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Levels,Sources, and Toxic Potential of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Urban Soil of Delhi,India
Authors:D P Singh  Ranu Gadi  T K Mandal
Institution:1. Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, GGS Indraprastha University , Delhi , India;2. National Physical Laboratory , New Delhi , India
Abstract:This study was done to determine the concentration of PAHs in urban soil of Delhi (India). Surface top soil (up to 10 cm depth) samples were collected from four different sampling sites including industrial, roadside, residential, and agricultural areas of Delhi and 16 USEPA priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were evaluated. Total PAH concentrations at industrial, roadside, residential, and agricultural sites were 11.46 ± 8.39, 6.96 ± 4.82, 2.12 ± 1.12, and 1.55 ± 1.07 mg/kg (dry weight), respectively, with 3–7 times greater concentrations in industrial and roadside soils than that in residential and agricultural soils. The PAH pattern was dominated by 4- and 5-ring PAHs (contributing >50% to the total PAHs) at industrial and roadside sites with greater concentration of fluoranthene, chrysene, benzob]fluoranthene, benzok]fluoranthene, benzoa]anthracene, benzoghi]perylene, and pyrene, whereas, residential and agricultural sites showed a predominance of low molecular weight 2- and 3-ring PAHs (fluoranthene, acenaphthene, naphthalene, chrysene, and anthracene). Isomeric pair ratios suggested biomass combustion and fossil fuel emissions as the main sources of PAHs. The toxic equivalency factors (TEFs) showed that carcinogenic potency (benzoa]pyrene-equivalent concentration (Ba]Peq) of PAH load in industrial and roadside soils was ~10 and ~6 times greater than the agricultural soil.
Keywords:PAHs  urban soils  PAH profile  Isomeric pair ratio  B[a]Peq    vehicular emissions
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