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Soil burdens of persistent organic pollutants - Their levels, fate and risk. Part I. Variation of concentration ranges according to different soil uses and locations

Abstract

Detailed soil screening data from the Czech Republic as a typical Central European country are presented here. Determination of a wide selection of organic and inorganic pollutants as well as an assessment of specific soil parameters allowed us to study the soil contamination in relation to the land use and soil properties. While HCHs and HCB were found at highest levels in arable soils, the higher concentrations of PCDDs/Fs, PCBs, PAHs and DDTs were observed in high altitude forest soils. Concentrations of these compounds strongly correlated with the soil organic carbon content. Several possible reasons have been suggested for the observed higher concentrations in mountain forest soils but the impact of each of these influencing factors remains to be identified. An inventory of the soil contamination is needed as a first step in our effort to estimate an extent to which the secondary sources contribute to the enhanced atmospheric levels of POPs. - Due to its large retention capacity for hydrophobic compounds, carbon-rich mountain soil showed higher concentrations for several persistent organic pollutants.
Authors:
Holoubek, Ivan; [1]  Dusek, Ladislav; [1]  Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Masaryk University, Kamenice 126/3, 625 00 Brno (Czech Republic)]; Sanka, Milan; Hofman, Jakub; Cupr, Pavel; [1]  Jarkovsky, Jiri; [1]  Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Masaryk University, Kamenice 126/3, 625 00 Brno (Czech Republic)]; Zbiral, Jiri; [2]  Klanova, Jana [1] 
  1. Research Centre for Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology RECETOX and National POPs Centre, Masaryk University, Kamenice 126/3, 625 00 Brno (Czech Republic)
  2. Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture, Hroznova 2, 656 06 Brno (Czech Republic)
Publication Date:
Dec 15, 2009
Product Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Environmental Pollution (1987); Journal Volume: 157; Journal Issue: 12; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.05.031; PII: S0269-7491(09)00267-X; Copyright (c) 2009 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; CARBON; CONTAMINATION; CZECH REPUBLIC; DDT; FORESTS; HAZARDS; LAND USE; MOUNTAINS; POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOILS; AROMATICS; CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN EUROPE; ELEMENTS; EUROPE; HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; HYDROCARBONS; INSECTICIDES; NONMETALS; ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDES
OSTI ID:
21353477
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0269-7491; ENPOEK; TRN: GB10R2392087728
Availability:
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2009.05.031
Submitting Site:
GBN
Size:
page(s) 3207-3217
Announcement Date:
Nov 22, 2010

Citation Formats

Holoubek, Ivan, Dusek, Ladislav, Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Masaryk University, Kamenice 126/3, 625 00 Brno (Czech Republic)], Sanka, Milan, Hofman, Jakub, Cupr, Pavel, Jarkovsky, Jiri, Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Masaryk University, Kamenice 126/3, 625 00 Brno (Czech Republic)], Zbiral, Jiri, and Klanova, Jana. Soil burdens of persistent organic pollutants - Their levels, fate and risk. Part I. Variation of concentration ranges according to different soil uses and locations. United Kingdom: N. p., 2009. Web. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2009.05.031.
Holoubek, Ivan, Dusek, Ladislav, Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Masaryk University, Kamenice 126/3, 625 00 Brno (Czech Republic)], Sanka, Milan, Hofman, Jakub, Cupr, Pavel, Jarkovsky, Jiri, Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Masaryk University, Kamenice 126/3, 625 00 Brno (Czech Republic)], Zbiral, Jiri, & Klanova, Jana. Soil burdens of persistent organic pollutants - Their levels, fate and risk. Part I. Variation of concentration ranges according to different soil uses and locations. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2009.05.031
Holoubek, Ivan, Dusek, Ladislav, Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Masaryk University, Kamenice 126/3, 625 00 Brno (Czech Republic)], Sanka, Milan, Hofman, Jakub, Cupr, Pavel, Jarkovsky, Jiri, Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Masaryk University, Kamenice 126/3, 625 00 Brno (Czech Republic)], Zbiral, Jiri, and Klanova, Jana. 2009. "Soil burdens of persistent organic pollutants - Their levels, fate and risk. Part I. Variation of concentration ranges according to different soil uses and locations." United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2009.05.031.
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title = {Soil burdens of persistent organic pollutants - Their levels, fate and risk. Part I. Variation of concentration ranges according to different soil uses and locations}
author = {Holoubek, Ivan, Dusek, Ladislav, Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Masaryk University, Kamenice 126/3, 625 00 Brno (Czech Republic)], Sanka, Milan, Hofman, Jakub, Cupr, Pavel, Jarkovsky, Jiri, Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Masaryk University, Kamenice 126/3, 625 00 Brno (Czech Republic)], Zbiral, Jiri, and Klanova, Jana}
abstractNote = {Detailed soil screening data from the Czech Republic as a typical Central European country are presented here. Determination of a wide selection of organic and inorganic pollutants as well as an assessment of specific soil parameters allowed us to study the soil contamination in relation to the land use and soil properties. While HCHs and HCB were found at highest levels in arable soils, the higher concentrations of PCDDs/Fs, PCBs, PAHs and DDTs were observed in high altitude forest soils. Concentrations of these compounds strongly correlated with the soil organic carbon content. Several possible reasons have been suggested for the observed higher concentrations in mountain forest soils but the impact of each of these influencing factors remains to be identified. An inventory of the soil contamination is needed as a first step in our effort to estimate an extent to which the secondary sources contribute to the enhanced atmospheric levels of POPs. - Due to its large retention capacity for hydrophobic compounds, carbon-rich mountain soil showed higher concentrations for several persistent organic pollutants.}
doi = {10.1016/j.envpol.2009.05.031}
journal = []
issue = {12}
volume = {157}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {2009}
month = {Dec}
}