Comprehensive review of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water sources, their effects and treatments

Mojiri, A; Zhou, JL; Ohashi, A; Ozaki, N; Kindaichi, T

Comprehensive review of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water sources, their effects and treatments

Mojiri, A Zhou, JL

Ohashi, A Ozaki, N Kindaichi, T

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Citation:: Science of the Total Environment, 2019, 696
Issue Date:: 2019-12-15

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dc.contributor.author	Mojiri, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Zhou, JL https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1393-1608	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ohashi, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ozaki, N	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kindaichi, T	en_US
dc.date.available	2021-08-24T19:00:42Z
dc.date.issued	2019-12-15	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Science of the Total Environment, 2019, 696	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0048-9697	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/135662
dc.description.abstract	© 2019 Elsevier B.V. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are principally derived from the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels. This study investigated the occurrence of PAHs in aquatic environments around the world, their effects on the environment and humans, and methods for their removal. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons have a great negative impact on the humans and environment, and can even cause cancer in humans. Use of good methods and equipment are essential to monitoring PAHs, and GC/MS and HPLC are usually used for their analysis in aqueous solutions. In aquatic environments, the PAHs concentrations range widely from 0.03 ng/L (seawater; Southeastern Japan Sea, Japan) to 8,310,000 ng/L (Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plant, Siloam, South Africa). Moreover, bioaccumulation of ∑16PAHs in fish has been reported to range from 11.2 ng/L (Cynoscion guatucupa, South Africa) to 4207.5 ng/L (Saurida undosquamis, Egypt). Several biological, physical and chemical and biological techniques have been reported to treat water contaminated by PAHs, but adsorption and combined treatment methods have shown better removal performance, with some methods removing up to 99.99% of PAHs.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Science of the Total Environment	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133971	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Sciences	en_US
dc.title	Comprehensive review of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water sources, their effects and treatments	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	696	en_US
utslib.for	0904 Chemical Engineering	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CTWW - Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater Treatment
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pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
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© 2019 Elsevier B.V. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are principally derived from the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels. This study investigated the occurrence of PAHs in aquatic environments around the world, their effects on the environment and humans, and methods for their removal. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons have a great negative impact on the humans and environment, and can even cause cancer in humans. Use of good methods and equipment are essential to monitoring PAHs, and GC/MS and HPLC are usually used for their analysis in aqueous solutions. In aquatic environments, the PAHs concentrations range widely from 0.03 ng/L (seawater; Southeastern Japan Sea, Japan) to 8,310,000 ng/L (Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plant, Siloam, South Africa). Moreover, bioaccumulation of ∑16PAHs in fish has been reported to range from 11.2 ng/L (Cynoscion guatucupa, South Africa) to 4207.5 ng/L (Saurida undosquamis, Egypt). Several biological, physical and chemical and biological techniques have been reported to treat water contaminated by PAHs, but adsorption and combined treatment methods have shown better removal performance, with some methods removing up to 99.99% of PAHs.

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