Concentration and Potential Ecological Risk of PAHs in Different Layers of Soil in the Petroleum-Contaminated Areas of the Loess Plateau, China

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 15; no. 8; p. 1785
• Main Authors: Wang, Di, Ma, Jing, Li, Hao, Zhang, Xingchang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 20.08.2018; MDPI
• Subjects: China; Ecosystem; Environmental Monitoring; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Humans; Laboratories; Oil and Gas Industry; Petroleum - analysis; Pollutants; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - chemistry; Public health; Soil - chemistry; Soil contamination; Soil Pollutants - chemistry; Tandem Mass Spectrometry; Water conservation; China; United States > US; Loess Plateau; petroleum-contaminated; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); concentration; ecological risk; Loess Plateau

The three most representative areas of petroleum pollution on the Loess Plateau are the research subjects of this study. In this study, 16 priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined by the QuEChERS method combined with gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS). The...