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Sci Total Environ

Title:		"Distribution of VOCs in urban and rural atmospheres of subtropical India: Temporal variation, source attribution, ratios, OFP and risk assessment"
Author(s):		Kumar A; Singh D; Kumar K; Singh BB; Jain VK;
Address:		"Environment Science and Biomedical Metrology Division, CSIR-NPL, New Delhi, India; School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Electronic address: amit.sagarjnu2@gmail.com. School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Electronic address: deepaksingh1947@gmail.com. School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Dyal Singh College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India"
Journal Title:		Sci Total Environ
Year:		2018
Volume:		20170926
Issue:
Page Number:		492 - 501
DOI:		10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.096
ISSN/ISBN:		1879-1026 (Electronic) 0048-9697 (Linking)
Abstract:		"This paper reports the first study which comprises the seasonal, diurnal variability, source characterization, ozone forming potential and risk assessment of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at three sites (two urban and one rural) in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, India. The study was performed during three seasons of the year 2013-14 and two different categories of VOCs (aromatics and halogenated) have been selected. The study used the sampling and analytical procedures of NIOSH methods. Results showed that the mean concentration of sum of VOCs ( summation operatorVOC) is significantly higher at urban sites (110.0 and 137.4mug/m(3) for JN and CP, respectively) as compared to the rural site, DP (56.5mug/m(3)). The contribution of individual to total VOC concentrations is noticed to be very similar at all the three sites. Most of the VOCs are observed to be significantly higher in winter followed by summer and autumn. Diurnal cycles of aromatic VOCs are highly influenced by the vehicular traffic and photochemical oxidations which showed higher and lower levels during morning/evening and daytime, respectively. Diagnostic ratios of the toluene/benzene (ranged from 0.65 to 13.9) infers the vehicular traffic might be the main contributing source in the urban sites while xylene/benzene ratio (ranged from 0.7 to 2.8) confirms the VOCs are transported to rural site from the nearby urban areas. Correlation and factor analysis suggested the sources are group of different species (traffic emissions, solvent usage and industrial) rather than single gas. The analysis of reactivity in terms of Prop-Equiv concentrations and ozone forming potential indicated that m/p-xylene and toluene are the main VOC contributing to the total ozone formation in urban and rural sites, respectively. Hazard ratios and lifetime cancer risk values exceeded the permissible standards established by USEPA and WHO suggests that the people are at significant risk"
Keywords:		Air Pollutants/*analysis *Atmosphere *Environmental Monitoring Humans India Risk Assessment *Seasons Volatile Organic Compounds/*analysis Diagnostic ratios Ozone forming potential Rural Urban VOCs;
Notes:		"MedlineKumar, Amit Singh, Deepak Kumar, Krishan Singh, Braj Bihari Jain, Vinod Kumar eng Netherlands 2017/09/18 Sci Total Environ. 2018 Feb 1; 613-614:492-501. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.096. Epub 2017 Sep 26"