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Air pollution from a large steel factory: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emissions from coke-oven batteries
Lorenzo Liberti1, Michele Notarnicola, Roberto Primerano
1Department of Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Development, Technical University of Bari, Bari, Italy. l.liberti@poliba.it
Abstract:
A systematic investigation of solid and gaseous atmospheric emissions from some coke-oven batteries of one of Europe's largest integrated steel factory (Taranto, Italy) has been carried out. In air monitoring samples, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were consistently detected at concentrations largely exceeding threshold limit values. By means of PAHs speciation profile and benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) equivalent dispersion modeling from diffuse sources, the study indicated that serious health risks exist not only in working areas, but also in a densely populated residential district near the factory.
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