ENVRSunday, August 19, 2007

8:30 AM-11:30 AM Boston Park Plaza -- Beacon Hill Rm, Oral
Fate of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Urban Systems
Sorption, Bioremediation, NY/NJ Harbor
Organizers:Donna E. Fennell
Lisa A. Totten
8:30 AMStrong sorption of phenanthrene by nonhydrolyzable organic matter in soils and sediments
Yong Ran, Ke Sun, Yu Yang, Baoshan Xing, Eddy Y. Zeng
8:50 AMInteraction mechanism of nonpolar organic contaminants in natural organic matter: Dominating role of adsorption (micropore-filling)
Yong Ran, Ke Sun, Baoshan Xing, Li Zhou
9:10 AMAssessing desorption kinetics of native pyrene from contaminated sediment by time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy
Dave T. F. Kuo, Rachel Adams, Steven M. Rudnick, Robert F Chen, Philip M. Gschwend
9:30 AMIntermission
9:50 AMIn situ capping of contaminated sediments: Biogeochemical characterization of sediments and caps and its impact on contaminant fate and transport
David W. Himmelheber, Martial Taillefert, Joseph B. Hughes
10:10 AMBioremediation approaches for PCB- and PCDD/F-contaminated sediments
Donna E. Fennell, Valdis Krumins, Beth Ravit, Lisa A. Totten
10:30 AMPersistent chlordane concentrations in Long Island Sound sediment: Implications from chlordane, 210Pb and 137Cs depth profiles
Lijia Yang, Xiqing Li, John Crusius, Urs Jans, Michael E. Melcer, Pengfei Zhang
10:50 AMChiral signatures as a tool for source apportionment of PCBs in the Hudson River Estuary
Brian J. Asher, Charles S. Wong, Lisa A. Totten
11:10 AMModeling atmospheric POP dynamics in urban systems
Lisa A. Totten, Georgiy Stenchikov, Songyan Du

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The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007