Concentration and congener patterns of polychlorinated biphenyls in industrial and municipal waste incinerator flue gas, Korea

Shin, Sun-Kyoung; Kim, Kyoung-Soo; You, Jingbi; Song, Byungjoo; Kim, Jong-Guk

doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2005.10.018

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“…The high levels of CB 118 in the two fish species could be due to the inability of the species to metabolize the congener after accumulation. The presence of CB 118 in our samples suggests paint additives, municipal waste plants, iron ore sintering plants or medical waste incinerators as potential sources of PCBs (Abad et al, 2006;Aries et al, 2006;Shin et al, 2006;Chen et al, 2009;Jartun et al, 2009 PCBs came from the residues of former applications like transformers, electrical equipment and other industrial uses. The use of these applications containing PCBs was common in Uganda before their commercial production was banned worldwide in 1979 (National Environment Management Authority, 2007 The non-ortho PCBs exhibited the highest contribution to the Σ 12 PCBs (N 75%) compared to the mono-ortho PCBs in both fish species.…”

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Polychlorinated biphenyls in sediments and fish species from the Murchison Bay of Lake Victoria, Uganda

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Wang

et al. 2014

Science of The Total Environment

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• High concentrations of PCBs were found at sites near wastewater discharges.• The PCB concentrations were low to moderate compared to other locations worldwide.• Based on the European Commission set TEQ, the fish were fit for human consumption. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were determined in sediments and two fish species collected from the Murchison Bay in Lake Victoria, using high resolution gas chromatography coupled to a high resolution mass spectrometer. Total PCB concentrations (Σ 18 PCBs) varied widely with mean values ranging from 777 to 4325 pg g −1 dry weight (dw) for sediments and 80 to 779 pg g −1 wet weight (ww) for fish. The PCB levels in the sediments were significantly higher at the station closest to Nakivubo channel, presumably due to effluents discharged by the channel, which may contain domestically produced commercial PCB mixtures. For fish, the concentrations in Nile perch (Lates niloticus) were significantly greater than those in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) at all study stations, possibly due to dietary differences among species. World Health Organization-toxic equivalents (WHO 2005 -TEQs) for the dioxin-like PCBs were 0.04-0.64 pg g −1 dw and 0.01-0.39 pg g −1 ww for sediments and fish, respectively. The non-ortho PCBs exhibited the highest contribution to the Σ 12 TEQs (N75%) compared to the mono-ortho PCBs in both fish species. The TEQs in the present study were lower than many reported worldwide in literature for fish and were within the permissible level recommended by the European Commission, implying that the fish did not pose health hazards related to PCBs to the consumers. a b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n f o

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confidence: 86%

Polychlorinated biphenyls in sediments and fish species from the Murchison Bay of Lake Victoria, Uganda

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Sillanpää

Wang

et al. 2014

Science of The Total Environment

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“…The emissions of PCBs in flue gas from MWIs have been reported in Japan (Kim et al, 2004;Sakai et al, 2001;Sakurai et al, 2003), Korean (Shin et al, 2006), and the EU (Dyke et al, 2003;Syc et al, 2015). Recently, a few studies have focused on the emissions of PCBs in other sources, including iron ore sintering plant (Tian et al, 2012), metallurgical process (Nie et al, 2011(Nie et al, , 2012, and medical waste incineration (Chen et al, 2015) in China.…”

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Emission of unintentionally produced persistent organic pollutants (UPOPs) from municipal waste incinerators in China

Yang

et al. 2016

Chemosphere

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“…In recent years, a large portion of the literature on the emission of dioxin-like compounds from waste incinerators has focused on PCDD/Fs and PCBs (Behnisch et al 2002;Shin et al 2006;Jansson et al 2009;Ni et al 2009;Węgiel et al 2011;Yan et al 2011). Fewer investigations have been conducted on PCNs, especially regarding their release from stack gas in relation to the types and scales of waste incinerators.…”

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Characterization of polychlorinated naphthalenes in stack gas emissions from waste incinerators

Zheng

et al. 2012

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Nine typical waste incinerating plants were investigated for polychlorinated naphthalene (PCN) contents in their stack gas. The incinerators investigated include those used to incinerate municipal solid, aviation, medical, and hazardous wastes including those encountered in cement kilns. PCNs were qualified and quantified by isotope dilution high resolution gas chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry techniques. An unexpectedly high concentration of PCNs (13,000 ngNm −3 ) was found in the stack gas emitted from one waste incinerator. The PCN concentrations ranged from 97.6 to 874 ngNm −3 in the other waste incinerators. The PCN profiles were dominated by lower chlorinated homologues, with mono-to tetra-CNs being the main homologues present. Furthermore, the relationships between PCNs and other unintentional persistent organic pollutants involving polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans, polychlorinated biphenyls, hexachlorobenzene, and pentachlorobenzene were examined to ascertain the closeness or otherwise of their formation mechanisms. A good correlation was observed between ΣPCN (tetra-to octa-CN) and ΣPCDF (tetra-to octa-CDF) concentrations suggesting that a close relationship may exist between their formation mechanisms. The results would provide an improved understanding of PCN emissions from waste incinerators.

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Concentration and congener patterns of polychlorinated biphenyls in industrial and municipal waste incinerator flue gas, Korea

Cited by 25 publications

References 16 publications

Polychlorinated biphenyls in sediments and fish species from the Murchison Bay of Lake Victoria, Uganda

Polychlorinated biphenyls in sediments and fish species from the Murchison Bay of Lake Victoria, Uganda

Emission of unintentionally produced persistent organic pollutants (UPOPs) from municipal waste incinerators in China

Characterization of polychlorinated naphthalenes in stack gas emissions from waste incinerators

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