PCBs and organochlorine pesticides in indoor environments - A comparison of indoor contamination in Canada and Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F18%3A00104775" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/18:00104775 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653518308580?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653518308580?via%3Dihub</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.05.016" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.05.016</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
PCBs and organochlorine pesticides in indoor environments - A comparison of indoor contamination in Canada and Czech Republic
Original language description
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCP5) are restricted compounds that are ubiquitously detected in the environment, including indoor matrices such as air and residential dust. We report concentrations of PCBs and selected OCPs in indoor air and dust from homes in Canada (23 homes) and Czech Republic (20 homes). Indoor air concentrations of PCBs and OCPs were-10 times higher than that outdoors. PCB concentrations of similar to 450 ng/m(3) were similar in both countries, higher in homes built before the restrictions on PCBs, and had congener profiles consistent with PCB mixtures manufactured or used in each country. All OCP air concentrations were higher in the Czech Republic than in the Canadian samples, suggesting greater indoor use of, for example, DDT and HCH. These data emphasize the persistence of these organochlorine compounds indoors and their presence in homes even decades after new usage was prohibited. Indoor levels of these legacy POPs remain at similar concentrations to compounds of current concern, such as brominated flame retardants and per fluorinated alkyl substances, emphasizing that they deserve ongoing attention in view of knowledge of PCB and OCP toxicity.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)
Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Chemosphere
ISSN
0045-6535
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
206
Issue of the periodical within the volume
September
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
622-631
UT code for WoS article
000436215600070
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85048019866