Toxic Pollution
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Description
The Casco Bay Estuary Partnership (CBEP) has funded three comprehensive sediment quality assessments throughout Casco Bay since 1991, at roughly ten-year intervals. Chemicals analyzed include metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides, dioxins and furans, and organotins. This report summarizes the results from the most recent sediment sampling program conducted in 2010-2011 and describes how concentrations of chemicals in sediment have changed over the 20-year period since samples were originally collected.
Publication Date
3-31-2017
Keywords
toxics, pesticides, PAHs, PCBs, heavy metals, CBEP
Recommended Citation
Casco Bay Estuary Partnership, & Ramboll Environ. (2017). Casco Bay Sediment Assessment 1991 – 2011. Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service, Casco Bay Estuary Partnership.
Category
Sediments; Toxics; Monitoring Water Quality; Casco Bay
Location
Casco Bay
Comments
This project was funded by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under Cooperative Agreements #CE 961605010, #CE 96173101, and #CE 96185501.