Volatilization of polychlorinated biphenyls from sediment during drying at ambient conditions

Chiarenzelli, Jeff; Scrudato, Ronald J.; Arnold, Gail Lee; Wunderlich, M.; Rafferty, D.

doi:10.1016/0045-6535(96)00225-1

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“…The most likely route of exposure is airborne (Currado and Harrad 1998), either through inhalation of volatile PCBs or PCBs bound to particulates or through ingestion of PCB-contaminated particulates with foodstuffs. Inhalation as a route of exposure has not received much attention, but there is considerable evidence that PCBs volatize, especially from contaminated bodies of water (Chiarenzelli et al 2000) and wet sediments (Bushart et al 1998;Chiarenzelli et al 1996). Volatile PCBs can be absorbed through inhalation (Casey et al 1999).…”

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Low birth weight and residential proximity to PCB-contaminated waste sites.

Baibergenova

Kudyakov

Zdeb

et al. 2003

Environ Health Perspect

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Previous investigations have shown that women exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are at increased risk of giving birth to an infant with low birth weight (< 2,500 g), and that this relationship is stronger for male than for female infants. We have tested the hypothesis that residents in a zip code that contains a PCB hazardous waste site or abuts a body of water contaminated with PCBs are at increased risk of giving birth to a low-birth-weight baby. We used the birth registry of the New York State Vital Statistics to identify all births between 1994 and 2000 in New York State except for New York City. This registry provides information on the infant, mother, and father together with the zip code of the mother's residence. The 865 state Superfund sites, the 86 National Priority List sites, and the six Areas of Concern in New York were characterized regarding whether or not they contain PCBs as a major contaminant. We identified 187 zip codes containing or abutting PCB-contaminated sites, and these zip codes were the residences of 24.5% of the 945,077 births. The birth weight in the PCB zip codes was on average 21.6 g less than in other zip codes (p < 0.001). Because there are many other risk factors for low birth weight, we have adjusted for these using a logistic regression model for these confounders. After adjusting for sex of the infant, mother's age, race, weight, height, education, income, marital status, and smoking, there was still a statistically significant 6% increased risk of giving birth to a male infant of low birth weight. These observations support the hypothesis that living in a zip code near a PCBcontaminated site poses a risk of exposure and giving birth to an infant of low birth weight.

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Low birth weight and residential proximity to PCB-contaminated waste sites.

Baibergenova

Kudyakov

Zdeb

et al. 2003

Environ Health Perspect

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“…Recent experiments monitoring the loss of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from wet sediment (1,2) and subaqueous sand (3) have shown that a strong correlation exists between water evaporation and PCB volatile loss, implying that PCBs can be released during drying of contaminated solids. Similar relationships between the volatile loss of dibenzofuran, phenanthrene, and pyrene from dredged sediment and the relative humidity of air have also recently been described (4).…”

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Do Large-Scale Remedial and Dredging Events Have the Potential to Release Significant Amounts of Semivolatile Compounds to the Atmosphere?

Chiarenzelli¹,

Scrudato²,

Bush³

et al. 1998

Environmental Health Perspectives

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“…As from water, the PCBs volatize with water, and dry sediments lose fewer PCBs to the air as compared with wet sediments or soils (4). PCBs can also volatilize from landfills, depending upon how tightly they are covered (10).…”

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“…As lower chlorinated PCBs are more water soluble and more volatile (Table 1) they will selectively dissolve in water and then move from a soluble aqueous phase into the air. PCBs evaporate along with the water (4,5), and this process is very temperature dependent (6). Volatile loss of PCBs from Lake Superior was calculated to be about 1900 kg per year (7).…”

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Exposure to and health effects of volatile PCBs

Carpenter

2015

Reviews on Environmental Health

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AbstractPolychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent, lipophilic contaminants that are known to increase risk of a number of human diseases. Although ingestion of animal fats is a major route of exposure, there is increasing evidence that inhalation of vapor-phase PCBs is also important and may be as or even more important than ingestion under some circumstances.The evidence that inhalation of PCBs may cause cancer, heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes is reviewed and presented in this report.PCBs are known human carcinogens. A husband and wife, occupationally required to ‘smell’ PCB-containing oils, both developed thyroid cancer, malignant melanoma/severely melanocytic dysplastic nevus (a precursor to malignant melanoma) and the husband, a non-smoker, developed and died of lung cancer. The serum of both had highly elevated concentrations of lower chlorinated, volatile PCB congeners. In other studies, residents living near PCB-containing hazardous waste sites, and thus breathing PCB-contaminated air, have elevated rates of hospitalization for cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes and reduced cognitive performance, whereas other studies in defined populations show that there is an elevated risk of all of these diseases in individuals with elevated serum PCBs.These results are consistent with the conclusion that inhaled PCBs can increase risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes and reduce cognitive function.

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Volatilization of polychlorinated biphenyls from sediment during drying at ambient conditions

Cited by 41 publications

References 23 publications

Low birth weight and residential proximity to PCB-contaminated waste sites.

Low birth weight and residential proximity to PCB-contaminated waste sites.

Do Large-Scale Remedial and Dredging Events Have the Potential to Release Significant Amounts of Semivolatile Compounds to the Atmosphere?

Exposure to and health effects of volatile PCBs

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