Passive sampler derived polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in indoor and outdoor air in Bursa, Turkey: Levels and an assessment of human exposure via inhalation

dc.authorid0000-0001-6737-3475en_US
dc.contributor.authorSari, Mehmet Ferhat
dc.contributor.authorEsen, Fatma
dc.contributor.authorDel Aguila, Daniel Alejandro Cordova
dc.contributor.authorKurt Karakuş, Perihan Binnur
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-20T20:09:27Z
dc.date.available2021-03-20T20:09:27Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentBTÜ, Mühendislik ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi, Çevre Mühendisliği Bölümüen_US
dc.description.abstractAlthough polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were banned several years ago, they can still be measured in the environment, especially in indoors, where their concentrations tend to be higher than outdoors in some cases. The current study reports the results of a study conducted to determine concentrations of a total of 40 PCBs congeners in the living rooms and kitchens of eight different houses, and in the outdoor air of three houses during summer and autumn in Bursa in 2014. The province of Bursa, having eighteen of organized industrial zones, indoor air pollution is of great importance. The average concentration of Sigma(40)PCBs in living rooms and the kitchen were 604 +/- 210 pg/m(3) and 639 +/- 2514 pg/m(3) during summer, respectively; while concentrations in autumn were 362 +/- 167 pg/m(3) and 309 +/- 93 pg/m(3), respectively. The average Sigma(40)PCBs outdoor concentrations were 303 +/- 183 pg/m(3) and 41 +/- 23 pg/m(3) for summer and autumn, respectively. The Sigma(40)PCBs concentrations in summer were almost two times higher than in autumn for indoor environment. The predominant PCB homologs in indoor samples were penta- (40%), tetra- (23%) and tri-CBs (17%) while they were penta- (37%) and tetra-CBs (22%) for outdoor samples. The results of the study indicated the presence of intentionally and unintentionally produced PCBs. The I/O ratios suggested the indoor sites as the most important PCBs source than outdoor sites. Finally, the measured PCB concentrations did not represent a cancer risk for human health for exposure via inhalation in all sampling points.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific and Technologic Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)Turkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (TUBITAK) [113Y580]; Commission of Scientific Research Projects of the Bursa Uludag University [OUAP (MH) 2014/22]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by The Scientific and Technologic Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) (Project Number: 113Y580) and The Commission of Scientific Research Projects of the Bursa Uludag University (Project Number: OUAP (MH) 2014/22). We would like to thank MSc. Gizem Kayikci for her help during the sampling section.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.apr.2020.03.001en_US
dc.identifier.endpage80en_US
dc.identifier.issn1309-1042
dc.identifier.issue6en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage71en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2020.03.001
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12885/421
dc.identifier.volume11en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000532726800008en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.institutionauthorKurt Karakuş, Perihan Binnur
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTurkish Natl Committee Air Pollution Res & Control-Tuncapen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAtmospheric Pollution Researchen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectIndoor airen_US
dc.subjectOutdoor airen_US
dc.subjectPCBsen_US
dc.subjectHealth effecten_US
dc.subjectSources identificationen_US
dc.subjectAir qualityen_US
dc.titlePassive sampler derived polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in indoor and outdoor air in Bursa, Turkey: Levels and an assessment of human exposure via inhalationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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