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- Title
Seasonal Abundance of Particle-Phase Organic Pollutants in an Urban/Industrial Atmosphere.
- Authors
Di Filippo, Patrizia; Riccardi, Carmela; Pomata, Donatella; Gariazzo, Claudio; Buiarelli, Francesca
- Abstract
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); their derivatives nitro, and methyl-PAHs; n-alkanes; and organic acids were investigated in the aerosol samples collected during two field campaigns conducted at three sampling stations in an industrialized city in southern Italy. The main sources affecting the atmosphere and its toxicity were investigated by means of the diagnostic ratios of: specific particulate-phase PAHs, marker compounds among nitro-PAHs, alkanes, and acids, the dominant wind direction, daily and seasonal abundance of carcinogenic organic substances. The potential importance of the non-regulated pollutants to assess the air quality was confirmed; in fact the carcinogenic organic compounds showed to have scarce correlation with particulate matter (PM) concentration. An exceptionally high variability of toxic compounds at a daily scale was due to meteorological condition causing periods of extremely high pollution levels.
- Subjects
SOUTHERN Italy; POLYCYCLIC aromatic hydrocarbons; PARTICULATE matter; ORGANIC acids &; the environment; ORGANIC compounds; AIR pollution potential; AIR quality &; the environment; TOXICOLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL observations; INDUSTRIAL districts -- Environmental aspects
- Publication
Water, Air & Soil Pollution, 2010, Vol 211, Issue 1-4, p231
- ISSN
0049-6979
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11270-009-0295-2