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A study on contamination levels by organochlorinated compounds (pesticides and PCBs) and heavy metals (Hg, Cd, Pb, Cu and Zn) in Doñana National Park (Spain) area and its surrounding region has been carried out. Residue levels of xenobiotics were determined in water and soils samples from seventeen sites selected through the park and nearest surrounding farm lands affecting to the inner Park. Also we analyzed some stations along the Guadiamar Basin in the north of Doñana region to determined the movement and influence of one mine situated over 40 km away, in Aznalcóllar, where the commercial expoitation of pyrites ores rich in Zn, Pb and Cu is being operated.
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Fernandez, M.A., Hernandez, L.M., Gonzalez, M.J. et al. Organochlorinated compounds and selected metals in waters and soils from Doñana National Park (Spain). Water Air Soil Pollut 65, 293–305 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00479893
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