Related Experiment Videos
Levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in soil samples from Spain
E Eljarrat1, J Caixach, J Rivera
1Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Ecotechnologies Department, Barcelona, Spain.
Chemosphere
|August 22, 2001
Abstract:
Soil analyses were carried out to evaluate the contamination caused by PCDDs and PCDFs in different soil samples. Monitoring was undertaken at different locations throughout Spain, from 1993 to 1999. A total of 230 samples were analysed. The levels ranged from 0.10 pg I-TEQ/g to 1.08 ng I-TEQ/g. Differences in dioxin levels were observed as a function of the sampling site, with levels at the industrial sites exceeding those at the control sites.