title: Assessment of baseline levels of PCDD/F in soils in the neighbourhood of a new hazardous waste incinerator in Catalonia, Spain.
abstract: In order to determine the baseline contamination by polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDD) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDF) in an area from Catalonia (Spain), which will be under the influence of a new hazardous waste incinerator, PCDD/F concentrations were measured in 40 soil samples collected in the vicinity of the facility now under construction. Thirty samples represented rural soils and 10 samples urban soils. PCDD/F concentrations ranged between 0.08-8.4 ng I-TEQ/kg for rural soils and 0.63-24.2 ng I-TEQ/kg for urban soils. The mean value for the 40 samples was 1.64 ng I-TEQ/kg (dry matter). The current PCDD/F levels and profiles are comparable to those found in soils from other countries. The PCDD/F concentrations found in this study show that at present the contamination by PCDD/F in soils of the examined area is rather low.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schuhmacher
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Granero
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Llobet
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: de Kok
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Domingo
mesh_terms: D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis*; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D006256:Hazardous Waste; D017745:Incineration; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis; D011786:Quality Control; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D013030:Spain; D018505:Waste Management / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D006256:Hazardous Waste; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D012989:Soil Pollutants