%0 journal article %@ 0013-936X %A Zhong, G., Xie, Z., Cai, M., Moeller, A., Sturm, R., Tang, J., Zhang, G., He, J., Ebinghaus, R. %D 2012 %J Environmental Science and Technology %N 1 %P 259-267 %R doi:10.1021/es202655k %T Distribution and Air–Sea Exchange of Current-Use Pesticides (CUPs) from East Asia to the High Arctic Ocean %U https://doi.org/10.1021/es202655k 1 %X Surface seawater and marine boundary layer air samples were collected on the ice-breaker R/V Xuelong (Snow Dragon) from the East China Sea to the high Arctic (33.23–84.5° N) in July to September 2010 and have been analyzed for six current-use pesticides (CUPs): trifluralin, endosulfan, chlorothalonil, chlorpyrifos, dacthal, and dicofol. In all oceanic air samples, the six CUPs were detected, showing highest level (>100 pg/m3) in the Sea of Japan. Gaseous CUPs basically decreased from East Asia (between 36.6 and 45.1° N) toward Bering and Chukchi Seas. The dissolved CUPs in ocean water ranged widely from