title: Emissions of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to air from waste incinerators and high thermal processes in India.
abstract: This study investigated dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls in gasses emitted from waste incinerators and thermal processes in central and western parts of India. The concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDDs/DFs) ranged from 0.0070 to 26.8140 ng toxicity equivalent (TEQ)/Nm(3), and those of dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) ranged from 0.0001 × 10(-1) to 0.0295 ng TEQ/Nm(3). The characteristics of mean PCDD/F I-TEQ concentration and congener profiles were studied over all the samples of air. In particular, a pattern consisting of a low proportion of dioxin-like PCBs and high proportion of PCDDs/DFs was common for all the samples from incinerators and high-temperature processes.
authors.affiliation: National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nehru Marg, Nagpur 440020, India. np_thacker@neeri.res.in
authors.forename: Neeta
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Thacker
authors.forename: Javed
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sheikh
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Tamane
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhanarkar
authors.forename: Deepanjan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Majumdar
authors.forename: Kanchan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Chatrapati
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chavhan
authors.forename: Jitendra
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Trivedi
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D017745:Incineration; D007194:India; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis*; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D001572:Benzofurans; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; C023614:dibenzofuran; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls