Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban soils of Beijing: Status, sources, distribution and potential risk

• Published in: Environmental pollution (1987) Vol. 159; no. 3; pp. 802 - 808
• Main Authors: Peng, Chi, Chen, Weiping, Liao, Xiaolan, Wang, Meie, Ouyang, Zhiyun, Jiao, Wentao, Bai, Yang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Adults; Air Pollutants; Air Pollutants - analysis; analysis; Applied sciences; atmospheric deposition; Atmospherics; Child; children; China; China - epidemiology; Coal; Combustion; Deposition; Environmental Monitoring; Epidemiological Monitoring; epidemiology; Exact sciences and technology; Health risk assessment; Humans; Incidence; Incremental lifetime cancer risks; Kriging; Neoplasms; Neoplasms - epidemiology; PAHs; Pollution; Polyallylamine hydrochloride; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - analysis; Principal component analysis; Risk; Risk Assessment; Soil; Soil - analysis; soil map; Soil Pollutants; Soil Pollutants - analysis; Soils; Urban Population; Urban soil; urban soils; Vehicle Emissions; Asia; China; China, People's Rep., Beijing; PAHs; Incremental lifetime cancer risks; Urban soil; Health risk assessment; Kriging; Principal component analysis; Hydrocarbon; Pollutant behavior; Geostatistics; Urban area; Polycyclic aromatic compound; Mutagen; Soil pollution; Persistent organic pollutant; Persistence; Carcinogen; Spatial distribution; Health and environment; Risk assessment; Health hazards; Pollution source; Public health; Organic compounds; Concentration distribution

We studied the source, concentration, spatial distribution and health risk of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in urban soils of Beijing. The total mass concentration of 16 PAHs ranged from 93 to 13 141 μg kg −1 with a mean of 1228 μg kg −1. The contour map of soil PAH concentrations showe...