Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soils of an industrial area in semi-arid Uzbekistan: spatial distribution, relationship with trace metals and risk assessment
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- Autoren
- Benjamin A Musa Bandowe
- Nosir Shukurov
- Sophia Leimer
- Michael Kersten
- Yosef Steinberger
- Wolfgang Wilcke
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- https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000654952700002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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- 10.1007/s10653-021-00974-3
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- 1573-2983
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- Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: WK0DJ
- PubMed Identifier: 34041653
- ISSN
- 0269-4042
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 11
- Zeitschrift
- ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH
- Schlüsselwörter
- Pollution transect
- Metal mining
- Smelting area
- Soil health
- Central Asia
- Paginierung
- 4847 - 4861
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2021
- Status
- Published
- Titel
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soils of an industrial area in semi-arid Uzbekistan: spatial distribution, relationship with trace metals and risk assessment
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- Article
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 43
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- Abstract
- <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The concentrations, composition patterns, transport and fate of PAHs in semi-arid and arid soils such as in Central Asia are not well known. Such knowledge is required to manage the risk posed by these toxic chemicals to humans and ecosystems in these regions. To fill this knowledge gap, we determined the concentrations of 21 parent PAHs, 4,5-methylenephenanthrene, 6 alkylated PAHs, and biphenyl in soils from 11 sampling locations (0–10, 10–20 cm soil depths) along a 20-km transect downwind from the Almalyk metal mining and metallurgical industrial complex (Almalyk MMC), Uzbekistan. The concentrations of Σ29 PAHs and Σ16 US-EPA PAHs were 41–2670 ng g<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup> and 29–1940 ng g<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup>, respectively. The highest concentration of Σ29 PAHs occurred in the immediate vicinity of the copper smelting factory of the Almalyk MMC. The concentrations in topsoil decreased substantially to a value of ≤ 200 ng g<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup> (considered as background concentration) at ≥ 2 km away from the factory. Low molecular weight PAHs dominated the PAH mixtures at less contaminated sites and high molecular weight PAHs at the most contaminated site. The concentration of Σ16 US-EPA PAHs did not exceed the precautionary values set by the soil quality guidelines of, e.g., Switzerland and Germany. Similarly, the benzo[<jats:italic>a</jats:italic>]pyrene equivalent concentration in soils near the Almalyk MMC did not exceed the value set by the Canadian guidelines for the protection of humans from carcinogenic PAHs in soils. Consequently, the cancer risk due to exposure to PAHs in these soils can be considered as low.</jats:p>
- Autoren
- Benjamin A Musa Bandowe
- Nosir Shukurov
- Sophia Leimer
- Michael Kersten
- Yosef Steinberger
- Wolfgang Wilcke
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10653-021-00974-3
- eISSN
- 1573-2983
- ISSN
- 0269-4042
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 11
- Zeitschrift
- Environmental Geochemistry and Health
- Sprache
- en
- Online publication date
- 2021
- Paginierung
- 4847 - 4861
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2021
- Status
- Published
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- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10653-021-00974-3
- Datum der Datenerfassung
- 2021
- Titel
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soils of an industrial area in semi-arid Uzbekistan: spatial distribution, relationship with trace metals and risk assessment
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 43
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- Abstract
- The concentrations, composition patterns, transport and fate of PAHs in semi-arid and arid soils such as in Central Asia are not well known. Such knowledge is required to manage the risk posed by these toxic chemicals to humans and ecosystems in these regions. To fill this knowledge gap, we determined the concentrations of 21 parent PAHs, 4,5-methylenephenanthrene, 6 alkylated PAHs, and biphenyl in soils from 11 sampling locations (0-10, 10-20 cm soil depths) along a 20-km transect downwind from the Almalyk metal mining and metallurgical industrial complex (Almalyk MMC), Uzbekistan. The concentrations of Σ29 PAHs and Σ16 US-EPA PAHs were 41-2670 ng g<sup>-1</sup> and 29-1940 ng g<sup>-1</sup>, respectively. The highest concentration of Σ29 PAHs occurred in the immediate vicinity of the copper smelting factory of the Almalyk MMC. The concentrations in topsoil decreased substantially to a value of ≤ 200 ng g<sup>-1</sup> (considered as background concentration) at ≥ 2 km away from the factory. Low molecular weight PAHs dominated the PAH mixtures at less contaminated sites and high molecular weight PAHs at the most contaminated site. The concentration of Σ16 US-EPA PAHs did not exceed the precautionary values set by the soil quality guidelines of, e.g., Switzerland and Germany. Similarly, the benzo[a]pyrene equivalent concentration in soils near the Almalyk MMC did not exceed the value set by the Canadian guidelines for the protection of humans from carcinogenic PAHs in soils. Consequently, the cancer risk due to exposure to PAHs in these soils can be considered as low.
- Addresses
- Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry, Hahn-Meitner-Weg 1, 55128, Mainz, Germany. benjamin.bandowe@mpic.de.
- Autoren
- Benjamin A Musa Bandowe
- Nosir Shukurov
- Sophia Leimer
- Michael Kersten
- Yosef Steinberger
- Wolfgang Wilcke
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10653-021-00974-3
- eISSN
- 1573-2983
- Externe Identifier
- PubMed Identifier: 34041653
- PubMed Central ID: PMC8528758
- Funding acknowledgements
- Max Planck Institute for Chemistry:
- Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung:
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- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 11
- Zeitschrift
- Environmental geochemistry and health
- Schlüsselwörter
- Humans
- Soil
- Soil Pollutants
- Risk Assessment
- Ecosystem
- Environmental Monitoring
- Metallurgy
- Canada
- Uzbekistan
- China
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- 4847 - 4861
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- 2021
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- 2021
- Titel
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soils of an industrial area in semi-arid Uzbekistan: spatial distribution, relationship with trace metals and risk assessment.
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- Journal Article
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
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- Abstract
- The concentrations, composition patterns, transport and fate of PAHs in semi-arid and arid soils such as in Central Asia are not well known. Such knowledge is required to manage the risk posed by these toxic chemicals to humans and ecosystems in these regions. To fill this knowledge gap, we determined the concentrations of 21 parent PAHs, 4,5-methylenephenanthrene, 6 alkylated PAHs, and biphenyl in soils from 11 sampling locations (0-10, 10-20 cm soil depths) along a 20-km transect downwind from the Almalyk metal mining and metallurgical industrial complex (Almalyk MMC), Uzbekistan. The concentrations of Σ29 PAHs and Σ16 US-EPA PAHs were 41-2670 ng g-1 and 29-1940 ng g-1, respectively. The highest concentration of Σ29 PAHs occurred in the immediate vicinity of the copper smelting factory of the Almalyk MMC. The concentrations in topsoil decreased substantially to a value of ≤ 200 ng g-1 (considered as background concentration) at ≥ 2 km away from the factory. Low molecular weight PAHs dominated the PAH mixtures at less contaminated sites and high molecular weight PAHs at the most contaminated site. The concentration of Σ16 US-EPA PAHs did not exceed the precautionary values set by the soil quality guidelines of, e.g., Switzerland and Germany. Similarly, the benzo[a]pyrene equivalent concentration in soils near the Almalyk MMC did not exceed the value set by the Canadian guidelines for the protection of humans from carcinogenic PAHs in soils. Consequently, the cancer risk due to exposure to PAHs in these soils can be considered as low.
- Date of acceptance
- 2021
- Autoren
- Benjamin A Musa Bandowe
- Nosir Shukurov
- Sophia Leimer
- Michael Kersten
- Yosef Steinberger
- Wolfgang Wilcke
- Autoren-URL
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34041653
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10653-021-00974-3
- eISSN
- 1573-2983
- Externe Identifier
- PubMed Central ID: PMC8528758
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 11
- Zeitschrift
- Environ Geochem Health
- Schlüsselwörter
- Central Asia
- Metal mining
- Pollution transect
- Smelting area
- Soil health
- Canada
- China
- Ecosystem
- Environmental Monitoring
- Humans
- Metallurgy
- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
- Risk Assessment
- Soil
- Soil Pollutants
- Uzbekistan
- Sprache
- eng
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- Netherlands
- Paginierung
- 4847 - 4861
- PII
- 10.1007/s10653-021-00974-3
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2021
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- Published
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- 2021
- Titel
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soils of an industrial area in semi-arid Uzbekistan: spatial distribution, relationship with trace metals and risk assessment.
- Sub types
- Journal Article
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 43
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