abstract

• The aim of this study was to assess the levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), p,p′-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), p,p′-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), and four heavy metals (arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury) in soil from the city of San Luis Potosí in Mexico. In order to confirm the presence of the previously mentioned compounds, outdoor surface soil samples were collected and analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometer for PBDEs, PCBs, DDT, and DDE. Meanwhile, heavy metals were quantified using the atomic absorption spectrophotometry technique. The total PBDEs levels ranged from 5.0 to 134 μg/kg dry weight (dw), with a total mean PBDEs level of 22.0 ± 32.5 μg/kg dw (geometric mean ± standard deviation). For PCBs, the total mean level in the studied soil was 21.6 ± 24.7 μg/kg dw (range,

authors

• Carrizalez Yáñez Leticia
• Flores Ramírez Rogelio
• Hernández Castro Berenice
• Ochoa-Martinez Á.C.
• Orta-Garcia S.T.
• Pérez Maldonado Iván Nelinho
• Pérez Vázquez Francisco Javier

publication date

• 2015-01-01

published in

• Environmental Monitoring and Assessment  Journal

keywords

• DDE; Heavy metals; México; PBDEs; PCBs; POPs Arsenic; Cadmium; Gas chromatography; Heavy metals; Mercury (metal); Metabolites; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Population statistics; Screening; Soil pollution; Soil surveys; Soils; Atomic absorption spectrophotometry; Biomonitoring programs; Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; PBDEs; Persistent organic pollutants; Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDEs); Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs); POPs; Organic pollutants; 1,1 dichloro 2,2 bis(4 chlorophenyl)ethylene; arsenic; cadmium; chlorphenotane; heavy metal; lead; mercury; polybrominated diphenyl ether; polychlorinated biphenyl; 1,1 dichloro 2,2 bis(4 chlorophenyl)ethylene; chlorinated hydrocarbon; chlorphenotane; diphenyl ether derivative; heavy metal; polychlorinated biphenyl; soil; soil pollutant; concentration (composition); DDE; heavy metal; organic pollutant; PBDE; PCB; soil pollution; Article; concentration (parameters); controlled study; limit of detection; mass fragmentography; Mexico; persistent organic pollutant; soil analysis; soil pollutant; soil pollution; soil quality; surface soil; analysis; chemistry; city; environmental monitoring; soil; Mexico [North America]; San Luis Potosi; Potos; Cities; DDT; Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene; Environmental Monitoring; Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers; Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; Metals, Heavy; Mexico; Polychlorinated Biphenyls; Soil; Soil Pollutants

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/s10661-014-4119-5

PubMed ID

• 25480599

start page

end page

volume

• 187

issue

• 1