Project tocoen ‐ the fate of selected organic pollutants in the environment part XXI. ‐ The contents of PAHs, PCBs, PCDDs/Fs in sediments from Danube river catchment area

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Polysaccharides in River Sediments from the Odra Basin after the 1997 Flood

“…The important thing is to compare our results with those reported by others. These quantities of PAH were larger than those found in the sediments of the Morava [49], the main river in the Czech Republic, but were comparable to those in the Rhine (Europe) [13] and the Charles River (America) [50]. Our investigations were, however, carried out after the flood in 1997 and, as mentioned above, in stationary conditions.…”

Persistent Organic Pollutants

“…Contamination of Danube River sediments by POPs was lower than that of sediments from the River Elbe in Bohemia (Holoubek et al, 1994b). Nondek and Frolfkova (1991) reported the level of POPs contamination of 15 sites on the River Elbe and 10 on the River Jizera (one of the main tributaries of the River Elbe).…”

Qualitative and quantitative identification of PAH in the bottom sediments of Moscow urban rivers

“…6. r. Morava (Czech Republic) [11] Busse stream (France) [12] r. Barigui (Brazil) [13] r. Charles (USA) [14] r. Los r. Tarakanovka r. Nischcenka r. Businka r. Kotlovka The results of quantitative analysis showed that the sediments of small rivers are heavily polluted by PAHs. The highest concentrations were observed for fluoranthene, benzo(b)fluoranthene and benzo(g, h, i)perylene.…”