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

PŘIBYLOVÁ, Petra, Radovan KAREŠ, Jana BORŮVKOVÁ, Pavel ČUPR, Roman PROKEŠ, Jiří KOHOUTEK, Ivan HOLOUBEK and Jana KLÁNOVÁ. Levels of persistent organic pollutants and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air of Central and Eastern Europe. Atmospheric Pollution Research. IZMIR, TURKEY: TURKISH NATL COMMITTEE AIR POLLUTION RES, 2012, vol. 3, No 4, p. 494–505. ISSN 1309-1042. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5094/APR.2012.057.

Basic information

• Original name: Levels of persistent organic pollutants and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air of Central and Eastern Europe.
• Authors: PŘIBYLOVÁ, Petra (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Radovan KAREŠ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jana BORŮVKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Pavel ČUPR (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Roman PROKEŠ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jiří KOHOUTEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Ivan HOLOUBEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Jana KLÁNOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Atmospheric Pollution Research, IZMIR, TURKEY, TURKISH NATL COMMITTEE AIR POLLUTION RES, 2012, 1309-1042.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 10511 Environmental sciences
• Country of publisher: Turkey
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 1.011
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/12:00062794
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5094/APR.2012.057
• UT WoS: 000310516300019
• Keywords in English: Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Stockholm Convention; Global Monitoring Plan; Passive air sampling; Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
• Tags: AKR, rivok

Abstract

The ambient air and soil monitoring network was established in 22 countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in support of the Global Monitoring Plan under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. Polyurethane foam based passive air samplers were used as a tool for monitoring of POPs in ambient air at remote, rural, suburban, and urban sites with the aim of filling the information gaps identified in this UN region. High atmospheric levels of PCBs, HCHs, DDTs or HCB were observed at the rural as well as urban sites indicating that organochlorines still pose a significant problem in CEE. Pesticide storage, industrial complexes, military zones, and landfills were responsible for the elevated levels of POPs in this survey. The background levels of these compounds, however, were often elevated, too. (C) Author(s) 2012. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Links

• ED0001/01/01, research and development project: Name: CETOCOEN
• MSM0021622412, plan (intention): Name: Interakce mezi chemickými látkami, prostředím a biologickými systémy a jejich důsledky na globální, regionální a lokální úrovni (INCHEMBIOL) (Acronym: INCHEMBIOL)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Interactions among the chemicals, environment and biological systems and their consequences on the global, regional and local scales (INCHEMBIOL)

• SP/1B1/30/07, research and development project: Name: Realizace vědecko-výzkumných cílů Národního implementačního plánu Stockholmské úmluvy (SciPOPs) (Acronym: SciPOPs)

Investor: Ministry of the Environment of the CR, Realization of the scientific goals of the National implementation plan of the Stockholm Convention