Assessment of Particulate Matters, Metals, and PAHs’ Air Pollution in Industrial vs. Animal Husbandry Areas
Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAHs) have been noted to generate a high risk for human health. Their presence and concentration have not been equally distributed in the environment and various anthropic activities favored the environmental presence of specific pollution components. The economic sect...
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| author | Luoana-Florentina Pascu Valeriu Danciulescu Simona Mariana Calinescu Vasile Ion Iancu Ileana Nicolescu Alina Roxana Banciu Mihai Nita-Lazar Gabriela-Geanina Vasile |
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| description | Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAHs) have been noted to generate a high risk for human health. Their presence and concentration have not been equally distributed in the environment and various anthropic activities favored the environmental presence of specific pollution components. The economic sector of bakery, as well as intensive animal breeding, are well spread worldwide and they represent a priority economic sector due to their direct link to the food industry. In this study, particulate matter (PM) and PAH pollutant compounds were monitored and their presence and concentration were correlated with specific anthropic activities such as bakery and animal husbandry. For the first time, the data analysis established correlations between PM10 or PM2.5 sizes and concentrations with a specific anthropic activity (bakery vs. animal husbandry). PM10 seemed to be more present at sites of animal husbandry activities than bakery ones. The vast majority of high PAH concentrations were detected in industrial sites such as bakeries. Spearman statistical correlation tests of intensive breeding of animals and bakery fields showed a moderate correlation between dimensional fractions of particulate matters, which indicated several emission sources, with different characteristics. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-483eaddc0f2043b9aba8f64260274c852024-01-26T15:02:41ZengMDPI AGAtmosphere2073-44332024-01-0115114110.3390/atmos15010141Assessment of Particulate Matters, Metals, and PAHs’ Air Pollution in Industrial vs. Animal Husbandry AreasLuoana-Florentina Pascu0Valeriu Danciulescu1Simona Mariana Calinescu2Vasile Ion Iancu3Ileana Nicolescu4Alina Roxana Banciu5Mihai Nita-Lazar6Gabriela-Geanina Vasile7National Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology ECOIND, 57-73 Drumul Podu Dambovitei Street, District 6, 060652 Bucharest, RomaniaNational Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology ECOIND, 57-73 Drumul Podu Dambovitei Street, District 6, 060652 Bucharest, RomaniaNational Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology ECOIND, 57-73 Drumul Podu Dambovitei Street, District 6, 060652 Bucharest, RomaniaNational Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology ECOIND, 57-73 Drumul Podu Dambovitei Street, District 6, 060652 Bucharest, RomaniaNational Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology ECOIND, 57-73 Drumul Podu Dambovitei Street, District 6, 060652 Bucharest, RomaniaNational Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology ECOIND, 57-73 Drumul Podu Dambovitei Street, District 6, 060652 Bucharest, RomaniaNational Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology ECOIND, 57-73 Drumul Podu Dambovitei Street, District 6, 060652 Bucharest, RomaniaNational Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology ECOIND, 57-73 Drumul Podu Dambovitei Street, District 6, 060652 Bucharest, RomaniaPolycyclic aromatic compounds (PAHs) have been noted to generate a high risk for human health. Their presence and concentration have not been equally distributed in the environment and various anthropic activities favored the environmental presence of specific pollution components. The economic sector of bakery, as well as intensive animal breeding, are well spread worldwide and they represent a priority economic sector due to their direct link to the food industry. In this study, particulate matter (PM) and PAH pollutant compounds were monitored and their presence and concentration were correlated with specific anthropic activities such as bakery and animal husbandry. For the first time, the data analysis established correlations between PM10 or PM2.5 sizes and concentrations with a specific anthropic activity (bakery vs. animal husbandry). PM10 seemed to be more present at sites of animal husbandry activities than bakery ones. The vast majority of high PAH concentrations were detected in industrial sites such as bakeries. Spearman statistical correlation tests of intensive breeding of animals and bakery fields showed a moderate correlation between dimensional fractions of particulate matters, which indicated several emission sources, with different characteristics.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/15/1/141air pollutionemissionsparticulate matterpolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbonsmetals |
| spellingShingle | Luoana-Florentina Pascu Valeriu Danciulescu Simona Mariana Calinescu Vasile Ion Iancu Ileana Nicolescu Alina Roxana Banciu Mihai Nita-Lazar Gabriela-Geanina Vasile Assessment of Particulate Matters, Metals, and PAHs’ Air Pollution in Industrial vs. Animal Husbandry Areas Atmosphere air pollution emissions particulate matter polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons metals |
| title | Assessment of Particulate Matters, Metals, and PAHs’ Air Pollution in Industrial vs. Animal Husbandry Areas |
| title_full | Assessment of Particulate Matters, Metals, and PAHs’ Air Pollution in Industrial vs. Animal Husbandry Areas |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of Particulate Matters, Metals, and PAHs’ Air Pollution in Industrial vs. Animal Husbandry Areas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of Particulate Matters, Metals, and PAHs’ Air Pollution in Industrial vs. Animal Husbandry Areas |
| title_short | Assessment of Particulate Matters, Metals, and PAHs’ Air Pollution in Industrial vs. Animal Husbandry Areas |
| title_sort | assessment of particulate matters metals and pahs air pollution in industrial vs animal husbandry areas |
| topic | air pollution emissions particulate matter polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons metals |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/15/1/141 |
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