Monitoring of ambient air PCDD/F levels in Portugal

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Main Author: Coutinho, Miguel
Publication Date: 2007
Other Authors: Pereira, Margaret, Borrego, Carlos
Format: Article
Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
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Summary: As part of a monitoring program conducted by IDAD – Institute for Environment and Development and supported by regional municipal solid waste (MSW) management authorities, dioxin concentrations in ambient air were measured in three regions of Portugal: Porto, Lisbon and Madeira. These independent studies were performed with the intention of providing data as a basis for the evaluation of potential impacts of the operation of recently built MSW incinerators. Thus, 170 samples were collected in nine different sites from January 1999 till present. The measured levels revealed an extremely variable content of PCDDs/PCDFs depending both on the area and the season of the year. Samples taken in Porto and Lisbon reveal a similar homologue structure even if concentrations measured in the Porto region are significantly greater. Data from Madeira is characteristic of a remote site with some of the congeners concentrations below the detection limit.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Monitoring of ambient air PCDD/F levels in Portugal
title Monitoring of ambient air PCDD/F levels in Portugal
spellingShingle Monitoring of ambient air PCDD/F levels in Portugal
Coutinho, Miguel
Dioxins
PCDDs/PCDFs
Furans
Ambient air concentrations
Background pollution
title_short Monitoring of ambient air PCDD/F levels in Portugal
title_full Monitoring of ambient air PCDD/F levels in Portugal
title_fullStr Monitoring of ambient air PCDD/F levels in Portugal
title_full_unstemmed Monitoring of ambient air PCDD/F levels in Portugal
title_sort Monitoring of ambient air PCDD/F levels in Portugal
author Coutinho, Miguel
author_facet Coutinho, Miguel
Pereira, Margaret
Borrego, Carlos
author_role author
author2 Pereira, Margaret
Borrego, Carlos
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Coutinho, Miguel
Pereira, Margaret
Borrego, Carlos
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Dioxins
PCDDs/PCDFs
Furans
Ambient air concentrations
Background pollution
topic Dioxins
PCDDs/PCDFs
Furans
Ambient air concentrations
Background pollution
description As part of a monitoring program conducted by IDAD – Institute for Environment and Development and supported by regional municipal solid waste (MSW) management authorities, dioxin concentrations in ambient air were measured in three regions of Portugal: Porto, Lisbon and Madeira. These independent studies were performed with the intention of providing data as a basis for the evaluation of potential impacts of the operation of recently built MSW incinerators. Thus, 170 samples were collected in nine different sites from January 1999 till present. The measured levels revealed an extremely variable content of PCDDs/PCDFs depending both on the area and the season of the year. Samples taken in Porto and Lisbon reveal a similar homologue structure even if concentrations measured in the Porto region are significantly greater. Data from Madeira is characteristic of a remote site with some of the congeners concentrations below the detection limit.
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