Air–Water Gas Exchange of Organochlorine Pesticides in Taihu Lake China.pdfVIP

Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42, 1928–1932 Air–Water Gas Exchange of this approach could help us to understand the source and fate of those OCPs that had been observed in the air around Organochlorine Pesticides in Taihu Taihu Lake. Taihu Lake is the third largest fresh water lake (with an Lake, China area of 2338 km2) in China, and it is the main drinking water source of the megalopolises in this basin. These include Shanghai, Wuxi, and Suzhou, all of which have millions of X I N G H U A Q I U , T O N G Z H U , * people (see Figure SI-1 in the Supporting Information). F E N G W A N G , A N D J I A N X I N H U Because significant amounts of OCPs were used in this region State Key Joint Laboratory for Environmental Simulation and before 1983 (3, 7), residues of these pesticides might be Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and elevated in the sediment of the lake ((8), see Table SI-1 in the Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China Supporting Information). The lake is relatively shallow (with an average depth of 1.9 m); hence, OCP residues in the Received July 23, 2007. Rev