Risk assessment of the presence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in coastal areas of Thailand affected by the 2004 tsunami

Pongpiachan, Siwatt; Tipmanee, Danai; Deelaman, Woranuch; Muprasit, J.; Feldens, Peter; Schwarzer, Klaus

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.07.052

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“…79 using various analytical techniques by Pongpiachan et al (2013a;2013b;2013c) to identify the possible tsunami deposits and investigate their potential risk as pollutants. While the inner shelf sediments could possibly be discriminated from marine sediments further offshore and were labelled as "tsunami backwash sediments (Pongpiachan et al 2013a;2013b) no independent evidence of their tsunami origin was provided.…”

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Applications of geochemistry in tsunami research: A review

Chagué‐Goff

Szczuciński

Shinozaki

2017

Earth-Science Reviews

145

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Section: Accepted Manuscriptmentioning

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Applications of geochemistry in tsunami research: A review

Chagué‐Goff

Szczuciński

Shinozaki

2017

Earth-Science Reviews

145

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“…The toxicity equivalent concentration (TEQ) equation is broadly used for assessing the risk of exposure to PAHs, which can be calculated as described bellows (Yang et al, 2007;Yu et al, 2008;Pongpiachan et al, 2013b):…”

Section: Health Risk Assessment Of Pahs Toxicity Equivalent Concentramentioning

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Incremental Lifetime Cancer Risk of PM2.5 Bound Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) before and after the Wildland Fire Episode

Pongpiachan

2016

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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In Northern Thailand, wildland fire during cold period releases large amounts of smoke and fine particles into the atmosphere. The fine particles include several persistent organic compounds such as PAHs. In this study, PM 2.5 -bound PAH concentrations in the air of nine administrative provinces, namely Chiang-Mai, Chiang-Rai, Nan, Phayao, Mae Hong Son, Phrae, Lampang, Lamphun, Uttaradit (N Thailand) were determined during the wildland fire and non-wildland fire seasons. The monitoring strategy comprised two campaigns in each season. PM 2.5 was collected using MiniVolTM portable air samplers (Airmetrics) with quartz fibre filters. Both PAHs and their B[a]P Equivalent concentrations of other urban cities around the world were significantly higher than those of northern provinces for both seasons. The average cancer risks observed at nine administrative provinces were 8.525 × 10 -4 ± 3.493 × 10 -3 and 2.558 × 10 -3 ± 6.986 × 10 -3 for ingestion rate of 50 and 100 mg day -1 , respectively. The excess cancer risks of world cities for ingestion rate of 50 and 100 mg day -1 were much higher than those of Northern Thailand for 851 and 567 times in that order. Dust ingestion was exceedingly critical to non-dietary PAH exposure in comparison with PM 2.5 inhalation. These results are in good agreement with those of previous studies, underlining the significance of indoor air quality on long-term adverse respiratory diseases in Asian cities.

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“…Although fatalities and damages to buildings and infrastructure were the most striking consequences of this tsunami disaster, environmental impacts and damages to ecosystems and related land use/land cover (LULC) also occurred. These included uprooted coastal forests, beach erosion, impacts on coral reefs and sea-grass, pollution, contamination from tsunami deposits, and salt infiltration in ground-and surface water as well as in soils affecting vegetation and soil fertility (Choowong et al, 2009;DMCR, 2005a, b;Massmann, 2010;Paphavasit et al, 2009;Pongpiachan et al, 2013;Roemer et al, 2010;Szczucinski et al, 2006;UNEP, 2005;Vosberg, 2010). While the impacts on coral reefs and sea grass beds in the region were comparably small, the damages to coastal forests, e.g.…”

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Mapping tsunami impacts on land cover and related ecosystem service supply in Phang Nga, Thailand

Kaiser

Burkhard

Römer

et al. 2013

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami caused damages to coastal ecosystems and thus affected the livelihoods of the coastal communities who depend on services provided by these ecosystems. The paper presents a case study on evaluating and mapping the spatial and temporal impacts of the tsunami on land use and land cover (LULC) and related ecosystem service supply in the Phang Nga province, Thailand. The method includes local stakeholder interviews, field investigations, remote-sensing techniques, and GIS. Results provide an ecosystem services matrix with capacity scores for 18 LULC classes and 17 ecosystem functions and services as well as pre-/post-tsunami and recovery maps indicating changes in the ecosystem service supply capacities in the study area. Local stakeholder interviews revealed that mangroves, casuarina forest, mixed beach forest, coral reefs, tidal inlets, as well as wetlands (peat swamp forest) have the highest capacity to supply ecosystem services, while e.g. plantations have a lower capacity. The remote-sensing based damage and recovery analysis showed a loss of the ecosystem service supply capacities in almost all LULC classes for most of the services due to the tsunami. A fast recovery of LULC and related ecosystem service supply capacities within one year could be observed for e.g. beaches, while mangroves or casuarina forest needed several years to recover. Applying multi-temporal mapping the spatial variations of recovery could be visualised. While some patches of coastal forest were fully recovered after 3 yr, other patches were still affected and thus had a reduced capacity to supply ecosystem services. The ecosystem services maps can be used to quantify ecological values and their spatial distribution in the framework of a tsunami risk assessment. Beyond that they are considered to be a useful tool for spatial analysis in coastal risk management in Phang Nga.

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Risk assessment of the presence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in coastal areas of Thailand affected by the 2004 tsunami

Cited by 55 publications

References 53 publications

Applications of geochemistry in tsunami research: A review

Applications of geochemistry in tsunami research: A review

Incremental Lifetime Cancer Risk of PM2.5 Bound Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) before and after the Wildland Fire Episode

Mapping tsunami impacts on land cover and related ecosystem service supply in Phang Nga, Thailand

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