Distributions and health risks of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in atmospheric aerosols of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Identification and removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in wastewater treatment processes from coke production plants

“…activities such as industrial production, transformation, and waste incineration (Omar et al 2006). Coke production is one of the major sources in China that contributes 16 % of total PAH (Xu et al 2006).…”

Depositional History of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Reconstruction of Petroleum Pollution Record in Peninsular Malaysia

“…The relatively more abundant homohopanes (C 31 -C 35 ) are showed in less oil contaminated sites with significant loss of C 30 (Colombo et al, 2005). In environmental samples from the biomass burning, hopane appears together with moretanes with abundance of C 27 and C 31 (Standley and Semoneit, 1987) that overlaps in common peaks (Omar et al, 2006). Hopane is found in mineral oil and coal based fuel and lubricants (Kapalan et al, 2001).…”

Coking wastewater treatment plant as a source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to the atmosphere and health-risk assessment for workers

“…Also, WWTPs can become the atmospheric sources of some organic pollutants, such as volatile organic compounds (Simonich et al, 2000;Escalasa et al, 2003;Wu et al, 2006), perfluorooctanoic acid (Webster et al, 2010), polyfluoroalkyl compounds (Ahrens et al, 2011) and PAHs (Byrns, 2001;Seth et al, 2008). Recently, intense attention has been paid on PAHs in the atmosphere (Simcik et al, 1999;Park et al, 2002;Omar et al, 2006;Zhang et al, 2011a), as the most carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic contaminants (Deng et al, 2006).…”

“…There are many sources of atmospheric PAHs, most of which are generated from anthropogenic emissions such as industrial production, transportation and waste incineration (Omar et al, 2006). In many cities, the dominant source of PAHs in the atmosphere has been found to be vehicular emissions (Simoneit et al, 1991;Simcik et al, 1999;Park et al, 2002).…”

“…In many cities, the dominant source of PAHs in the atmosphere has been found to be vehicular emissions (Simoneit et al, 1991;Simcik et al, 1999;Park et al, 2002). Other important sources of PAHs that are not originated from fossil fuels include the combustion of domestic, garden and electric wastes (Omar et al, 2006;Zhang et al, 2011a), and the smoke from regional forest fire. Tobacco smoking as well as use of heating devices can also increase the indoor contents of PAHs in the air (WHO, 1987).…”