Distribution and spatial trends of PAHs and PCBs in soils in the Seine River basin, France

Motelay-Massei, Anne; Ollivon, D.; Garban, B.; Teil, Marie-Jeanne; Blanchard, M.; Chevreuil, Marc

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2003.11.054

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“…If naphthalene is assumed not to contribute significantly to the overall ecological impact of ∑ 16 PAH, the ∑ 15 PAH data acquired in the present study can still be used to characterize soil contamination (Motelay-Massei et al, 2004;Maliszewska-Kordybach et al, 2008;Lin et al, 2013). Based on this classification, 80.3% of the soils investigated in the present study can be considered being non-contaminated, 13.1% weakly contaminated, 3.1% contaminated, and 3.5% as heavily contaminated by PAHs.…”

Section: Ecological Risk Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 91%

Association of soil polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon levels and anthropogenic impacts in a rapidly urbanizing region: Spatial distribution, soil–air exchange and ecological risk

Wei

Bao

et al. 2014

Science of The Total Environment

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Section: Ecological Risk Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 91%

Association of soil polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon levels and anthropogenic impacts in a rapidly urbanizing region: Spatial distribution, soil–air exchange and ecological risk

Wei

Bao

et al. 2014

Science of The Total Environment

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“…14 PAH concentrations in soil reported by Zhang et al [39] for the urban area in Hong Kong, by Nadal et al [18] for the industrial and unpolluted areas in Spain, by Motelay-Massei et al [40] for industrial, urban and remote areas in France, and by Cousins and Jones [15] for a rural area in the UK were higher than the values measured in this study while the con- Table 3 Soil concentrations (ng g −1 dry wt) and air/soil net gas exchange fluxes (ng m −2 day −1 ) of PAHs at suburban site (average ± SD). centrations reported by Zhang et al [39] for a rural area in Hong Kong were lower.…”

Section: Pah Concentrations In Soil and Air-soil Exchangementioning

confidence: 97%

Particle-phase dry deposition and air–soil gas exchange of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Izmir, Turkey

Demircioglu

Sofuoğlu

Odabaşı

2011

Journal of Hazardous Materials

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a b s t r a c tAmbient air and dry deposition samples were collected at suburban and urban sites in Izmir, Turkey. Atmospheric total (particle + gas) 14 PAHs concentrations were 36 ± 39 and 144 ± 163 ng m −3 for suburban and urban sites, respectively. Phenanthrene was the most abundant compound at all sites, and all samples were dominated by low molecular weight PAHs. Average particulate 14 PAH dry deposition fluxes were 8160 ± 5024 and 4286 ± 2782 ng m −2 day −1 and overall average particulate dry deposition velocities were 1.5 ± 2.4 and 1.0 ± 2.3 cm s −1 for suburban and urban sites, respectively. Soil samples were collected at suburban site. Average soil concentration for 14 PAH was 55.9 ± 14.4 ng g −1 dry weight. Calculated gas-phase air-soil exchange fluxes indicated that fluorene, phenanthrene, anthracene, and carbazole were deposited to soil in winter while they were volatilized in summer. Other compounds (fluoranthene-benzo[g,h,i]perylene) were deposited to soil in both periods. Annual average fluxes of PAHs representing soil to air (i.e., gas volatilization) and air to soil transfer (i.e., gas absorption, dry deposition, and wet deposition) processes were also compared. All processes were comparable for 14 PAHs however their input was dominated by gas absorption. Gas absorption dominated for lower molecular weight PAHs, however dry deposition dominated for higher molecular weight PAHs. The results have suggested that for fluorene, soil and air may be approaching a steady state condition. For the remaining compounds, there was a net accumulation into the soil.

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“…This was higher than that in some developed regions in China (Fig. 2c), such as in the Shantou economic development zone (317 ng/g) (Hao et al, 2004), Hong Kong (443 ng/g) (Chung et al, 2007), and the Xuzhou urban area (27 ng/g) (Ge et al, 2008), while lower than that in Beijing urban soils (1637 ng/g) (Li et al, 2006), Dalian surface soils (1738 ng/g) (Wang et al, 2007), France surface soils (2510 ng/g) (Motelay-Massei et al, 2004), and the soils of a suburban district in the USA (527-3753 ng/g) (Mielke et al, 2004). Furthermore, according to the standard proposed by Maliszewska-Kordybach (1996), only 7.6% of the soil samples can be considered unpolluted (< 200 ng/g), 45.7% as slightly polluted (200-600 ng/g), 22.9% as moderately polluted (600-1000 ng/g), and 23.8% as severely polluted by PAHs (> 1000 ng/g).…”

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Environmental pollution by persistent toxic substances and health risk in an industrial area of China

Lü

Shi

et al. 2011

Journal of Environmental Sciences

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Soil is an important environmental medium that is closely associated with humans and their health. Despite this, very few studies have measured toxicants in soils, and associated them with health risks in humans. An assessment of health effects from exposure to contaminants in soils surrounding industrial areas of chemical production and storage is important. This article aims at determining pollution characteristics of persistent toxic substances (PTS) in an industrial area in China to unravel the relationship between soil pollution by PTS and human health. One hundred and five soil samples were collected and 742 questionnaires were handed out to residents living in and around an industrial area around Bohai Bay, Tianjin in Northern China. Concentrations of organochlorine pesticides and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined in soil. Mann-Whitney U and binary multivariate nonconditional logistic regression models were employed to analyze the relationship between health indicators of local residents and contaminant levels. Odds ratio (OR) and a 95% confidence interval (CI) for health incidences were also calculated. The average concentrations of DDT (73.9 ng/g), HCH (654 ng/g) and PAHs (1225 ng/g) were relatively high in the industrial area. Residents living in the chemical industry parks were exposed to a higher levels of PTS than those living outside the chemical industry parks. This exposure was associated with a higher risk of breast cancer (OR 1.87, 95% CI 0.12-30.06), stomach cancer (OR 1.87, 95% CI 0.26-13.41), dermatitis (OR 1.72, 95% CI 1.05-2.80), gastroenteritis (OR 1.59, 95% CI 0.94-2.68), and pneumonia (OR 1.05, 95% CI 0.58-1.89).

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Distribution and spatial trends of PAHs and PCBs in soils in the Seine River basin, France

Cited by 205 publications

References 45 publications

Association of soil polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon levels and anthropogenic impacts in a rapidly urbanizing region: Spatial distribution, soil–air exchange and ecological risk

Association of soil polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon levels and anthropogenic impacts in a rapidly urbanizing region: Spatial distribution, soil–air exchange and ecological risk

Particle-phase dry deposition and air–soil gas exchange of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Izmir, Turkey

Environmental pollution by persistent toxic substances and health risk in an industrial area of China

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