title: Survey of PCDDs and PCDFs in air and soil around various incinerators in Korea, 2003-2007.
abstract: To investigate the levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) pollution in soils and air around incinerators, a total of 574 soil and 48 air samples were collected around 22 incineration facilities in Korea from 2003 to 2007. The concentrations of PCDD/Fs in the flue gases and air ranged from 0.01 to 21.50 ng I-TEQ Sm(-3) and 0.0002 to 9.95 pg I-TEQ Sm(-3), respectively whereas concentrations in soils ranged from n.d. to 153.23 pg I-TEQ g(-1) dw. The average value was 8.14 pg I-TEQ g(-1) dw in soil samples.
authors.affiliation: Resource Recirculation Division, National Institute of Environmental Research, Incheon, 404-708, South Korea.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000032:analysis*; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis*; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D017745:Incineration; D007723:Korea; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D001572:Benzofurans; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D012989:Soil Pollutants