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Characterization, Quantification and Compound-specific Isotopic Analysis of Pyrogenic Carbon Using Benzene Polycarboxylic Acids BPCA
Published on: May 16, 2016
[Critical Review on Environmental Occurrence and Photochemical Behavior of Substituted Polycyclic Aromatic
Lin-Ke Ge1, Zi-Yu Wang1, Sheng-Kai Cao1
1School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an 710021, China.
Abstract:
Substituted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (SPAHs) are a type of emerging pollutant that widely exist in the environment, which also exhibit carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, and teratogenicity. These pollutants belong to toxic pollutants because of their similar structures to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Their environmental behavior and ecological risk have attracted increasing attention. Based on a literature review, we found a new breakthrough in the source, distribution, behavior, and risk of SPAHs with comparison to traditional pollutants PAHs. This paper reviewed the current research progress on the environmental occurrence and photochemical behavior of SPAHs. Their sources, formation mechanisms, and distribution characteristics in the multimedia environment were highlighted, and the photochemical transformation kinetics, pathways, and affecting factors of SPAHs in water, ice, and other media were discussed. Furthermore, the research prospects about the environmental behavior and risk of SPAHs were proposed.
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