| Title: | "Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations in soils of greenhouses located in Aksu Antalya, Turkey" |
| Address: | "Department of Environmental Engineering, Akdeniz University, 07058 Antalya, Turkey E-mail: gdogan@akdeniz.edu.tr" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0273-1223 (Print) 0273-1223 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are hydrophobic organic compounds that are generally absorbed on organic fraction of soils. It is known that some PAHs, which can pass to air, soil, water and food as a result of natural or anthropogenic processes, have carcinogenic, toxic and mutagenic effects on humans and animals. One of the important steps that is identified in the transition takes place during agricultural production. Greenhouses are commonly used as a type of agricultural production especially during the winter season in mid and temperate climates. Greenhouse cultivation is abundant in Antalya Aksu Region in Turkey. Two sampling campaigns (autumn and winter) were carried out to sample the soils in 53 glass and polyethylene covered greenhouses. The samples were analysed with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) for 16 PAHs. The result showed that four ring PAHs were dominant in the region. In the winter season, PAHs concentrations increase because of low volatility of motor vehicle exhaust related PAHs in the atmosphere and of coal and wood combustion emissions used in the heating of greenhouses and surrounding village houses. The cross plots of diagnostic ratios also confirmed coal and wood combustion and traffic emissions in the region" |
| Keywords: | China Coal Environmental Monitoring Humans *Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Risk Assessment Soil *Soil Pollutants Turkey; |
| Notes: | "MedlineOlgun, Bihter Dogan, Guray eng England 2020/04/26 Water Sci Technol. 2020 Jan; 81(2):283-292. doi: 10.2166/wst.2020.114" |
