title: Soil pollution fingerprints of children playgrounds in Sarajevo city, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
abstract: This is the first study, 10 years after the war activities, to report about the content of heavy metals and metalloids, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) found in samples of soils from selected playgrounds in Sarajevo. Due to the fact that children are in direct contact with surface soils, it has been recommended that children's playgrounds should be given special consideration in this respect. Basic properties (pH in H2O, pH in 1 mol dm-3KCl, humus, and CaCO3) of the examined soils were determined. Samples for the determination of heavy metals and metalloids were prepared by microwave-assisted acid digestion and determined by using an inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer. Fluorine was determined potentiometrically. Gas chromatography with mass spectrometry was used for determination of PAHs and PCBs. Determined contents (mg kg-1) for Cd, Pb, Hg, Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Co, Mo, Fe, Se, As, B, and F were in the ranges from: 0.031 ± 0.03 to 0.52 ± 0.05; 26.1 ± 2.5 to 47.7 ± 4.5; 0.07 ± 0.01 to 0.50 ± 0.08; 26.2 to 50; 19.5 ± 1.6 to 33.3 ± 2.7; 12.8 ± 1.8 to 31.9 ± 4.5; 56.0 ± 4.0 to 89.0 ± 6.5; 6.7 ± 0.6 to10.6 ± 1.0; <0.8; 3.05 to 7.35; 1.98 to 2.60; 6.5 ± 0.8 to 17.2 ± 2.0; 0.4 to 3.6, and 286 to 575, respectively. The total PAHs ranged between 0.184 ± 0.32 mg kg-1and 7.983 ± 1.389 mg kg-1. The total PCBs was <0.002 mg kg-1. Our preliminary results may contribute to more accurate health risk assessments of the soils, and may be included in projects planning children's health risk assessments and adopting environmental legislation which has not been sufficiently regulated in Bosnia and Herzegovina so far.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja od Bosne 8, 71 000, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ida@bih.net.ba.|Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sarajevo, Vilsonovosetaliste 9, 71 000, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ida@bih.net.ba.
authors.forename: Aida
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sapcanin
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sarajevo, Vilsonovosetaliste 9, 71 000, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: Mirsada
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cakal
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Metallurgy and Technology, University of Montenegro, Dzordza Vasingtona bb, 81 000, Podgorica, Montenegro.
authors.forename: Zeljko
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jacimovic
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Biotechnical Sciences, University of Bihac, Luke Marjanovića bb, 77 000, Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: Ekrem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pehlic
authors.affiliation: Chemilab d.o.o., Dunajska cesta 238E, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Gordan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jancan
mesh_terms: D017522:Bosnia and Herzegovina; D002648:Child; D002947:Cities; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D000068316:Parks, Recreational; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants
keywords: Children playgrounds; Heavy metals; Metalloids; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Soil pollution