Organic pollutants in snow of urban and rural Russia and Finland |
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Authors: | OV Poliakova AT Lebedev Osmo Hänninen |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Organic Chemistry , Moscow State University , Moscow, Russia , 119899;2. Department of Physiology , University of Kuopio , Kuopio, Finland |
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Abstract: | To check the effect of possible deposition of organic contaminants in northern regions of the Earth due to atmospheric transport snow samples were collected in early March in 6 places in Russia and 4 in Finland including arctic territories. GC‐MS was used as an analytical tool to identify and quantify individual organic compounds belonging to the various classes. As a result more than 250 compounds were detected. The possible presence of more than 100 other priority pollutants from the US EPA list was also screened. |
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Keywords: | Priority pollutants GC‐MS pesticides |
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