Distribution of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and hexachlorocyclohexane in urban soils and risk assessment

• Main Authors: Bhupander Kumar (Author), Meenu Mishra (Author), Virendra Kumar Verma (Author), Sanjay Kumar (Author), Chandra Shekhar Sharma (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This study deals with the distribution of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes (DDTs) and hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) in urban soils, their possible sources and probabilistic human and environmental health risk. The average concentrations of total HCHs and total DDTs in the soils were in the range of...