Gaseous and soil OCPs and PCBs along the Indus River, Pakistan: spatial patterns and air-soil gradients

• Published in: Environmental science--processes & impacts Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 531 - 541
• Main Authors: Sohail, Muhammad, Musstjab Akber Shah Eqani, Syed Ali, Ilyas, Shazia, Bokhari, Habib, Ali, Nadeem, Podgorski, Joel E, Muhammad, Shafi, Adelman, Dave, Lohmann, Rainer
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 22.03.2023
• Subjects: Air Pollutants - analysis; Emission analysis; Environmental Monitoring - methods; Environmental Pollutants; Exchanging; Floodplains; Gases; Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated - analysis; Industrial areas; Mountains; Organochlorine pesticides; Pakistan; PCB; Persistent organic pollutants; Pesticides - analysis; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated Biphenyls - analysis; Rivers; Soil; Soil Pollutants - analysis; Soil pollution; Soil surfaces; Soils; Urbanization; Volatilization; Pakistan; Indus River

This study presents first-hand information on the occurrence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the ambient air and surface soil along the Indus flood-plain, Pakistan. The sampling campaign was conducted at 15 site locations during 2014-15, along the Indus River (approximately 1300 km). Comp...