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Health Risk Assessment of Inhalation Exposure to Airborne Particle-Bound Nitrated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Urban and Suburban Areas of South China

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  • Peng Gao

    (Institute of Architecture and Engineering, Guangzhou Panyu Polytechnic, Guangzhou 511483, China)

  • Feng Deng

    (Institute of Architecture and Engineering, Guangzhou Panyu Polytechnic, Guangzhou 511483, China)

  • Wei-Shan Chen

    (Institute of Architecture and Engineering, Guangzhou Panyu Polytechnic, Guangzhou 511483, China)

  • Yi-Jia Zhong

    (Institute of Architecture and Engineering, Guangzhou Panyu Polytechnic, Guangzhou 511483, China)

  • Xiao-Lu Cai

    (Institute of Architecture and Engineering, Guangzhou Panyu Polytechnic, Guangzhou 511483, China)

  • Wen-Min Ma

    (Tianjin Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environment, School of Geographic and Environmental Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China)

  • Jian Hu

    (Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China)

  • Shu-Ran Feng

    (School of Business, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hongkong 999077, China)

Abstract

Airborne particulates (PM 2.5 and TSP) were collected from outdoor and indoor areas at urban (Haizhu District) and suburban (Huadu District) sites from 2019 to 2020 in Guangzhou. Three nitro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (nitro-PAHs) in the airborne particulates were identified by a gas chromatograph equipped with a triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer. In the Haizhu District and Huadu District, the nitro-PAH concentrations in PM 2.5 and TSP did not show a significant decrease from winter to summer. From 2019 to 2020, the difference in the average concentration of nitro-PAHs in PM 2.5 and TSP in Guangzhou was relatively low and had no statistical significance. The diagnostic ratios of 2-nitrofluorene (2-NF)/1-nitropyrene (1-NP) in TSP are less than five, while for 2-NF/1-NP in outdoor PM 2.5 in the summer of 2019 and 2020 are more than five, which indicates that nitro-PAHs in the atmospheric PM 2.5 in Guangzhou during summer mainly originated from the secondary formation of atmospheric photochemical reactions between parent PAHs and oxidants (·OH, NO 3 , and O 3 ). 9-Nitroanthracene (9-NT) made the most significant contribution to the total nitro-PAH concentration. The incremental lifetime cancer risks (ILCRs) of nitro-PAHs in PM 2.5 and TSP by inhalation exposure indicated low potential health risks in the urban-suburban of Guangzhou.

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  • Peng Gao & Feng Deng & Wei-Shan Chen & Yi-Jia Zhong & Xiao-Lu Cai & Wen-Min Ma & Jian Hu & Shu-Ran Feng, 2022. "Health Risk Assessment of Inhalation Exposure to Airborne Particle-Bound Nitrated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Urban and Suburban Areas of South China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(23), pages 1-13, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:23:p:15536-:d:981539
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