PMID- 22749128 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20121128 LR - 20161125 IS - 1879-1298 (Electronic) IS - 0045-6535 (Linking) VI - 89 IP - 4 DP - 2012 Oct TI - PCDDs, PCDFs, dioxin-like PCBs and indicator PCBs in soil from five selected areas in Slovakia. PG - 480-5 LID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.05.106 [doi] AB - There is a lack of information regarding persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in soil from Slovakia. This paper reports the concentrations of 17 polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), 12 dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (dl-PCBs) and 6 indicator PCBs associated with 32 soil samples collected in 2007 from areas in the vicinity up to several kilometres from four selected industrial PCDD/F sources in Slovakia and one background area. The results show that the total WHO(1998)-PCDD/F/dl-PCB-TEQ concentrations varied from 0.34 to 18.05 pg g(-1) dry weight (dw) and the average total TEQ concentrations in samples collected at the Sala, Kosice, Krompachy and Dubova areas were 3.18, 2.64, 7.80, and 3.19 pg g(-1)dw respectively. The average of the total WHO(1998)-TEQ values in three soil samples representing the background Starina area was 0.66 pg g(-1) dw. The predominant contaminants among 2,3,7,8-substituted PCDD/Fs, dl-PCB, and indicator PCBs was OCDD, PCB 118, and PCB 153 respectively. The major contributors to the TEQ were 2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF, PCB 126, 1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD, PCB 156 and 1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF+1,2,3,4,7,9-HxCDF in descending order. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Domotorova, Milena AU - Domotorova M AD - Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic, Trnavska 52, 826 45 Bratislava, Slovak Republic. FAU - Sejakova, Zuzana Stachova AU - Sejakova ZS FAU - Kocan, Anton AU - Kocan A FAU - Conka, Kamil AU - Conka K FAU - Chovancova, Jana AU - Chovancova J FAU - Fabisikova, Anna AU - Fabisikova A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20120629 PL - England TA - Chemosphere JT - Chemosphere JID - 0320657 RN - 0 (Benzofurans) RN - 0 (Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated) RN - 0 (Dioxins) RN - 0 (Industrial Waste) RN - 0 (Soil Pollutants) RN - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) SB - IM MH - Benzofurans/*analysis MH - Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated MH - Dioxins/*analysis MH - Environmental Monitoring MH - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry MH - Industrial Waste/*analysis MH - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/*analysis MH - Slovakia MH - Soil Pollutants/*analysis EDAT- 2012/07/04 06:00 MHDA- 2012/12/10 06:00 CRDT- 2012/07/04 06:00 PHST- 2011/06/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/05/25 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/05/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/07/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/07/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/12/10 06:00 [medline] AID - S0045-6535(12)00753-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.05.106 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chemosphere. 2012 Oct;89(4):480-5. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.05.106. Epub 2012 Jun 29.