Semi-volatile organic compounds were monitored over a whole year, by collection of gas and particle phases every sixth day at a suburban site in Izmir, Turkey. Annual mean concentrations of 32 polychlorinated biphenyls (∑32PCBs) and 14 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (∑14PAHs) were 348 pg/m(3) and 36 ng/m(3), respectively, while it was 273 pg/m(3) for endosulfan, the dominant compound among 23 organochlorine pesticides (OCPs). Monte Carlo simulation was applied to the USEPA exposure-risk models for the estimation of the population exposure and carcinogenic risk probability distributions for heating and non-heating periods. The estimated population risks associated with dermal contact and inhalation routes to ∑32PCBs, ∑14PAHs, and some of the targeted OCPs (α-hexachlorocyclohexane (α-HCH), β-hexachlorocyclohexane (β-HCH), heptachlor, heptachlor epoxide, α-chlordane (α-CHL), γ-chlordane (γ-CHL), and p,p'-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (p,p'-DDT)) were in the ranges of 1.86 × 10(-16)-7.29 × 10(-9) and 1.38 × 10(-10)-4.07 × 10(-6), respectively. The inhalation 95th percentile risks for ∑32PCBs, ∑14PAHs, and OCPs were about 6, 3, and 4-7 orders of magnitude higher than those of dermal route, respectively. The 95th percentile inhalation risk for ∑32PCBs and OCPs in the non-heating period were 1.8- and 1.2-4.6 folds higher than in the heating period, respectively. In contrast, the 95th percentile risk levels for ∑14PAHs in the heating period were 4.3 times greater than that of non-heating period for inhalation, respectively. While risk levels associated with exposure to PCBs and OCPs did not exceed the acceptable level of 1 × 10(-6), it was exceeded for 47 % of the population associated with inhalation of PAHs with a maximum value of about 4 × 10(-6).
- MeSH
- Chlordan analysis MeSH
- Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated analysis MeSH
- DDT analysis MeSH
- Endosulfan analysis MeSH
- Heptachlor analysis MeSH
- Hexachlorocyclohexane analysis MeSH
- Carcinogens, Environmental analysis MeSH
- Air Pollutants analysis MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Environmental Monitoring * MeSH
- Pesticides analysis MeSH
- Polychlorinated Biphenyls analysis MeSH
- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons analysis MeSH
- Seasons * MeSH
- Check Tag
- Humans MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Geographicals
- Turkey MeSH
Concise international chemical assessment document, ISSN 1020-6167 70
v, 74 s. : tab. ; 30 cm
- Conspectus
- Chemie. Mineralogické vědy
- NML Fields
- chemie, klinická chemie
- environmentální vědy
- pracovní lékařství
- NML Publication type
- publikace WHO
Health and Safety Guide, ISSN 0259-7268 No. 14
35 s. : tab., lit.
- Conspectus
- Chemie. Mineralogické vědy
- NML Fields
- chemie, klinická chemie
- toxikologie
- NML Publication type
- publikace WHO
Environmental health criteria ; Vol. 38
81 s. : il.
- Conspectus
- Hygiena. Lidské zdraví
- NML Fields
- environmentální vědy
- environmentální vědy
- NML Publication type
- publikace WHO
- MeSH
- Heptachlor isolation & purification MeSH
- Meat analysis MeSH
- Food Technology MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Animals MeSH
