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Persistent organic pollutants in the natural environments of the city of Bratsk (Irkutsk Oblast): Levels and risk assessment

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The contents of persistent organic pollutants (POPs)—polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs)—in the natural environments of an industrial city (Bratsk) of Irkutsk oblast have been studied. Features of the spatial and seasonal distribution of the PCBs and OCPs in the soils and the atmospheric air have been revealed. The structure of the homological and congeneric composition of the PCBs in the soils and the atmospheric air has been shown. Parameters of the carcinogenic and noncarcinogenic risks for human health from the impact of the PCBs and OCPs present in the soils and the atmospheric air have been determined.

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Original Russian Text © E.A. Mamontova, E.N. Tarasova, A.A. Mamontov, 2014, published in Pochvovedenie, 2014, No. 11, pp. 1356–1364.

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Mamontova, E.A., Tarasova, E.N. & Mamontov, A.A. Persistent organic pollutants in the natural environments of the city of Bratsk (Irkutsk Oblast): Levels and risk assessment. Eurasian Soil Sc. 47, 1144–1151 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229314110076

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