Monitoring of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in environmental objects of the city Ust-Kamenogorsk in Kazakhstan

Roza Tursunova, Sana Kabdrakhmanova, Bagadat S. Selenova, K. Akatan, Esbol Shaimardan, Ainur K. Kabdrakhmanova

2018

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DOI 10.1016/j.egypro.2018.10.049
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Abstract

This work devoted to the assessment of the current level of the contamination with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in environmental objects of the city Ust-Kamenogorsk in Kazakhstan. Particularly, the territory of former Capacitor Plant in Ust-Kamenogorsk and surrounding area were explored and samples of soil, bottom sediments, water, vegetation and fish were sampled from these places. The chemical-analytical studies of PCB contamination were carried out using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.