Contamination, Sources, and Health Risks Associated with Soil PAHs in Rebuilt Land from a Coking Plant, Beijing, China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

卷:16

Dan Zhang¹  Yi Zhu²  Liqin Yin²  Jing Yuan²  Wei Cao²  Junfeng Dou²  Yingying Wang² 

[1] Beijing Municipal Research Institute of Environmental Protection, National Engineering Research Center of Urban Environmental Pollution Control, Beijing Key Laboratory for risk modeling and remediation of contaminated sites, Beijing 100037, China;

[2] College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;

关键词: Coking plant;    PAHs;    residential land;    incremental lifetime cancer risks;    health risks assessment;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph16040670

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This study investigated the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) pollution in the reconstructed land of an abandoned industrial site: a coking plant in Beijing. To meet the needs of urban development, many factories have had to be relocated from city centers, and abandoned industrial sites often need to be transformed into residential land or urban green space through a series of restoration measures. It is necessary to study the level of residual pollutants and potential risks associated with industrial reconstructed land. The concentration of 16 PAHs in the study area ranged from 314.7 to 1618.3 µg/kg, and the average concentration was still at a medium pollution level; the concentration of PAHs in the original coking workshop had the highest levels (1350.5 µg/kg). The PAHs in the soil were mainly low-ring aromatics, especially naphthalene and phenanthrene. The isomer method and principal component analysis indicated that PAHs in the topsoil were the result of coal and biomass combustion. The seven carcinogenic PAHs were the main contributors to the total toxicity equivalence. The genetic toxicity of benzo[a]pyrene was relatively low, and the results were related to the concentration level. There were potential carcinogenic risks for people of varying ages in this residential area. In total, gender differences were small, and the comprehensive lifetime cancer risk level was still acceptable. For the remaining plots at the study site, the daily intake of PAHs by construction workers was between 0.74⁻2.31 ng/kg bw/day, which requires further evaluation about ignored area occupational exposure to environmental pollutants.

【 授权许可】

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