Concentration, distribution, source apportionment, and risk assessment of surrounding soil PAHs in industrial and rural areas: A comparative study

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are one of the important environmental pollutants that are mainly originated from industrial activities, vehicle emissions, biomass combustion, etc. Nowadays, the surrounding environment of the abandoned industrial area may still have potential health effects...

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Autores principales: Zeyu Xu, Chunhui Wang, Huanxuan Li, Shaodan Xu, Jia Du, Yujie Chen, Chao Ma, Junhong Tang
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:14418f0bd86f4ffdbd2a6aef3f5c37142021-12-01T04:47:39ZConcentration, distribution, source apportionment, and risk assessment of surrounding soil PAHs in industrial and rural areas: A comparative study1470-160X10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107513https://doaj.org/article/14418f0bd86f4ffdbd2a6aef3f5c37142021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X21001783https://doaj.org/toc/1470-160XPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are one of the important environmental pollutants that are mainly originated from industrial activities, vehicle emissions, biomass combustion, etc. Nowadays, the surrounding environment of the abandoned industrial area may still have potential health effects on the population, but current researches have paid less attention to this issue. Therefore, we report a comparative investigation focusing on the concentration, distribution, source identification, and risk assessment of PAHs in soils from surrounding areas of an abandoned industrial district and an ecological village in Zhejiang Province, China. Our findings are as follows: the levels of ∑16PAHs ranged from 150.2 to 83096 ng·g−1 with an average concentration of 7680.4 ng·g−1 in industrial area, whereas 49.4 to 778.2 ng·g−1 with an average concentration of 213.5 ng·g−1 in rural area. Although high molecular weight PAHs were both dominant contaminants in study areas, the composition profiles of 16 priority PAHs in soils from the two sampling sites had large differences. Source identification analysis verified that fossil fuel burning and vehicle emissions were the main sources of PAHs in industrial area, while the primary sources were biomass burning and vehicle emission in rural area. The incremental lifetime cancer risk results demonstrated that dermal contact was the most influential factor for all groups, and adults might face higher potential health risk than children in both industrial and rural areas. Moreover, the overall ecological risk of soil PAH pollution was low in rural area, but some individual samples were still high in the abandoned industrial area. Our research is of great significance for the management of the surrounding environment of abandoned industrial areas.Zeyu XuChunhui WangHuanxuan LiShaodan XuJia DuYujie ChenChao MaJunhong TangElsevierarticleDistributionILCRPAHsSoil contaminationSource identificationEcologyQH540-549.5ENEcological Indicators, Vol 125, Iss , Pp 107513- (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Distribution
ILCR
PAHs
Soil contamination
Source identification
Ecology
QH540-549.5
spellingShingle Distribution
ILCR
PAHs
Soil contamination
Source identification
Ecology
QH540-549.5
Zeyu Xu
Chunhui Wang
Huanxuan Li
Shaodan Xu
Jia Du
Yujie Chen
Chao Ma
Junhong Tang
Concentration, distribution, source apportionment, and risk assessment of surrounding soil PAHs in industrial and rural areas: A comparative study
description Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are one of the important environmental pollutants that are mainly originated from industrial activities, vehicle emissions, biomass combustion, etc. Nowadays, the surrounding environment of the abandoned industrial area may still have potential health effects on the population, but current researches have paid less attention to this issue. Therefore, we report a comparative investigation focusing on the concentration, distribution, source identification, and risk assessment of PAHs in soils from surrounding areas of an abandoned industrial district and an ecological village in Zhejiang Province, China. Our findings are as follows: the levels of ∑16PAHs ranged from 150.2 to 83096 ng·g−1 with an average concentration of 7680.4 ng·g−1 in industrial area, whereas 49.4 to 778.2 ng·g−1 with an average concentration of 213.5 ng·g−1 in rural area. Although high molecular weight PAHs were both dominant contaminants in study areas, the composition profiles of 16 priority PAHs in soils from the two sampling sites had large differences. Source identification analysis verified that fossil fuel burning and vehicle emissions were the main sources of PAHs in industrial area, while the primary sources were biomass burning and vehicle emission in rural area. The incremental lifetime cancer risk results demonstrated that dermal contact was the most influential factor for all groups, and adults might face higher potential health risk than children in both industrial and rural areas. Moreover, the overall ecological risk of soil PAH pollution was low in rural area, but some individual samples were still high in the abandoned industrial area. Our research is of great significance for the management of the surrounding environment of abandoned industrial areas.
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author Zeyu Xu
Chunhui Wang
Huanxuan Li
Shaodan Xu
Jia Du
Yujie Chen
Chao Ma
Junhong Tang
author_facet Zeyu Xu
Chunhui Wang
Huanxuan Li
Shaodan Xu
Jia Du
Yujie Chen
Chao Ma
Junhong Tang
author_sort Zeyu Xu
title Concentration, distribution, source apportionment, and risk assessment of surrounding soil PAHs in industrial and rural areas: A comparative study
title_short Concentration, distribution, source apportionment, and risk assessment of surrounding soil PAHs in industrial and rural areas: A comparative study
title_full Concentration, distribution, source apportionment, and risk assessment of surrounding soil PAHs in industrial and rural areas: A comparative study
title_fullStr Concentration, distribution, source apportionment, and risk assessment of surrounding soil PAHs in industrial and rural areas: A comparative study
title_full_unstemmed Concentration, distribution, source apportionment, and risk assessment of surrounding soil PAHs in industrial and rural areas: A comparative study
title_sort concentration, distribution, source apportionment, and risk assessment of surrounding soil pahs in industrial and rural areas: a comparative study
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