Table 1 Contents of organochlorine pesticides in contaminated soils collected from three different locations in Vietnam.

From: Phyto-Fenton remediation of a dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane contaminated site in Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam

Contaminant (μg kg−1)

Sample

CB01

CB05

ND15

ND801

DL

CB

DDT

62.27

128.9

301.54

889.83

68.90

49–1090

DDD

2.76

4.38

47.69

20.92

2.74

0–92

DDE

9.26

15.66

15.43

59.32

10.82

0–23

Lindane

nd

1.11

323.20

95.41

nd

nd

  1. nd indicates not detectable.
  2. CB01 and CB05 are samples taken in Cam Binh commune, Cam Xuyen district, Ha Tinh province. CB01 was sampled right at the place where stood the old storehouse and where the field trial took place. CB05 was sampled in the surrounding area at 5 m from CB01. ND15 and ND801 were sampled at a 15 m distance nearby the storehouse and right at the old storehouse for plant protection chemicals in Nam Dinh province, respectively. DL was sampled at a contaminated area in Doi Lim, Bac Ninh province. CB01, CB05, ND15, ND801, and DL were taken in a survey in 2019, while CB, named for samples taken at the trial site, were obtained at the starting time of the field trial in December 2020.
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