Atmospheric occurrence and health risks of PCDD/Fs, polychlorinated biphenyls, and polychlorinated naphthalenes by air inhalation in metallurgical plants
Atmospheric occurrence and health risks of PCDD/Fs, polychlorinated biphenyls, and polychlorinated naphthalenes by air inhalation in metallurgical plants
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冶金厂空气吸入PCDD/Fs、多氯联苯和多氯萘的大气存在及健康风险
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.071
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发表时间:
2017
影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
Xu Yang
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文献类型:
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作者:
Yang Lili;Liu Guorui;Zheng Minghui;Jin Rong;Zhu Qingqing;Zhao Yuyang;Zhang Xian;Xu Yang
Metallurgical plants are important sources of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs). It is significant to evaluate the air levels and human risks of PCDD/Fs, PCBs and PCNs in metallurgical plants considering their adverse effects on human health and thousands of metallurgical plants being in operation in China. The estimated inhalation intakes of PCDD/Fs, PCBs, and PCNs together in eight iron ore sintering plants, three secondary copper plants, four secondary aluminum plants, and one secondary lead plant were 4.9–213.4, 21.4–4026.4, 28.7–630, and 11.7 fg TEQ kg− 1day− 1, respectively, and the corresponding cancer risks were estimated to be 8.7 × 10− 7to 3.8 × 10− 5, 5.1 × 10− 6to 1.1 × 10− 4, 3.8 × 10− 6to 7.1 × 10− 4, and 2.1 × 10− 6, respectively. The estimated cancer risk were higher than 100 per million people for three secondary aluminum and copper smelters among the sixteen metallurgical plants, indicating high cancer risks. Stack gas samples from metallurgical plants were also collected and analyzed for comparing their emission profiles with that of air samples. The comparison of PCDD/F, PCB and PCN profiles between air samples and stack gas samples by similarity calculation and principal component analysis suggested the influence of stack gas emissions from metallurgical plants on surrounding air. These results are helpful for understanding the exposure risk to PCDD/Fs, PCBs and PCNs in numerous metallurgical plants being operation in China.