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Occurrence, distribution, sources and toxic potential of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface soils from the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana
| Title: | Occurrence, distribution, sources and toxic potential of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface soils from the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana |
| Authors: | Bortey-Sam, Nesta Browse this author | | Ikenaka, Yoshinori Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Nakayama, Shouta M. M. Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Akoto, Osei Browse this author | | Yohannes, Yared Beyene Browse this author | | Baidoo, Elvis Browse this author | | Mizukawa, Hazuki Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Ishizuka, Mayumi Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Keywords: | Surface soil | | Kumasi | | PAHs | | Chemical mass balance | | Diagnostic ratio |
| Issue Date: | 15-Oct-2014 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Journal Title: | Science of The Total Environment |
| Volume: | 496 |
| Start Page: | 471 |
| End Page: | 478 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.07.071 |
| PMID: | 25108249 |
| Abstract: | As a developing country, the economic and population growth rates in Ghana over the past few years have seen a tremendous increase. The growing rate of industrialization is gradually leading to contamination and deterioration of the environment and pollution is likely to reach disturbing levels. Surface soil samples were collected randomly from 36 communities in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana, to determine the concentrations, distribution, sources and toxic potential of emission of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) since no such comprehensive study had been conducted. The mean concentration of total PAHs in the surface soils in each community ranged from 14.78 at Ahinsan to 2084 ng/g dry weight at Adum with an average of 442.5 +/- 527.2 ng/g dry weight. Diagnostic ratios and chemical mass balance models of the results showed that PAHs in surface soil samples from the study area were mainly from fuel combustion. Carcinogenic potency of PAH load from the city centre was approximately 150 times higher as compared to a pristine site, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology's Botanical Garden. BaP, a human carcinogen, contributed 70% of the total PAHs toxicity level from the city centre of Kumasi. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
| Type: | article (author version) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/57346 |
| Appears in Collections: | 獣医学院・獣医学研究院 (Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine / Faculty of Veterinary Medicine) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 石塚 真由美
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