Trends in the monitoring of legacy and emerging organic pollutants in protected areas

• Published in: Trends in environmental analytical chemistry Vol. 34; p. e00165
• Main Authors: Azcune, Germán, Griffero, Luciana, Pareja, Lucía, Ríos, Juan Manuel, Galbán-Malagón, Cristobal, Pérez-Parada, Andrés
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01-06-2022
• Subjects: Emerging Contaminants; Global Pollution; Mass spectrometry; POPs; Protected Areas; PCBs; FT-ICR-MS; Global Pollution; AnMAP; SPE; CUPs; HRMS; MPAs; SPM; LRAHT; ECs; UNECE-EMEP; GC×GC; LOD; PAs; Protected Areas; MS; PCDDs; SCAR; PPCPs; LOQ; PCA; IUCN; UAE; BFRs; CAMLR; Mass spectrometry; MSPD; Emerging Contaminants; PFASs; LLE; AMAP; POPs; PLE; MS/MS; SMCs; ImPACT; OCPs; WDPA; PSDs; QuEChERS; PCDFs; GC; DIA; PUF; QA/QC; WWTPs; PBDEs; ECD; PFRs; UPLC; LC; PARAFAC; PAHs; GPC; VAE; GAPS
• ISSN: 2214-1588; 2214-1588
• DOI: 10.1016/j.teac.2022.e00165

Protected Areas (PAs) are locations for conservation, internationally recognized for their natural, ecological, and/or cultural values. Human presence in PAs is generally limited to minimal or banned exploitation of natural resources. However, different threats to PAs are evident as a result of short and long-range transport of organic pollutants of legacy and emerging concern. There has been a shift of interest in legacy pollutants such as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) to emerging compounds, resulting in a need for improved monitoring strategies in PAs. Here, we highlight the main advances in environmental analytical chemistry for legacy and emerging pollution monitoring in PAs. Trends in sampling, sample preparation and instrumental determination of multiclass organic pollutants in biotic and abiotic matrices are presented and discussed. Here, we considered the most relevant and recent literature regarding organic pollutants in PAs from terrestrial to aquatic landscapes collected within 2015 to the present time frame.
•The occurrence of organic pollutants in PAs is reviewed.•Advances in pollution surveillance in air, soil, water and biota.•Sampling, sample preparation and instrumentation in field studies are discussed.•Perspectives in freshwater and marine research in PAs.•Trends in Antarctica organic pollution research.