Levels of persistent organic pollutants and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air of Central and Eastern Europe

Příbylová, Petra; Kareš, Radovan; Borůvková, Jana; Čupr, Pavel; Prokeš, Roman; Kohoutek, Jiří; Holoubek, Ivan; Klánová, Jana

doi:10.5094/apr.2012.057

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“…The MONET passive sampling network has gradually expanded in Europe since its inception in 2003 through several monitoring campaigns: identication of regional POP sources in the Czech Republic; 22,23 establishing background concentrations in Central and Eastern Europe (2006-2008); 24 and 28 d background monitoring across Europe (2009-2011). Since July 2011, MONET has been passively monitoring POPs at 28 sites throughout Europe (in addition to those within the Czech Republic) using identical polyurethane foam (PUF) disk samplers deployed for approximately 84 d and analyzed inhouse at the RECETOX Trace Laboratory using GC-MS/MS.…”

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Comparability of long-term temporal trends of POPs from co-located active and passive air monitoring networks in Europe

Kalina

White

Scheringer

et al. 2019

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts

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Comparability of long-term temporal trends of POPs from co-located active and passive air monitoring networks in Europe

Kalina

White

Scheringer

et al. 2019

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts

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“…Geological characteristics of the soil by layers are given in Table 1. 30 Gray and gray-yellow clays with dust and pebbles, partially humified, with plant detritus in one location 100 Gray-yellow clays with dust and pebbles, partly with plant detritus with an intercalation of greasy black clays in one location and gravel grains in other location 200 Gray-yellow clay, gravelly and dusty, and in one location black, plastic clay, partly dusty 300 Clayey gravel with pebbles, clay gravel with pebbles, gray-yellow dusty clays with pebbles, and gray and grayyellow clayey sand with pebbles 400 Clay, clayey gravel and clayey gravel with large pebbles Soil and groundwater samples were collected during August 2019. Chemical analyses were conducted for 16 types of PAHs by using Gas chromatography.…”

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Evaluation of Sources and Ecological Risk of PAHs in Different Layers of Soil and Groundwater

Ilić¹,

Markić²,

Bjelić³

2020

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Research subjects of this study are four representative locations in the industrial complex, in the city of Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) (∑16PAHs), humus and pH were determined. The main objective of the paper is to determine the concentration levels, to assess the probable sources of PAHs contamination in soil and groundwater and to determine the ecological risk. The ∑16PAHs in soil (at depths of 30 cm, 100 cm, 200 cm, 300 cm and 400 cm) ranged from 0.99 to 2.24 mg/kg, from 0.34 to 0.46, from 0.24 to 0.32, from 0.13 to 0.27 and from 0.13 to 0.47, with mean values of 1.70 mg/kg, 0.40 mg/kg, 0.28 mg/kg, 0.20 mg/kg and 0.26 mg/kg, respectively. The ∑16PAHs in groundwater ranged from 0.23 to 4.50 mg/m3, with a mean value of 1.42 mg/m3. Surface soil and groundwater are heavily contaminated. All values of ∑PAHs in soil layers were lower in the depths of the soil. Factor analysis indicates three sources of contamination, i.e. principal component (PC) PC1 (pyrogenic), PC2 (petrogenic) and PC3 (biomass), with 52.39%, 26.14% and 8.46% of the total variance, respectively. ∑PAH and PAHs indicate high ecological risk for most PAHs, which decreases with soil depth.

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“…One such analysis was of playground soil in the city of Sarajevo [23]. An investigation of POPs and PAHs in ambient air in the Central and Eastern Europe was also conducted in Bosnia and Herzegovina [24], as well as analyses of POPs and PAHs in sediments of the Neretva River [25]. A study of air PAHs in urban and rural areas was done in the City of Banja Luka in 2008 [26,27].…”

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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Different Layers of Soil and Groundwater - Evaluation of Levels of Pollution and Sources of Contamination

Ilić¹,

Markić²,

Bjelić³

et al. 2021

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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This study examined the concentrations of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soil and groundwater at a former cellulose factory in the city of Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The objective of the study was to determine the concentrations of 16 PAHs in soil and groundwater at the site. The research area consisted of four representative locations in the industrial complex where the soil was sampled at depths of 0.3, 1, 2, 3, and 4 m and groundwater was sampled at 3.10, 2.50 and 3 m for two samples. In addition to the 16 PAHs, soil organic matter content and pH were also measured. The sum of the 16 PAHs (Σ16PAHs) in soil ranged from 0.99 to 2.24, 0.34 to 0.46, 0.24 to 0.32, 0.13 to 0.27 and 0.13 to 0.47 mg/kg for the 0.3, 1, 2, 3, and 4 m depths, respectively. Mean values were 1.70, 0.40, 0.28, 0.20 and 0.26 mg/kg, respectively. The Σ16PAHs in groundwater ranged from 0.23 to 4.50 mg/m 3 , with a mean value of 1.42 mg/m 3. The concentrations of all 16 PAHs in the soil decreased with depth and there was no significant correlation between the concentrations of PAHs in the soil and groundwater. The concentrations of PAHs in the soil surface (0.3 m) and groundwater indicate that this industrial site is heavily contaminated and might need remedial action. Factor analysis indicates three sources of contamination, i.e. principal component (PC) PC1 (pyrogenic), PC2 (petrogenic) and PC3 (biomass), with 52.39%, 26.14% and 8.46% of the total variance, respectively. The results of this study reflect the effects of coal combustion (pyrogenic origin), petrogenic and biomass origin and may provide basic data for the remediation of PAHs in the location.

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Levels of persistent organic pollutants and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air of Central and Eastern Europe

Cited by 48 publications

References 29 publications

Comparability of long-term temporal trends of POPs from co-located active and passive air monitoring networks in Europe

Comparability of long-term temporal trends of POPs from co-located active and passive air monitoring networks in Europe

Evaluation of Sources and Ecological Risk of PAHs in Different Layers of Soil and Groundwater

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Different Layers of Soil and Groundwater - Evaluation of Levels of Pollution and Sources of Contamination

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