Article: Studies from Rovira i Virgili University add new findings in the area of life sciences.(Report)

Scientists discuss in 'Multi-compartmental environmental surveillance of a petrochemical area: levels of micropollutants' new findings in life sciences. According to recent research from Reus, Spain, "Since 2002, the chemical/petrochemical industrial zone of Tarragona County (Catalonia, Spain) is being annually monitored. As part of the environmental surveillance program, in this study the levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and metals (As, Cd, Cr, Hg, Mn, Pb and V) were determined in soil and vegetation samples collected in 4 ...

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