TY - JOUR
T1 - Concentrations of and health risks posed by polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans around industrial sites in Hebei Province, China
AU - Han, Ying
AU - Liu, Wenbin
AU - Hansen, Hans Chr. Bruun
AU - Chen, Xuebin
AU - Liao, Xiao
AU - Li, Haifeng
AU - Wang, Mengjing
AU - Yan, Nan
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - Sintering and steel production as the main emission sources of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) may affect environment and human health. The concentrations, profiles, and distributions of PCDD/Fs in soil samples from around four typical sintering and steel production plants in Hebei Province, China, were determined. Forty-six soil samples were collected at distances from 500 to 9000 m from industrial plant chimneys. The concentrations of total 17 2,3,7,8-substituted PCDD/F congeners in the soil samples from sites A, B, C, and D were in the range 11-130, 13-284, 2.6-378, and 21-231 pg/g, respectively, and the internationally accepted toxic equivalent (I-TEQ) concentrations were 0.37-13.2, 0.31-12.1, 0.13-13.7, and 1.60-22.7 pg I-TEQ/g, respectively. Soil ingestion was estimated the major exposure pathway to PCDD/Fs. At current PCDD/F concentrations, the local population will be exposed to low amounts of PCDD/Fs in soil from around the industrial sites, and this exposure will pose potential health risks for the local population living at distances of less than 1000 m from nearest stack but will have no high health risks for people living further away. These results will be helpful when planning measures to control PCDD/F sources. The data will also benefit local environmental monitoring studies and be useful when assessing the risks posed by PCDD/Fs around the industrial sites to the environment and humans.
AB - Sintering and steel production as the main emission sources of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) may affect environment and human health. The concentrations, profiles, and distributions of PCDD/Fs in soil samples from around four typical sintering and steel production plants in Hebei Province, China, were determined. Forty-six soil samples were collected at distances from 500 to 9000 m from industrial plant chimneys. The concentrations of total 17 2,3,7,8-substituted PCDD/F congeners in the soil samples from sites A, B, C, and D were in the range 11-130, 13-284, 2.6-378, and 21-231 pg/g, respectively, and the internationally accepted toxic equivalent (I-TEQ) concentrations were 0.37-13.2, 0.31-12.1, 0.13-13.7, and 1.60-22.7 pg I-TEQ/g, respectively. Soil ingestion was estimated the major exposure pathway to PCDD/Fs. At current PCDD/F concentrations, the local population will be exposed to low amounts of PCDD/Fs in soil from around the industrial sites, and this exposure will pose potential health risks for the local population living at distances of less than 1000 m from nearest stack but will have no high health risks for people living further away. These results will be helpful when planning measures to control PCDD/F sources. The data will also benefit local environmental monitoring studies and be useful when assessing the risks posed by PCDD/Fs around the industrial sites to the environment and humans.
KW - Journal Article
U2 - 10.1007/s11356-016-7050-1
DO - 10.1007/s11356-016-7050-1
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 27314421
SN - 0944-1344
VL - 23
SP - 18742
EP - 18752
JO - Environmental Science and Pollution Research
JF - Environmental Science and Pollution Research
IS - 18
ER -
