TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons associated with PM10 emitted from the largest composting facility in the Middle East
AU - Norouzian Baghani, Abbas
AU - Bahmani, Zohreh
AU - Sorooshian, Armin
AU - Farzadkia, Mahdi
AU - Nabizadeh, Ramin
AU - Delikhoon, Mahdieh
AU - Barkhordari, Abdullah
AU - Rezaei Kalantary, Roshanak
AU - Golbaz, Somayeh
AU - Kermani, Majid
AU - Ashournejad, Qadir
AU - Shahsavani, Abbas
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded by Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran [grant no. 27592]. This article is based on the data set from a MSc thesis. The authors acknowledge the Iran University of Medical Sciences for financial support, and also the contribution of Management of Waste for cooperation in this study.
Funding Information:
This article is based on the data set from a MSc thesis. The authors acknowledge the Iran University of Medical Sciences for financial support, and also the contribution of Management of Waste for cooperation in this study.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This work reports a characterization of PAHs-PM10, including associated health effects in the largest composting facility in Tehran, Iran. Measured PAHs-PM10 stemmed primarily from petrogenic sources with mean concentrations between 231.19 to 401.25 ng m−3. The distribution pattern of PAHs (in terms of ring number) exhibited the following order when combining all sites: 3 > 4 > 5 > 6 > 2 rings. The average cumulative excess lifetime cancer risk values estimated for PAHs-PM10 surpassed the U.S. EPA limit (1 × 10−6): refining site (3.31 × 10−4) > processing site (1.75 × 10−4) > aeration site (9.81 × 10−5).
AB - This work reports a characterization of PAHs-PM10, including associated health effects in the largest composting facility in Tehran, Iran. Measured PAHs-PM10 stemmed primarily from petrogenic sources with mean concentrations between 231.19 to 401.25 ng m−3. The distribution pattern of PAHs (in terms of ring number) exhibited the following order when combining all sites: 3 > 4 > 5 > 6 > 2 rings. The average cumulative excess lifetime cancer risk values estimated for PAHs-PM10 surpassed the U.S. EPA limit (1 × 10−6): refining site (3.31 × 10−4) > processing site (1.75 × 10−4) > aeration site (9.81 × 10−5).
KW - Composting facility
KW - high-molecular weight
KW - petrogenic sources
KW - polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
KW - risk assessment
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U2 - 10.1080/15569543.2020.1737823
DO - 10.1080/15569543.2020.1737823
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85082857411
VL - 40
SP - 1481
EP - 1495
JO - Journal of Toxicology - Toxin Reviews
JF - Journal of Toxicology - Toxin Reviews
SN - 1556-9543
IS - 4
ER -