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Colin A Cooke1,2, Kira M Holland2, Craig A Emmerton1,3
1Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta, 9888 Jasper Ave, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 5C6, Canada.
Environmental science & technology
|June 18, 2024
概括
煤矿开采释放有毒的多环芳香化合物 (PAC) 到空气中,污染下风的雪地. 这种大气污染扩散到很大地区,影响生态系统和社区.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 大气化学 大气化学
- 生态毒理学 生态毒理学
背景情况:
- 煤矿开采是已知的水污染源之一.
- 与采矿相关污染物的大气运输和沉积的理解较少.
- 多环芳香化合物 (PAC) 是有毒的有机污染物,通常与燃烧过程有关.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查山顶移除煤矿的下风大气污染.
- 量化多环芳香化合物 (PAC) 沉积在雪罩中的程度和成分.
- 评估这种空气污染的潜在生态和社区影响.
主要方法:
- 在加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省的煤矿下风的横截面沿着区域积雪的采样.
- 对积聚多环芳香化合物 (ΣPAC) 度和负荷的积雪分析.
- 雪地中的PAC组成指纹与当地煤炭来源的比较.
- 大气建模以估计区域沉积足迹.
主要成果:
- 在雪地中检测到大量的PAC污染,其度在空间上有所不同.
- 随着距离采矿业务的距离,雪地 ΣPAC 负载的减少.
- 雪中的PAC成分与当地煤炭的指纹密切匹配.
- 建模表明,沉积足迹延伸到加拿大西部和美国西北部.
结论:
- 山顶去除煤矿开采有助于通过PAC排放大幅度下风大气污染.
- 雪地作为一个有价值的档案,用于跟踪这些污染物的大气沉积.
- 这些发现突显了生态系统和社区面临的风险,这些生态系统和社区暴露于采矿活动引起的空气中高水平的PACs.
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