Naslov
Passive air sampling network in Central and Southern Europe as a tool for a study of POPs contamination of western Balkan region as a consequence of the war damages

Autori
Klánová, Jana ; Holoubek, Ivan ; Kohoutek, Jiří

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings of International Symposium on Danube Basin and Sustainable Development, Novi sad, September 28-29, 2005 / - , 2005

Skup
International Symposium on Danube Basin and Sustainable Development

Mjesto i datum
Crna Gora; Novi Sad, Srbija, 28.09.2005. - 29.09.2005

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Plenarno

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
pasivno uzorkovanje zraka; POPs; Balkan; rat
(Passive air sampling; POPs; Balkan; war)

Sažetak
Damaging of industrial and military targets, natural resources, infrastructure, and homes in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia during the Balkan wars resulted in the release of the large quantities of chemicals, including persistent organic pollutants (POPs), into the environment. The results of few investigations of the PCB contamination in the vicinity of damaged industrial and military objects indicated serious pollution problems in Croatia and Serbia ; however there are hardly any data available from Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Kosovo. The information on the levels of these compounds in the atmosphere is even more limited. Under suitable meteorological conditions these chemicals could be transported across the borders over the large distances. This hypothesis was confirmed by some measurements of POP levels in neighboring countries after wars. However, difficulties and high costs associated with conventional high-volume air sampling as a standard method for monitoring of semi-volatile organic compounds in the air are partly responsible for the general lack of air quality measurements in this region. Passive air samplers were employed in this study as a technically feasible and cost-effective alternative for investigating chemical signatures in the air, capable of semi-quantitative measurements of the air pollution as well as relative comparisons of the individual sampling sites.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kemija

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