Sources, Toxicity, Potential Cancer Risk Assessment and Analytical Methods for Monitoring of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Pollution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) has drawn much attention around the world. Recent years have seen an upsurge of interest in developing low cost and reliable methods for the detection and precise determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), because of their carcinogenicity and toxicity. A comprehensive review focusing on sources, accumulation and toxicity of Polycyclic Aromatic hydrocarbons is presented. The review also highlights the current best practices for analysis of PAHs and discus in details the potential cancer risk assessment of Human risk exposure to PAH via three pathways. There is an increased need for laboratories in developing countries to determine such class of chemicals. A major focus revealed the need for low cost method that can be easily implemented such as Dispersive liquid–liquid micro-extraction.

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Seasonal occurrence and cancer risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in street dust from the Novi Sad city, Serbia

The Science of The Total Environment ◽

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.442 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 647 ◽

pp. 191-203 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Biljana Škrbić ◽

Nataša Đurišić-Mladenović ◽

Jelena Živančev ◽

Đorđe Tadić

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽

Cancer Risk ◽

Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽

Street Dust ◽

Seasonal Occurrence ◽

Cancer Risk Assessment ◽

Polycyclic Aromatic ◽

Novi Sad

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Cancer risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the soil and sediments of Iran: a systematic review study

Reviews on Environmental Health ◽

10.1515/reveh-2021-0080 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Roshanak Rezaei Kalantary ◽

Neamatollah Jaafarzadeh ◽

Mohammad Rezvani Ghalhari ◽

Mohsen Hesami Arani

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽

Cancer Risk ◽

Human Health ◽

Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽

Dermal Exposure ◽

Carcinogenic Risk ◽

Cancer Risk Assessment ◽

Accidental Exposure ◽

Polycyclic Aromatic

Abstract Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are organic pollutants containing several hydrocarbon rings affecting human health according to the published monitoring data. Most of these compounds can be absorbed by the soil and sediments due to the abundance of production resources of these compounds in the soil around the cities and sediments of the Iranian coast. Cancer risk assessment (CRA) is one of the most effective methods for quantifying the potentially harmful effects of PAHs on human health. In this study, the published papers that monitored PAHs in Iran’s soil and sediments were reviewed. The extraction of different data and their equivalent factors were performed according to BaP equivalent, which is the main factor for calculating CRA of PAHs. The highest concentrations of PAHs were found in the sediments of Assaluyeh industrial zones (14,844 μg/kg), Khormousi region (1874.7 μg/kg), and Shadegan wetland (1749.5 μg/kg), respectively. Dermal exposure to sediments was 96% in adults, and 4% in children, and ingestion exposure to sediment was 99% in adults and 99.2% in children. Children dermal exposure to soil was 53%, and the accidental exposure to soil was 47%. In adults, dermal exposure to soil was 96% and the accidental exposure was 4%. The results of the present study indicated a significant, the carcinogenic risk of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in sediments of southern regions and soils of central regions of Iran is significant.

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