title: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban soils of Beijing: status, sources, distribution and potential risk.
abstract: We studied the source, concentration, spatial distribution and health risk of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in urban soils of Beijing. The total mass concentration of 16 PAHs ranged from 93 to 13,141 μg kg(-1) with a mean of 1228 μg kg(-1). The contour map of soil PAH concentrations showed that the industrial zone, the historical Hutong district and the university district of Beijing have significantly higher concentrations than those in remainder of the city. The results of sources identification suggested that the primary sources of PAHs were vehicle exhaust and coal combustion and the secondary source was the atmospheric deposition of long-range transported PAHs. The incremental lifetime cancer risks (ILCRs) of exposing to PAHs in the urban soils of Beijing for adult were 1.77 × 10(-6) and 2.48 × 10(-5), respectively under normal and extreme conditions. For child, they were 8.87 × 10(-7) and 6.72 × 10(-6), respectively under normal and extreme conditions.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, PR China.
authors.forename: Chi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Weiping
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xiaolan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Meie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhiyun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ouyang
authors.forename: Wentao
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jiao
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003031:Coal; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D014505:Urban Population; D001335:Vehicle Emissions
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D003031:Coal; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D001335:Vehicle Emissions