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This study determined the spatial compositional occurrence, sources, and the associated risks of sixteen priority PAHs in soil depths from the selected land-use environments. Samples were collected from nine generator land-use sites in the top (0-15 cm) and sub (15-30 cm) soil depths. Sample extraction was by ultrasonication with dichloromethane/<italic>n-</italic>hexane and clean-up in silica gel/alumina packed column. The level of PAHs was determined using a gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (GC-MS). The concentrations of PAHs isomers and the Σ 16 PAHs ranged from ND to 16876 μg·kg−1, and from 346 to 44052 μg·kg−1 respectively. The Σ 16PAHs occurrence showed concentration load in the order of subsoil > topsoil. The ΣPAHs concentrations exceeded the DPR-EGAPSIN target and intervention value in 91% and 11% of the samples respectively. The total cancer risk ranged from low to moderate risk-based levels. The PAHs sources were attributed to low and high petroleum combustion emissions and stationary sources around the diesel combustion electricity generator in the land-use sites. This study revealed that the land-use activities associated with diesel combustion have contributed a significant amount of Σ16PAHs to the pollution load in the land-use sites with potential for ecological and human exposure risks.
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This study determined the spatial compositional occurrence, sources, and the associated risks of sixteen priority PAHs in soil depths from the selected land-use environments. Samples were collected from nine generator land-use sites in the top (0-15 cm) and sub (15-30 cm) soil depths. Sample extraction was by ultrasonication with dichloromethane/n-hexane and clean-up in silica gel/alumina packed column. The level of PAHs was determined using a gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (GC-MS). The concentrations of PAHs isomers and the Σ 16 PAHs ranged from ND to 16876 μg·kg−1, and from 346 to 44052 μg·kg−1 respectively. The Σ 16PAHs occurrence showed concentration load in the order of subsoil > topsoil. The ΣPAHs concentrations exceeded the DPR-EGAPSIN target and intervention value in 91% and 11% of the samples respectively. The total cancer risk ranged from low to moderate risk-based levels. The PAHs sources were attributed to low and high petroleum combustion emissions and stationary sources around the diesel combustion electricity generator in the land-use sites. This study revealed that the land-use activities associated with diesel combustion have contributed a significant amount of Σ16PAHs to the pollution load in the land-use sites with potential for ecological and human exposure risks.

Quantification, sources, and associated risks of 16-priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from selected land-use impacted soils

Environmental Chemistry and Waste Management Research Group, Department of Chemistry

Ovidius University Annals of Chemistry

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This study determined the spatial compositional occurrence, sources, and the associated risks of sixteen priority PAHs in soil depths from the selected...

Quantification, sources, and associated risks of 16-priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from selected land-use impacted soils

Published Online: Jun 14, 2021

Page range: 53 - 62

Received: Dec 21, 2020

Accepted: Mar 31, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auoc-2021-0008

Keywords
PAHs, soil pollution, exposure risks, anthropogenic, electricity, generator, diesel combustion, Niger Delta

© 2021 Onoriode O. Emoyan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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Quantification, sources, and associated risks of 16-priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from selected land-use impacted soils

Published Online: Jun 14, 2021

Page range: 53 - 62

Received: Dec 21, 2020

Accepted: Mar 31, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auoc-2021-0008

KeywordsPAHs, soil pollution, exposure risks, anthropogenic, electricity, generator, diesel combustion, Niger Delta

© 2021 Onoriode O. Emoyan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Supplementary Material Details

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Keywords
PAHs, soil pollution, exposure risks, anthropogenic, electricity, generator, diesel combustion, Niger Delta