Nitrated- and oxygenated-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in urban soil from Nepal: Source assessment, air-soil exchange, and soil-air partitioning

Predicting Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Concentrations in Soil and Water Samples

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are compounds found in the environment that can be harmful to humans. They are typically formed due to incomplete combustion and as such remain after burning coal, oil, petrol, diesel, wood, household waste and so forth. Testing laboratories routinely screen soil and water samples taken from potentially contaminated sites for PAHs using Gas Chromatography...

Ecotoxicity of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-contaminated soil.

Soil samples from a former cokery site polluted with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were assessed for their toxicity to terrestrial and aquatic organisms and for their mutagenicity. The total concentration of the 16 PAHs listed as priority pollutants by the US Environmental Protection Agency (US-EPA) was 2634+/-241 mg/kgdw in soil samples. The toxicity of water-extractable pollutants f...

Examination of the Sources of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) in Urban Background Soil

Atmospheric concentrations, dry deposition and air-soil exchange of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in an industrial region in Turkey.

Concurrent ambient air and dry deposition samples were collected during two sampling periods at the Aliaga industrial region in Izmir, Turkey. Sigma 15-PAH (particulate+gas) concentrations ranged between 7.3 and 44.8 ng m(-3) (average+/-S.D., 25.2+/-8.8 ng m(-3)) and 10.2-71.9 ng m(-3) (44.1+/-16.6 ng m(-3)) in summer and winter, respectively. Winter/summer individual ambient PAH concentration ...

Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Ambient Urban Air

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHS) have been determined in the atmosphere of Isfahan, Iran. Airborne particulate matter was sampled using a high-volume air sampler at roof-top level (~6m). Extraction of PAHS from airborne particulate matter has been performed using SFE system and the relationship between the extraction temperature and the recovery of PAHS</su...