1. Contaminants products for EMODNet Chemistry 3
TWG Meeting, Delft, 4-5 December 2017
Giordano Giorgi
ISPRA
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2. Contaminants maps
Preliminary list of contaminants included in the proposal
Matrix
Contaminants
Water
Pesticides and biocides: DDT, HCB Antifoulants: TBT, TPT Heavy metals: Mercury, cadmium, lead Hydrocarbons: Anthracene, Fluoranthene
PAH: Benzo(a)pyrene
Sediments
Pesticides and biocides: DDT, HCB Antifoulants: TBT Heavy metals: Mercury, cadmium, lead Hydrocarbons: Anthracene, Naphthalene
Biota
Pesticides and biocides: Total DDT, HCB
Heavy metals: Mercury and its compounds Hydrocarbons: Fluoranthene PAH: Benzo(a)pyrene
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3. Contaminants Proposed type of maps
For each time period: before 2012, 2012-today, ten-year windows
For all the contaminants in the preliminary list
Above or below LOQ. green points: below LOQ, orange points: above LOQ
LOQ above or below EQSD threshold values.
Green points: LOQ below 30% of EQSD threshold values
Red points: LOQ above 30% of EQSD threshold values
Concentration values above or below EQS threshold values. Green points: concentration values below EQS threshold values, Red points: concentration values above EQS threshold values
matrix monitored.
Blue points: water,
Brown points: sediments
Green points: biota
species monitored. (see below)
For sediments, availability of a normalizer. (TOC or Loss on ignition for organic substances, Li, Al or clay-silt fraction for metals). blue points: normalizer available, orange points: No normalizer available
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4. Contaminants maps for MSFD
Report MSFD Focus on New Commission Decision 2017/848 of 17th May 2017
“D8C1 — Primary: Within coastal and territorial waters (and beyond if contaminants still may give rise to pollution effects), the concentrations of contaminants do not exceed the following threshold values:
for contaminants set out under point 1(a) of criteria elements (i.e. contaminants for which an environmental quality standard is laid down in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC), the values set in accordance with Directive 2000/60/EC
when contaminants under point (a) are measured in a matrix for which no value is set under Directive 2000/60/EC, the concentration of those contaminants in that matrix established by Member States through regional or subregional cooperation;
For additional contaminants which may give rise to pollution effects threshold values established by Member States through regional or subregional cooperation”
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5. Contaminants maps for Biota (1)
Threshold values in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC
Priority Substance
Threshold values (μg/kg wet weight)
LOQ<0.3 * Threshold
Species
Note
Brominated diphenylethers
CAS:
0.0085
0,0025
Fish
sum of the concentrations of congener numbers 28, 47, 99, 100, 153 and 154
Fluoranthene
CAS: 30 9
Crustaceans and molluscs
In EMODNet Chemistry 3 proposal
Hexachlorobenzene
CAS: 10 3
Hexachlorobutadiene
CAS: 55
16.5
Mercury and its compounds
CAS: 20 6
Benzo(a)pyrene
CAS: 5
1.5
Dicofol
CAS: 33
9.9
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6. Contaminants maps for Biota (2)
Threshold values in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC
Priority Substance
Threshold values (μg/kg wet weight)
LOQ<0.3 * Threshold
Species
Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its derivatives (PFOS)
CAS:
9.1
2.73
Fish
Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds
Sum of PCDD+PCDF+PCB- DL μg/kg TEQ
Fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Heptachlor and heptachlor epoxide
CAS: /
0.0067
0.002
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7. Contaminants maps for Biota (3)
Map on LOQs for Fluoranthene, HCB, Mercury and Benzo(a)pyrene:
Red point: LOQ > 0.3*Threshold value (wet weight)
Green point: LOQ <= 0.3*Threshold value (wet weight)
Map on species monitored for at least DDT, Fluoranthene, HCB, Mercury and Benzo(a)pyrene
Green point: Molluscs
Orange point: Crustacean
Blue point: Fish
Grey point: Others
How to proceed: map P01 to species monitored and wet weight or use/integrate P35? How to deal with dry weight?
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