PCBs, PCNs, and PCDD/Fs in Soil around an Industrial Park in Northwest China: Levels, Source Apportionment, and Human Health Risk
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample Collection
2.2. Sample Analysis
2.3. Quality Assurance and Quality Control
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. PCB, PCN, and PCDD/F Concentrations
3.2. PCB, PCN, and PCDD/F Patterns
3.2.1. PCBs
Compound | Countries and Regions | Industrial Thermal Processes | Concentration | TEQ | Reference | ||
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dl-PCBs a | id-PCBs b | CB-209 | |||||
PCBs | North China | municipal solid waste incinerator | 4.97–43.2 | 24.8–241 | / c | 0.02–0.18 | [20] |
North China | comprehensive industrial area | 13.9–229 | / c | / c | 0.12–0.94 | [21] | |
Dilovasi, Turkey | heavily industrial area | / c | 39600 | 100 | 0.012–10.2 | [22] | |
Hatay-Iskenderun, Turkey | iron–steel plant | / c | 7100 | n.d. d | / c | [23] | |
Oissel, France | incinerator | / c | 50.3 | 0.44 | / c | [44] | |
Notre-Dame de Gravenchon, France | refineries, chemical industries, and an incinerator | / c | 150 | n.d. d | / c | [44] | |
Slovakia | waste incinerator, metallurgical plants | 0.14–14 | 1.2–211 | / c | 0.069–6.3 | [45] | |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | cement kiln, oil refinery, electric power plant, and steel industry | 44–691 | 116–4219 | / c | 0.34–1.97 | [24] | |
Dammam, Saudi Arabia | cement kiln, oil refinery, steel industry, and desalination plant | 38–360 | 104–871 | / c | 0.34–1.06 | [24] | |
Northwest China | comprehensive industrial area | 1.99–29.9 | 9.76–151 | n.d.–1120 | 0.004–0.27 | This study | |
Σ75PCNs e | Σ32PCNs f | CN-75 | |||||
PCNs | North China | municipal solid waste incinerator | 890–5410 | / c | / c | 0.008–0.13 | [27] |
North China | comprehensive industrial area | 2194.4 | 283.2 | n.d. d –104.8 | 0.02–0.92 | [21] | |
Aliaga, Turkey | electric-arc furnaces | / c | 700 | 5.9 | / c | [26] | |
Tarragona, Spain | chemical/petrochemical area | 0–371.5 g | / c | n.d. d –19.8 | / c | [25] | |
Hatay-Iskenderun, Turkey | iron–steel plant | / c | 40–940 | 5 | / c | [23] | |
Dilovasi, Turkey | heavily industrial area | / c | 40–7070 | 2–300 | 0.0001–1.48 | [22] | |
Northwest China | comprehensive industrial area | 141–832 | 51.9–520 | 3.16–227 | 0.02–0.38 | This study | |
PCDD/Fs | OCDD | OCDF | |||||
PCDD/Fs | Northeast China | municipal solid waste incinerator | 41.4 | 12.5 | 7.02 | 2.00 | [28] |
North China | comprehensive industrial area | 101.8 | 28.5 | 19.3 | 1.53–17.19 | [21] | |
North China | iron–steel plant | 13–320 | 4.0–120 | 0.1–6.3 | 0.16–4.5 | [29] | |
Pearl River Delta, China | comprehensive industrial area | 1320 | 983 | 5.93 | 4.80 | [31] | |
Slovakia | waste incinerator, metallurgical plants | 20–1027 | 28.02 | 1.46 | 0.28–15.9 | [45] | |
Piemonte, Italy | secondary aluminum smelter | 23–3104 | 12.6–145 | 1.56–113 | 0.2–64.0 | [30] | |
Northwest China | comprehensive industrial area | 3.60–156 | 0.56–34.4 | 1.19–118 | 0.14–1.51 | This study |
3.2.2. PCNs
3.2.3. PCDD/Fs
3.3. Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF)
3.4. Health Risk Assessment
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Li, T.; Hu, J.; Xu, C.; Jin, J. PCBs, PCNs, and PCDD/Fs in Soil around an Industrial Park in Northwest China: Levels, Source Apportionment, and Human Health Risk. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 3478. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043478
Li T, Hu J, Xu C, Jin J. PCBs, PCNs, and PCDD/Fs in Soil around an Industrial Park in Northwest China: Levels, Source Apportionment, and Human Health Risk. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(4):3478. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043478
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Tianwei, Jicheng Hu, Chenyang Xu, and Jun Jin. 2023. "PCBs, PCNs, and PCDD/Fs in Soil around an Industrial Park in Northwest China: Levels, Source Apportionment, and Human Health Risk" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 4: 3478. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043478