Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are ubiquitous environmental contaminants. They are highly persistent and tend to accumulate in many environmental compartments including soils. The distribution of PCBs in the environment has not been well studied in Bulgaria in spite of their negative effect on the environment and human health. In this study, soil samples from a metallurgical plant near Sofia were analyzed for indicator and some dioxin-like PCBs. The sums of concentrations of indicator-PCBs were in the range 7.3–19.2 μg kg-1. Small amounts of dioxin-like PCBs also were found (2.3–5.1 μg kg-1). High chlorinated indicator-PCBs: 138, 153 and 180 were the most abundant in the soil samples. Dioxin-like PCB 77 (non ortho-PCB) and PCB 105 (mono ortho-PCB) were in minor concentrations (0.3 μg kg-1) but they are more toxic contaminants than indicator PCBs. The PCBs concentrations found in this study are below the maximum admissible concentrations in soils according to the Bulgarian Legislation.
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Dimitrova, A. (2008). PCBs Content in Topsoils Around the Metallurgical Plant Kremikovtsi. In: Simeonov, L., Sargsyan, V. (eds) Soil Chemical Pollution, Risk Assessment, Remediation and Security. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8257-3_8
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