Getting a better overview of a highly PAH contaminated soil: A non-targeted approach assessing the real environmental contamination
| Autor: | Ruoji Luo, Wolfgang Schrader |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Environmental Engineering
Non targeted Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Contamination Pollution Soil contamination Anthropogenic pollution Soil Ultrahigh resolution Environmental risk Environmental chemistry Soil water Environmental Chemistry Environmental science Soil Pollutants Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Routine analysis Environmental Pollution Waste Management and Disposal Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Journal of hazardous materials. 418 |
| ISSN: | 1873-3336 |
| Popis: | Over the last 40 years, soils contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) were monitored according to a list of 16 PAH, established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This, however, is underestimating the danger to the environment and humanity because other high molecular weight PAHs, heterocycles (PAXH, X = N, O, S) and alkylated derivatives can also occur at the contaminated site. Here, a new non-targeted approach of highly contaminated soil (64.5 ± 9.5 g kg−1 solvent extractable organics from the German Ruhrgebiet) is introduced, where ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry is combined with multiple ionization methods to get a better overview of anthropogenic contamination at a former industrial site. In total, 21,958 elemental compositions were assigned for positive and negative mode measurements. The approach is strongly increasing the amount of data that can be obtained from a single contaminated soil, making an assessment of the real environmental risk possible. In addition to highly aromatized and (alkylated) high molecular weight PAH, other PAXH especially basic and neutral PANH with very high aromaticity were also detected. This shows that while regulations and routine analysis are still stuck in the 1960 s, modern analytical methods are present in the 21st century. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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