such samples from high altitude snowfields for pesticide analysis and developing sampling techniques devoid of contamination. Samples were also taken at a depth of 15 m to determine whether DDT concentration varied with the age of the snow. Pesticide analyses were performed using vapor phase chromatographic techniques. DDT was not detected within the limit of detectability (5 ng/l). Over half the samples were contaminated with PCB's which raised the detectability limit to 10-50 ng/1. The PCB contamination is believed to have come from the sampling auger, as an analysis of rinsings from it seemed to confirm. A sample taken from a depth of 1.5-2.5 m was acidified with distilled nitric acid, when thawed, and analyzed for 19 elements simultaleously using a direct reading emission spectrometer. Four elements were detected: boron at 4 ng/ml, cadmium at 9 ng/ml, chromium at 2 ng/ml, and iron at 47 ng/ml. The high levels of cadmium and especially iron suggest contamination from the alloy steels of the auger. |