Persistent organic pollutants in atimospheric deposition and biomonitoring with Tillandsia usneoides (L.) in an industrialized area in Rio de Janeiro state, southeast Brazil -: Part II:: PCB and PAH

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作者
de Souza Pereira, Marcia [1 ]
Heitmann, Dieter
Reifenhauser, Werner
Meire, Rodrigo Ornellas
Santos, Luciana Silva
Torres, Joao Paulo M.
Malm, Olaf
Koerner, Wolfgang
机构
[1] UFRJ, CCS, Inst Biofis Carlos Chagas Filho, Lab Radioisotopos, BR-21941900 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
[2] Bavarian Environm Protect Agcy, D-86179 Augsburg, Germany
关键词
indicator PCB; dioxin-like PCB; PAH; ambient air; Tillandsia usneoides (L.); steel production;
D O I
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.05.141
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Monitoring of immission of persistent organic pollutants in the industrialized area of Volta Redonda (V.R.) and in the National Park of Itatiaia (PNI) in southeast Brazil was performed using an endemic bromeliad species as biomonitor and measuring bulk deposition rates of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). For the sum of PCB, overall deposition rates were between 17 and 314 ng/(m(2) day) in winter and between 43 and 81 ng/(m(2) day) in summer, respectively. Deposition rates of dioxin-like PCBs ranged from 0.14 to 2.8 pg WHO-TEQ/(m(2) day) in winter and from 0.90 to 4.3 pg WHO-TEQ/(m(2) day) in summer. PCB deposition rates (total PCB and WHO-TEQ) were in the same range in winter in VR. and PNI. In summer, contamination levels in V.R. were 6-10-folds higher than in PNI. PCB concentrations in biomonitor samples from VR. and PNI were in the same range in summer and in winter. Concentrations of total PCB ranged from 14 to 95 mu g/kg dry matter (d.m.) in winter and from 18 to 27 pg/kg d.m. in summer, respectively. The TEQ values were between 1.7 and 4.1 ng WHO-TEQ/kg d.m. in winter and between 1.9 and 2.9 ng WHO-TEQ/kg d.m. in summer. PCB concentrations of di-ortho PCB but not of non-ortho PCB were a factor of 2-4 lower in summer in both areas. PCB congener profiles resembled those from technical formulations. The profiles shifted to the higher chlorinated congeners in summer, probable due to revolatilisation of the lighter components at higher temperatures. PCB profiles in biomonitor resembled those from deposition samples and the shift to the heavier congeners in summer was even more pronounced. PAH deposition rates were in a similar range in both areas (131-2415 ng/(m(2) day)). PAH levels in biomonitor samples from VR. were about one order of magnitude higher than in samples from PNI indicating the impact of local sources. PAH profiles revealed stationary thermal processes as main source of contamination in V.R. whereas in PNI, biomass burning seems to be the main contamination source. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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