PMID- 23973539
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140630
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1879-1026 (Electronic)
IS  - 0048-9697 (Linking)
VI  - 466-467
DP  - 2014 Jan 1
TI  - Seasonal surveillance of airborne PCDD/Fs, PCBs and PCNs using passive samplers 
      to assess human health risks.
PG  - 733-40
LID - S0048-9697(13)00908-X [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.124 [doi]
AB  - This study aimed at determining the air concentrations of polychlorinated 
      dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) 
      and polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) near a municipal solid waste incinerator 
      (MSWI) in Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain) by means of passive air sampling. Seasonal 
      trends in airborne levels were also assessed by comparing the results of 6-month 
      surveys conducted between spring of 2010 and autumn of 2011. These data were used 
      to estimate exposure for the population living nearby and to evaluate the 
      non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risks associated to inhalation of those 
      persistent organic pollutants (POPs). No seasonal differences were noted in POP 
      concentrations among the sampling campaigns. The highest levels of PCDD/Fs were 
      found in the 3rd campaign, while significantly lower levels of PCNs were found in 
      the 4th survey. The concentrations of PCDD/F and PCB congeners, as well as those 
      of PCN homologues, did not change significantly with time, which indicates that 
      the MSWI does not have an important influence on the surrounding environment. The 
      levels of POPs near the facility are at the lower part of the range, when 
      compared with data from the scientific literature. Consequently, the current 
      levels of POPs in ambient air around the MSWI are associated to a low human 
      exposure to PCDD/Fs, PCBs and PCNs, which means a lack of additional health risks 
      for the local population. In addition, passive samplers have been confirmed to be 
      a good tool for local environmental monitoring, as well as a good method to study 
      seasonal trends in POP concentrations in air.
CI  - (c) 2013.
FAU - Vilavert, Lolita
AU  - Vilavert L
AD  - Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, IISPV, 
      Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenc 21, 43201 Reus, Catalonia, Spain.
FAU - Nadal, Marti
AU  - Nadal M
FAU - Schuhmacher, Marta
AU  - Schuhmacher M
FAU - Domingo, Jose Luis
AU  - Domingo JL
LA  - eng
PT  - Evaluation Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20130825
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Sci Total Environ
JT  - The Science of the total environment
JID - 0330500
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Benzofurans)
RN  - 0 (Dioxins)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Naphthalenes)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Air Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Benzofurans/*analysis
MH  - Cities
MH  - Dioxins/*analysis
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*methods
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/*analysis
MH  - Incineration
MH  - Naphthalenes/analysis
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis
MH  - Risk Assessment
MH  - Seasons
MH  - Spain
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Human health risks
OT  - Inhalation
OT  - Municipal solid waste incinerator
OT  - Passive air sampling (PAS)
OT  - Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
OT  - Polyurethane foam (PUF)
EDAT- 2013/08/27 06:00
MHDA- 2014/07/01 06:00
CRDT- 2013/08/27 06:00
PHST- 2013/06/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/07/30 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2013/07/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/08/27 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/08/27 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/07/01 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0048-9697(13)00908-X [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.124 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sci Total Environ. 2014 Jan 1;466-467:733-40. doi: 
      10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.124. Epub 2013 Aug 25.