Soil burdens of persistent organic pollutants. Their levels, fate and risks. Part III. Quantification of the soil burdens and related health risks in the Czech Republic

ČUPR, Pavel, Tomáš BARTOŠ, Milan SÁŇKA, Jana KLÁNOVÁ, Ondřej MIKEŠ and Ivan HOLOUBEK. Soil burdens of persistent organic pollutants. Their levels, fate and risks. Part III. Quantification of the soil burdens and related health risks in the Czech Republic. Science of the Total Environment. Elsevier, 2010, vol. 408, No 3, 9 pp. ISSN 0048-9697.

Basic information

• Original name: Soil burdens of persistent organic pollutants. Their levels, fate and risks. Part III. Quantification of the soil burdens and related health risks in the Czech Republic
• Authors: ČUPR, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Tomáš BARTOŠ (203 Czech Republic), Milan SÁŇKA (203 Czech Republic), Jana KLÁNOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Ondřej MIKEŠ (203 Czech Republic) and Ivan HOLOUBEK (203 Czech Republic).
• Edition: Science of the Total Environment, Elsevier, 2010, 0048-9697.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 10511 Environmental sciences
• Country of publisher: Netherlands
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 3.190
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/10:00040992
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• UT WoS: 000273127000005
• Keywords in English: Soil; Persistent organic pollutants; POPs; Burdens; Risk assessment; GIS; Uncertainty
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

A total number of 471 soil samples collected during the period of 1996 2006 from the agricultural and forest areas of the Czech Republic were analyzed for their content of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Spatial variability of the POP concentrations was assessed using an IDW spatial GIS model analysis. For every grid of the network, resulting modeled levels of contamination allowed for estimation of the total burden of POPs in soils. Potential risks associated with contaminated soils were assessed as well. Database of the old ecological burdens counting 3061 sampling sites was used to adjust the model and incorporate the risks of nesvily contaminated sites. The high levels of health risks were only found at less than 1% of the area of interest. The IDW modeling proved to be a useful tool for screening of the health risks in the large areas with scarce monitoring data. Presented approach can be applied in the risk management, to support an efficient targeting of the risk reduction measures, or to improve a design of the national monitoring.

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• 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