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Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

Ecotoxicol.Environ.Saf.

Jun

104

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CI: Copyright (c) 2014; JID: 7805381; 0 (Air Pollutants); 0 (Benzene Derivatives); 0 (Dust); 0 (Environmental Pollutants); 0 (Pesticides); 0 (Soil); 0 (Xylenes); 059QF0KO0R (Water); 3FPU23BG52 (Toluene); J64922108F (Benzene); L5I45M5G0O (ethylbenzene); OT

United States

1090-2414; 0147-6513

PMID: 24736026

eng

Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; IM

10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.01.035 [doi]

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24736026

The contamination status and health risks of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX) in air, soil, dust and groundwater were evaluated in a pesticide chemical region located in Hebei province, China. The concentrations of BTEX in air ranged from 7.80 to 238ug/m(3) and those in soil and dust ranged from lower than limit of detection (LOD) to 32,360ng/g dw, and those in groundwater varied from 2.68 to 98.6ug/L. Generally, the levels of BTEX in multimedia matrixes were all below the standards established in China. Health risk assessment was performed based on the monitoring data via inhalation, dermal contact and ingestion pathways and hazard quotient (HQ) was calculated to be on the order of 10(-7), below 10(-6), and Hazard index (HI) levels of BTEX were lower than 1.0. However, both HQ and HI ascended with an increase in work experience/exposure. Integrated risk management was proposed to eliminate BTEX pollution and to protect occupational health of workers in those industries.

Elsevier Inc

Wang,T., Bo,P., Bing,T., Zhaoyun,Z., Liyu,D., Yonglong,L.

State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China. Electronic address: wangty@rcees.ac.cn.; State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research C

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2014