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Chlorohydrocarbons, PCB congeners, polychlorodioxins, furans and dibenzothiophenes in pine needles in the vicinity of a metal reclamation plant

Seija SinkkonenJaakko PaasivirtaMirja LahtiperäTiina RantioA. VattulainenJ.-p. Aittola

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WaxEnvironmental EngineeringChemistryHealth Toxicology and MutagenesisPublic Health Environmental and Occupational Healthfood and beveragesGeneral MedicineGeneral ChemistryPollutionLand reclamationvisual_artEnvironmental chemistryvisual_art.visual_art_mediumEnvironmental ChemistryOrganic chemistry

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Abstract Chlorohydrocarbons, PCB congeners, polychlorodioxins, furans and dibenzothiophenes in pine needles in the vicinity of a metal reclamation plant were analyzed by GC/ECD and GC/MS. Wax and the rest of the needles were analyzed separately. As a rule the concentrations of α-HCH (0.5–13.6 ng/g), γ-HCH (0.4–7.3 ng/g), HCB (0.2–3.4 ng/g), PCB congeners (0.2–67 ng/g), PCDDs and PCDFs were higher in the older needles. The ratio of the concentration in the wax to the concentration in the rest of the needles was higher in the younger needles. The concentrations of PCB congeners, TeCDDs and TeCDFs were higher in the needles collected in the area nearest to the plant. The samples, obviously, contained tri- and tetrachlorodibenzothiophenes but these were not determined quantitatively due to interfering peaks in GC/MS.

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1995-06-01Chemosphere
https://doi.org/10.1016/0045-6535(95)00096-q