POPS CONTAMINATION OF BALKAN COUNTRIES AS A CONSEQUENCE OF WAR DAMAGES

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

POPS CONTAMINATION OF BALKAN COUNTRIES AS A CONSEQUENCE OF WAR DAMAGES

Original language description

Damaging of industrial and military targets, natural resources, infrastructure, and homes in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia during the Balkan wars resulted in the release of the large quantities of chemicals, including persistent organic pollutants (POPs), into the environment. The results of few investigations of the PCB contamination in the vicinity of damaged industrial and military objects indicated serious pollution problems in Croatia and Serbia; however there are hardly any data available fromBosnia, Herzegovina, and Kosovo. The information on the levels of these compounds in the atmosphere is even more limited. Under suitable meteorological conditions these chemicals could be transported across the borders over the large distances. This hypothesis was confirmed by some measurements of POPs levels in neighboring countries after wars. However, difficulties and high costs associated with conventional high-volume air sampling as a standard method for monitoring of semi-volatile

Czech name

Kontaminace Balkanskych zemi jako dusledek valecnych skod

Czech description

Damaging of industrial and military targets, natural resources, infrastructure, and homes in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia during the Balkan wars resulted in the release of the large quantities of chemicals, including persistent organic pollutants (POPs), into the environment. The results of few investigations of the PCB contamination in the vicinity of damaged industrial and military objects indicated serious pollution problems in Croatia and Serbia; however there are hardly any data available fromBosnia, Herzegovina, and Kosovo. The information on the levels of these compounds in the atmosphere is even more limited. Under suitable meteorological conditions these chemicals could be transported across the borders over the large distances. This hypothesis was confirmed by some measurements of POPs levels in neighboring countries after wars. However, difficulties and high costs associated with conventional high-volume air sampling as a standard method for monitoring of semi-volatile

Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

DK - Contamination and decontamination of soil including pesticides

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Publication year

2005

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

ECOTOX 2005. Advantages and Trends in Ecotoxicology.

ISBN

80-210-3799-7

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Number of pages

1

Pages from-to

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Publisher name

Masarykova universita v Brně

Place of publication

Brno, CR

Event location

Brno, CR

Event date

Jan 1, 2005

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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