Sources of organochlorine pesticides in an urban Mediterranean environment: Volatilisation from soil.

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Authors	LAMMEL Gerhard KLÁNOVÁ Jana ERIĆ L. ILIĆ P. KOHOUTEK Jiří KOVACIĆ I.
Year of publication	2011
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Journal of Environmental Monitoring
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c1em10479a
Field	Air pollution and control
Keywords	PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; CHEMICAL PROPERTY DATA; ELEVATED PCB LEVELS; GAMMA-HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; POLYCHLORINATED-BIPHENYLS; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; GAS-EXCHANGE; BALKAN WARS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; EMISSION
Description	Organochlorine pesticide (OCP) cycling was studied in the area of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, over 3 days in summer with high temporal (4 h-means) and spatial (3 sites distanced 3-6 km) resolutions. Elevated levels of DDX compounds (i.e. o,p'- and p,p'-isomers of DDT, DDE and DDD, 44-74 pg m(-3) at the urban sites and 27 pg m(-3) as a background level), HCH (alpha-, beta- and gamma-isomers, 52-70 vs. 147 pg m(-3)), HCB (34-48 vs. <0.1 pg m(-3)) and pentachlorobenzene (6.8-9.9 vs. 6.0 pg m(-3)) were found.
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