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

• Authors: HOLOUBEK Ivan; DUŠEK Ladislav; SÁŇKA Milan; HOFMAN Jakub; ČUPR Pavel; JARKOVSKÝ Jiří; ZBÍRAL Jiří; KLÁNOVÁ Jana
• Year of publication: 2009
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Environmental Pollution
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Soil contamination adn decontamination incl. pesticides
• Keywords: Soil; POP levels; Persistent organic pollutants; Organic carbon
• Description: Detailed soil screening data from the Czech Republic as a typical Central European country are presented here. 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.

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