Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soils and vegetation near an e-waste recycling site in South China: Concentration, distribution, source, and risk assessment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 439, Issue , 2012, Pages 187-193

  Wang, Yan ^a   Tian, Zhongjing ^b   Zhu, Haolin ^a,c   Cheng, Zhineng ^a,d   Kang, Meiling ^b   Luo, Chunling ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Zhang, Gan ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b ZAOZHUANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

E waste; PAHs; Risk assessment; Soil; South China; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENIC PAHS; DAILY INTAKE; E-WASTE; FLUORANTHENE; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; HUMAN HEALTH; LAND USE TYPE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPEN BURNING; PADDY FIELDS; PAHS; PLANT SPECIES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SOURCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH CHINA; VEGETABLE FIELD;

ANTHRACENE; INCINERATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS; TISSUE; VEGETABLES; WASTES;

VEGETATION;

BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; PAH; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROFILE; VEGETATION COVER; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARD; LAND USE; LETTUCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETABLE; VEGETATION;

CHINA; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INCINERATION; LETTUCE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOLID WASTE;

CHINA;

LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 84867235139     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.08.018     Document Type: Article

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