title: [Characteristics of polychlorinated biphenyls in soils from an electronic waste recycling area].
abstract: The concentrations of 144 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the soils from Luqiao were analyzed by GC-microECD. The objectives of this study were to understand the contents, spatial distribution and sources. The sigma PCBs concentrations in soils samples were in the range of 0.779 ng x g(-1) to 937 ng x g(-1), with a mean of 75.7 ng x g(-1), and the relatively high level of PCBs were mainly distributed in the south central area. Penta-CBs, hexa-CBs and tetra-CBs were the primary homologues in 38 samples, with the range of 13.0% - 61.1%, 4.59% - 48.8% and 10.1% - 31.5%, respectively. Di-CBs was the most predominant homologues in other samples, with the range of 47.1% - 75.2%. The hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) showed that most of samples were mainly polluted by Ar1254, few samples were polluted by Ar1221. Significant correlations were observed between sigma PCBs and TOC, which suggested PCBs were affected by TOC in soils. The correlation analysis also showed significant correlation among the PCBs homologues (except di-CBs and nona-CBs), which suggested PCBs might have the similar sources. Compared to other studies from different countries and regions, the PCBs concentrations in the present study were at an upper-middle level.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China. wangxt0323@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Xue-Tong
authors.initials: XT
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yuan-Cheng
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miao
authors.forename: Yang-Zhao
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Ming-Hong
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Guo-Ying
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.forename: Jia-Mo
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000254:growth & development; D059029:Electronic Waste / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D055768:Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers / Q000032:analysis* / Q000145:classification; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000032:analysis*; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D055768:Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers; D007220:Industrial Waste; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants