Improvements on the Latin American Atmospheric Passive Sam- pling Network (LAPAN)

FILLMANN G.; MIGLIORANZA K.S.B.; BARRA R.; ONDARZA P.M.; RESTREPO B.; EGUREN G.; WANIA F.; COSTA P

Nashville, Tennessee

Congreso; Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America 34th Annual Meeting. Harmonizing Science Across Disciplines; 2013

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America

A Latin American Atmospheric Passive Sampling Network (LAPAN) has been set up to create better conditions to study atmospheric contaminants within South American countries. It will also enable signatory countries to comply with Stockholm Convention demands on the identication of main sources and provide monitoring comparable data of POPs contamination. is will help to identify areas of concern and to evaluate the eectiveness of the control actions adopted by the member countries of the Stockholm Convention to eliminate the release of POPs to the environment. us, XAD2-based passive atmospheric samplers have been installed in South American countries since 2010 covering remote (background), urban, industrial and rural areas. Nowadays researchers from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay e Venezuela are collabo- rating with the LAPAN network, which aimed to assess local, regional and global sources using integrated data and to appraise the spatial and temporal distribution of POPs, among other contaminants. e XAD2-based passive atmospheric samplers has the advantage of being cheaper and easier to run,making it possible to increase the present spatial and temporal resolution run by GAPS (Global Atmospheric Passive Sampling Network) and requested by the Guidance on the Global Monitoring Plan (GMP) for POPs. The main LAPAN results will be available for the second Global Monitoring Report which will be produced for the COP7 ? Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants that will take place in 2014.