Residual characteristics of HCHs and DDTs in soil and dust of some parks in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Authors

  • O Khureldavaa Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, MAS
  • Jiang He College of Life Sciences of Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot and College of Environment and Resources of Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot
  • Dekun Hou College of Life Sciences of Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot
  • Ruiqing Zhang College of Environment and Resources of Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot
  • Fujing Zhang Institute of Environmental Resources and Analytical Technique, Inner Mongolia Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences
  • D Oyuntsetseg Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, MAS
  • J Ganbaatar Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, MAS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5564/mjc.v15i0.315

Keywords:

Ulaanbaatar, Organochlorine pesticide, pollution assessment

Abstract

The residual characteristics of HCHs and DDTs in park soils and dusts in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia were determined by GC-ECD to evaluate their potential pollution risk. The residual concentrations of total HCHs and DDTs in the park soil samples were ranged in 11.36-53.14 ng·g-1 and 11.96-24.70 ng·g-1 while it was ranged in 32.28-92.68 ng·g-1 and 13.45-24.41 ng·g-1 in the park dust samples, respectively. We have studied the ratio of α-HCH/γ-HCH in order to determine pollution sources which may come from either technical HCHs or lindane. The study revealed that concentration of DDTs in soil has direct correlation on usage rate of the dicofol and technical DDT in the sampling area. The soil pollution assessments based on the single pollution index of HCHs and DDTs indicated that Ulaanbaatar city’s park soil and dust were not polluted with these compounds.The single pollution index of HCHs reached to 1.85 in A park dust samples，indicating the park dust environment was potentially polluted.

DOI: http://doi.dx.org/10.5564/mjc.v15i0.315

Mongolian Journal of Chemistry 15 (41), 2014, p15-20

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2014-12-12

How to Cite

Khureldavaa, O., He, J., Hou, D., Zhang, R., Zhang, F., Oyuntsetseg, D., & Ganbaatar, J. (2014). Residual characteristics of HCHs and DDTs in soil and dust of some parks in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Mongolian Journal of Chemistry, 15, 15–20. https://doi.org/10.5564/mjc.v15i0.315

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Vol. 15 (2014)

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