PMID- 23877573
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140207
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1573-2959 (Electronic)
IS  - 0167-6369 (Linking)
VI  - 185
IP  - 12
DP  - 2013 Dec
TI  - The levels and composition of persistent organic pollutants in alluvial 
      agriculture soils affected by flooding.
PG  - 9935-48
LID - 10.1007/s10661-013-3303-3 [doi]
AB  - The concentrations and composition of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) were 
      determined in alluvial soils subjected to heavy flooding in a rural region of 
      Poland. Soil samples (n = 30) were collected from the upper soil layer from a 
      70-km(2) area. Chemical determinations included basic physicochemical properties 
      and the contents of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), hexachlorocyclohexanes 
      (HCHs), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes (DDTs) and polycyclic aromatic 
      hydrocarbons (PAHs, 16 compounds). The median concentrations of Sigma7PCB (PCB28 + 
      PCB52 + PCB101 + PCB118 + PCB138 + PCB153 + PCB180), Sigma3HCH (alpha-HCH + beta-HCH + 
      gamma-HCH) and Sigma3pp'(DDT + DDE + DDD) were 1.60 +/- 1.03, 0.22 +/- 0.13 and 25.18 +/- 82.70 
      mug kg(-1), respectively. The median concentrations of the most abundant PAHs, 
      phenanthrene, fluoranthene, pyrene, benzo[b]fluoranthene and benzo[a]pyrene were 
      50 +/- 37, 38 +/- 27, 29 +/- 30, 45 +/- 36 and 24 +/- 22 mug kg(-1), respectively. Compared 
      with elsewhere in the world, the overall level of contamination with POPs was low 
      and similar to the levels in agricultural soils from neighbouring countries, 
      except for benzo[a]pyrene and DDT. There was no evidence that flooding affected 
      the levels of POPs in the studied soils. The patterns observed for PAHs and PCBs 
      indicate that atmospheric deposition is the most important long-term source of 
      these contaminants. DDTs were the dominant organochlorine pesticides (up to 99%), 
      and the contribution of the parent pp' isomer was up to 50 % of the SigmaDDT, which 
      indicates the advantage of aged contamination. A high pp'DDE/pp'DDD ratio 
      suggests the prevalence of aerobic transformations of parent DDT. Dominance of 
      the gamma isomer in the HCHs implies historical use of lindane in the area. The 
      effect of soil properties on the POP concentrations was rather weak, although 
      statistically significant links with the content of the <0.02-mm fraction, Ctotal 
      or Ntotal were observed for some individual compounds in the PCB group.
FAU - Maliszewska-Kordybach, Barbara
AU  - Maliszewska-Kordybach B
AD  - Department of Soil Science and Land Conservation, Institute of Soil Science and 
      Plant Cultivation, State Research Institute, ul. Czartoryskich 8, 24-100, Pulawy, 
      Poland, bkord@iung.pulawy.pl.
FAU - Smreczak, Bozena
AU  - Smreczak B
FAU - Klimkowicz-Pawlas, Agnieszka
AU  - Klimkowicz-Pawlas A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20130724
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Environ Monit Assess
JT  - Environmental monitoring and assessment
JID - 8508350
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - 0 (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)
RN  - 0 (Soil)
RN  - 0 (Soil Pollutants)
RN  - 319-84-6 (alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane)
RN  - 59NEE7PCAB (Hexachlorocyclohexane)
RN  - 803YVI5BNP (2,4,5,2',5'-pentachlorobiphenyl)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
RN  - YM80ODM9PD (beta-hexachlorocyclohexane)
SB  - IM
MH  - Agriculture
MH  - *Environmental Monitoring
MH  - *Floods
MH  - Hexachlorocyclohexane/analysis
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/analysis
MH  - Pesticides/analysis
MH  - Poland
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis
MH  - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/analysis
MH  - Soil/*chemistry
MH  - Soil Pollutants/*analysis
EDAT- 2013/07/24 06:00
MHDA- 2014/02/08 06:00
CRDT- 2013/07/24 06:00
PHST- 2013/03/21 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/06/11 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/07/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/07/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/02/08 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s10661-013-3303-3 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Monit Assess. 2013 Dec;185(12):9935-48. doi: 10.1007/s10661-013-3303-3. 
      Epub 2013 Jul 24.