Recent Mussel Watch Project Findings on Persistent Organic
Pollutants Shared at International Venue Will Inform Future
Research and Management Efforts As a part of their talks on
persistent organic pollutants, two scientists presented National
Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Mussel Watch Project
data at the recent 27th annual meeting of the Society of
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, providing information
that will serve to inform future research and environmental
management efforts. The Mussel Watch Project is a long term
coastal contaminant monitoring program that provides baseline,
status, and trends data, which are useful for a number of
applications, including retrospective analyses and response in
areas where environmental disasters occur. The first paper
presented findings from reanalysis of Mussel Watch sediment
samples archived in 1986 and recent City College of New York
data which showed there may be new sources of the pesticide
chlordane to the environment, and that chlordane conce