Soil

IB ChemistryJade N Jon

Productions!

• Soil Salinization & depletion Soil Pollution!

Nutrient Depletion

Industrial Waste!

SOM

Common Organic Soil Pollutants Pollutant Source

Hydrocarbons and other VOCs Transport, solvents, industrial processes

Agrichemicals Pesticides, herbicides, fungicides

Polyaromatic hydrocarbons Incomplete combustion of coal, oil, gas, wood, garbage

Polychlorinated biphenyls, PCBs Use as coolant and insulator in electrical equipment such as transformers and generators

Organotin compounds Bactericides and fungicides used in paper, wood, textile and anti-fouling paint

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