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Maragkidou A, Arar S, Al-Hunaiti A, Ma Y, Harrad S, Jaghbeir O, Faouri D, Hämeri K, Hussein T. Occupational health risk assessment and exposure to floor dust PAHs inside an educational building. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2017; 579:1050-1056. [PMID: 27887828 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.11.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2016] [Revised: 11/05/2016] [Accepted: 11/09/2016] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
Abstract
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) settled in floor dust play an important role in human health. Although many studies investigated occupational exposure to PAHs, no attempts have been made to report PAHs concentrations as well as their health risk assessment inside an educational building in Jordan. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to report the PAHs concentrations in floor dust and evaluate their exposure and health risk inside the Department of Physics of the University of Jordan. The total PAHs concentrations ranged from 714 to 5246ng/g. The high concentrations were observed inside some offices, where tobacco smoking took place. One of those offices was previously renovated and some petrochemical liquids were used to remove the remaining glue from a previous carpet. Interestingly, the PAHs inside these offices were higher than those reported inside lecture rooms and the workshop area, where extensive activates of heavy machinery and use of petroleum products (such as lubricating oils). This implies that the health effects of exposure to tobacco smoking inside small micro-environmental places that are poorly ventilated can be very harmful. We also made a simple exposure and health risk assessment for the ingested dust (hand-to-mouth) by calculating the Estimated Daily Intake (EDI) and benzo(a)pyrene equivalent carcinogenic power (BaPE). The total EDI was less than 3.75ng/kg-bw/day whereas the BaPE was less than 385ng/g. These values are lower than what was reported in some previous studies in Europe and Asia.
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- Androniki Maragkidou
- University of Helsinki, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, PL 48, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- The University of Jordan, Department of Chemistry, Amman 11942, Jordan
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- University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Division of Environmental Health & Risk Management, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Division of Environmental Health & Risk Management, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- The University of Jordan, Department of Physics, Amman 11942, Jordan
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- The University of Jordan, Department of Physics, Amman 11942, Jordan
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- University of Helsinki, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, PL 48, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- The University of Jordan, Department of Physics, Amman 11942, Jordan.
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Polypyrrole Composite Film for Highly Sensitive and Selective Electrochemical Determination Sensors. Electrochim Acta 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Zhou N, Luo HD, Li N, Jia YZ, Li YQ. Highly sensitive and selective spectrofluorimetric approach for the rapid determination of trace benzo[α]pyrene in drinking water and in solutions leached from disposable paper cups. LUMINESCENCE 2011; 26:35-43. [DOI: 10.1002/bio.1183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2009] [Revised: 09/17/2009] [Accepted: 09/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Li N, Luo H, Jia Y, Zhou N, Li Y. Rapid determination of benzo(a)pyrene in processed meat and fish samples by second-derivative constant-energy synchronous fluorescence spectrometry. Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess 2011; 28:235-42. [DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2010.535857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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He LF, Lin DL, Li YQ. Micelle-Sensitized Constant-Energy Synchronous Fluorescence Spectrometry for the Simultaneous Determination of Pyrene, Benzo[a]pyrene and Perylene. ANAL SCI 2005; 21:641-5. [PMID: 15984198 DOI: 10.2116/analsci.21.641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The use of micellar media in constant-energy synchronous fluorescence spectrometry has been proposed. The influence of some aqueous micellar systems on the determination of pyrene, perylene and benzo[a]pyrene has been investigated. The presence of these micellar systems allows their determination in aqueous media, thus avoiding the use of an organic solvent, and greatly enhances the fluorescence signals. The combination of a constant-energy synchronous scanning technique and a micellar system provided a single spectrum for the simultaneous identification and quantitative determination of the three polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Further there was no energy transfer among them, making the measurement simple and fast. A constant-energy difference of 2800 cm(-1) was selected. The analytical characteristics of the proposed method in the presence of anionic micelles of sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) were studied. The detection limits were at a level of ng ml(-1). Analysis of water samples from two different origins spiked with known amount of pyrene, perylene and benzo[a]pyrene also gave satisfactory results, and total average recoveries were greater than 97.1%.
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- Li-Fang He
- Department of Chemistry, Longyan College, Longyan 364000, China
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Selective Analysis of Fluorene by Quenched Fluorescence in Cetylpyridinium Bromide Micelles. Microchem J 1998. [DOI: 10.1006/mchj.1998.1637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ayala JH, Afonso AM, Diaz VG. Selective determination of acenaphthene in mixtures of three-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by fluorescence quenching in micellar medium of cetylpyridinium bromide. J Fluoresc 1997. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02760506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Zhang Y, Zhu Y, Xue X, Huang X. Magnetic field effects-polarization-resonant synchronous fluorescence spectrometry for simultaneous analysis of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in mixtures. Talanta 1995; 42:1811-5. [DOI: 10.1016/0039-9140(95)01629-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/1994] [Revised: 04/24/1995] [Accepted: 04/26/1995] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Rodríguez JJS, García JH, Suárez MMB, Martín-Lázaro AB. Analysis of mixtures of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sea-water by synchronous fluorescence spectrometry in organized media. Analyst 1993. [DOI: 10.1039/an9931800917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Qun Li Y, Zhi Huang X, Gou Xu J, Zhen Chen G. Derivative constant-energy synchronous fluorescence for simultaneous analysis of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures. Anal Chim Acta 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/0003-2670(92)85356-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Mart�n-L�zaro AB, Garc�a JH, Rodr�guez JJS. Simultaneous determination of perylene and benzo[g,h,i]perylene by synchronous fluorescence using a micellar system. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00322159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Simultaneous synchronous flourimetric determination of benzo[a]pyrene and perylene in micellar media. Anal Chim Acta 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/0003-2670(91)85094-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Braun T. Quasi-spherical solid polymer membranes in separation chemistry: polyurethane foams as sorbents. Recent advances. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1989. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00472766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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