Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air in the Philippines derived from passive sampler with polyurethane foam disk

Santiago, Evangeline C.; Cayetano, Mylene G.

doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.01.021

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“…Bartkow et al, 2006a;Moeckel et al, 2009). Furthermore, there are uncertainties associated with sampling performance under variable environmental conditions, such as elevated wind speeds (Tuduri et al, 2006;Chaemfa et al, 2009b), sun-light intensity (Bartkow et al, 2006b), humidity (Santiago and Cayetano, 2007), temperatures (Klanova et al, 2008) and potential artifacts caused by inadvertent particle-phase sampling of POPs (e.g. Klanova et al, 2008;Chaemfa et al, 2009b).…”

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Spatial variability of POPs in European background air

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Passive air samplers (PAS) were deployed at 86 European background sites during summer 2006 in order (i) to gain further insight into spatial patterns of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in European background air and, (ii) to evaluate PAS as an alternative sampling technique under EMEP (Co-operative programme for monitoring and evaluation of the long-range transmissions of air pollutants in Europe). The samples were analyzed for selected PCBs, HCHs, DDTs, HCB, PAHs and chlordanes, and air concentrations were calculated on the basis of losses of performance reference compounds. Air concentrations of PCBs were generally lowest in more remote areas of northern Europe with elevated levels in more densely populated areas. γ-HCH was found at elevated levels in more central parts of Europe, whereas α-HCH, β-HCH and DDTs showed higher concentrations in the south-eastern part. There was no clear spatial pattern in the concentrations for PAHs, indicative of influence by local sources, rather than long range atmospheric transport (LRAT). HCB was evenly distributed across Europe, while the concentrations of chlordanes were typically low or non-detectable. A comparison of results obtained on the basis of PAS and active air sampling (AAS) illustrated that coordinated PAS campaigns have the potential serve as useful inter-comparison exercises within and across existing monitoring networks. The results also highlighted limitations of the current EMEP measurement network with respect to spatial coverage. We finally adopted an existing Lagrangian transport model (FLEXPART) as recently modified to incorporate key processes relevant for POPs to evaluate potential source regions affecting observed concentrations at selected sites. Using PCB-28 as an example, the model predicted concentrations which agreed within a factor of 3 with PAS measurements for all except 1 out of the 17 sites selected for this analysis

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Spatial variability of POPs in European background air

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“…The concentrations of PAHs in Temuco are in line with the highest values of other selected studies in urban and industrial sites where PUF disk PAS were used, including: a survey across Europe byJaward et al (2004) with the following highest concentration in air for RPAH (ng m À3 ) -Moscow-Russia (70), and Middlesborough, UK (40), with an overall range of 0.5-70 and a median of 10; a study in Manila, the Phillipines bySantiago and Cayetano (2007) reported RPAH in the range of 50-80;Kaya et al (2012) also reported levels of PAHs in Turkey (from $2 to 800 ng m À3 ) andWannaz et al (2013) found RPAH in the range of ($5-30 ng m À3 ) in the city of Cordoba in Argentina. In Chile,Pozo et al (2012) reported 50 and 230 (ng m À3 ) at urban and industrial sites in Concepción, respectively.…”

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Assessing Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) using passive air sampling in the atmosphere of one of the most wood-smoke-polluted cities in Chile: The case study of Temuco

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“…Passive air samplers (PAS) using polyurethane foam (PUF) have proven to be good alternatives to active samplers for monitoring ambient and indoor environments. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11] The PUF sampler can also accumulate particles and is considered a promising technique for this cause. There are few studies that focus on the use of PUF-PAS for air sampling in work environments.…”

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The Use of Polyurethane Foam (PUF) Passive Air Samplers in Exposure Studies to PAHs in Swedish Seafarers

Strandberg

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Akdeva

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The aim of this study was to test the usefulness of polyurethane foam (PUF) passive air samplers as stationary, and, for the first time, as personal samplers for one week's sampling period of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in occupational air. Routine monitoring of workplace exposure is commonly performed with active sampling. However, active samplers can sometimes be unsuitable; e.g., it is difficult to make time-integrated measurements, longer than one day, and they can be noisy and obstructive. Indoor air quality on ships is an important aspect of the environment which has not been studied extensively on ships. For seafarers, good indoor air quality becomes particularly important as the ship represents both a working and living environment. In this study, measurements were carried out on two occasions on two different ships, at different workplaces, and for various personnel categories. On each ship, measurements were performed before and after a change of the type of fuel that the ships were operating on. We found a considerable wide range of PAHs exposure levels for the various workplaces and personnel categories on the ships. The stationary measurements, sum 32 PAHs, ranged from 33-39,000 ng m À3 and the personal exposure measurements ranged from 61-8,400 ng m À3. The results point to that the content of PAHs in the fuel can affect the indoor air environment on the entire ship. Further, the results demonstrate that the PUF sampler can serve as a simple and usable screening tool for estimating and tracking point sources of PAHs in microenvironments. Moreover, this study contributes to increased knowledge of exposure to and sources of PAHs for seafarers.

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air in the Philippines derived from passive sampler with polyurethane foam disk

Cited by 50 publications

References 8 publications

Spatial variability of POPs in European background air

Spatial variability of POPs in European background air

Assessing Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) using passive air sampling in the atmosphere of one of the most wood-smoke-polluted cities in Chile: The case study of Temuco

The Use of Polyurethane Foam (PUF) Passive Air Samplers in Exposure Studies to PAHs in Swedish Seafarers

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