Concentrations, distributions, sources, and risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in topsoils around a petrochemical industrial area in Algiers (Algeria)

Geospatial pattern of topsoil pollution and multi-endpoint toxicity in the petrochemical area of Augusta-Priolo (eastern Sicily, Italy)

“…The presence of such classes of compounds have also for some time raised concerns about potential impacts on human and environmental health (Park et al, 2006;Weng et al, 2008;Cernigliaro et al, 2016Cernigliaro et al, , 2019Reinecke et al, 2016;Santoro et al, 2017;Yuan et al, 2018;Kafaei et al, 2019). In particular, topsoil from areas around oil refineries have been the subject of both chemical analyses (Li et al, 2009;Di Leonardo et al, 2014;Bayat et al, 2015;Benlaribi and Djebbar, 2020;Di Bella et al, 2020;Wang et al, 2020) and biological effects assessments using specific bioassay models which have provided evidence for multiple adverse effects (Höss et al, 2009;González et al, 2013;Hentati et al, 2013;Reinecke et al, 2016;Maisano et al, 2017;Copat et al, 2020).…”

Analysis of Factors Influencing Plant–Microbe Combined Remediation of Soil Contaminated by Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

“…For contaminated soils containing high concentrations of organic pol-lutants and with a high environmental risk coefficient, chemical or physical remediation technology is used to remediate the soil. For soils with a low number of pollutants and a low degree of pollution, treatment technologies using the combination of plant and microorganisms are often used [58]. The main phytoremediation pathways are shown in Table 2, and the schematic diagram of phytoremediation methods is shown in Figure 1 [59][60][61][62].…”

Fingerprint analysis reveals sources of petroleum hydrocarbons in soils of different geographical oilfields of China and its ecological assessment

“…Benlaribi et al studied the risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in topsoils around a petrochemical industrial area in Algiers by TEQ index. They calculated TEQs showed the following trend: industrial-urban > urban > suburban > rural 14 . TEQ concentrations were calculated to assess the toxic and carcinogenic risks posed by PAHs in soils at a coking plant in Tangshan city.…”