| Title: | Exposure to volatile organic compounds in an ethanol and gasoline service station |
| Author(s): | de Oliveira KM; Martins EM; Arbilla G; Gatti LV; |
| Address: | "Physical Chemistry Department, Fluminense Federal University, Institute of Chemistry, Outeiro de Sao Joao Batista, Niteroi 24020-150 RJ, Brazil" |
| Journal Title: | Bull Environ Contam Toxicol |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00128-007-9181-z |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0007-4861 (Print) 0007-4861 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The present study was conducted to determine the VOCs concentrations in a service station located in a residential and commercial area in the city of Rio de Janeiro. This is, to our knowledge, the first published determination in Brazil, where both ethanol and ethanol-blended gasoline are used. Electro polished, stainless steel, evacuated canisters were used for sampling. The analysis was performed by gaschromatography with flame ionization detection (CG-FID) and by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (CG-MS). A total of 80 and 56 compounds were determined in samples collected at the service station and control location, respectively. The most abundant compounds at the service station were in order of decreasing concentration (units: microg m(-3)): 2-methylbutane (1,715.7), 2-methylbut-1-ene (1,043.2), isobutene (758.8), 2-methylprop-1-ene (703.7), 2-methylpentane (492.1), pentadi-1,3-ene (189.7), toluene (157.0), benzene (144.5), but-2-ene (126.3) and m,p-xylene (123.2). A mean concentration of 144.5 microg m(-3) was determined for benzene, this value is about ten times the concentration determined in the control location in this work and about 70 times the value determined in other locations of Rio de Janeiro using charcoal cartridges for the sampling. The mean benzene/toluene ratios are 0.92 and 0.31 in the service station and control location, respectively. Since in Brazil service station workers are employed to fill customer's cars (self-service is not commonly used) the possible risk of cancer of these workers should be evaluated in a future study" |
| Keywords: | "Air Pollutants, Occupational/*analysis Automobiles Brazil Cities Environmental Monitoring Ethanol/*analysis Gasoline/*analysis Hydrocarbons/*analysis Inhalation Exposure/analysis Occupational Exposure/*analysis Volatilization;" |
| Notes: | "Medlinede Oliveira, K M P G Martins, E M Arbilla, G Gatti, L V eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2007/07/20 Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2007 Aug; 79(2):237-41. doi: 10.1007/s00128-007-9181-z. Epub 2007 Jul 17" |
