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Atmospheric polychlorinated biphenyls in Indian cities: levels, emission sources and toxicity equivalents

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Atmospheric polychlorinated biphenyls in Indian cities: levels, emission sources and toxicity equivalents. / Chakraborty, Paromita; Zhang, Gan; Eckhardt, Sabine et al.
In: Environmental Pollution, Vol. 182, 11.2013, p. 283-290.

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Chakraborty, P, Zhang, G, Eckhardt, S, Li, J, Breivik, K, Lam, PKS, Tanabe, S & Jones, KC 2013, 'Atmospheric polychlorinated biphenyls in Indian cities: levels, emission sources and toxicity equivalents', Environmental Pollution, vol. 182, pp. 283-290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2013.07.032

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Chakraborty, P., Zhang, G., Eckhardt, S., Li, J., Breivik, K., Lam, P. K. S., Tanabe, S., & Jones, K. C. (2013). Atmospheric polychlorinated biphenyls in Indian cities: levels, emission sources and toxicity equivalents. Environmental Pollution, 182, 283-290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2013.07.032

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Chakraborty P, Zhang G, Eckhardt S, Li J, Breivik K, Lam PKS et al. Atmospheric polychlorinated biphenyls in Indian cities: levels, emission sources and toxicity equivalents. Environmental Pollution. 2013 Nov;182:283-290. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.07.032

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Chakraborty, Paromita ; Zhang, Gan ; Eckhardt, Sabine et al. / Atmospheric polychlorinated biphenyls in Indian cities : levels, emission sources and toxicity equivalents. In: Environmental Pollution. 2013 ; Vol. 182. pp. 283-290.

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title = "Atmospheric polychlorinated biphenyls in Indian cities: levels, emission sources and toxicity equivalents",
abstract = "Atmospheric concentration of Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were measured on diurnal basis by active air sampling during Dec 2006 to Feb 2007 in seven major cities from the northern (New Delhi and Agra), eastern (Kolkata), western (Mumbai and Goa) and southern (Chennai and Bangalore) parts of India. Average concentration of Σ25PCBs in the Indian atmosphere was 4460 (±2200) pg/m−3 with a dominance of congeners with 4–7 chlorine atoms. Model results (HYSPLIT, FLEXPART) indicate that the source areas are likely confined to local or regional proximity. Results from the FLEXPART model show that existing emission inventories cannot explain the high concentrations observed for PCB-28. Electronic waste, ship breaking activities and dumped solid waste are attributed as the possible sources of PCBs in India. Σ25PCB concentrations for each city showed significant linear correlation with Toxicity equivalence (TEQ) and Neurotoxic equivalence (NEQ) values.",
keywords = "Polychlorinated biphenyls, Air, India, FLEXPART, HYSPLIT, Toxicity equivalents",
author = "Paromita Chakraborty and Gan Zhang and Sabine Eckhardt and Jun Li and Knut Breivik and Lam, {Paul K.S.} and Shinsuke Tanabe and Jones, {Kevin C.}",
year = "2013",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1016/j.envpol.2013.07.032",
language = "English",
volume = "182",
pages = "283--290",
journal = "Environmental Pollution",
issn = "0269-7491",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd",

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RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Atmospheric polychlorinated biphenyls in Indian cities

T2 - levels, emission sources and toxicity equivalents

AU - Chakraborty, Paromita

AU - Zhang, Gan

AU - Eckhardt, Sabine

AU - Li, Jun

AU - Breivik, Knut

AU - Lam, Paul K.S.

AU - Tanabe, Shinsuke

AU - Jones, Kevin C.

PY - 2013/11

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N2 - Atmospheric concentration of Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were measured on diurnal basis by active air sampling during Dec 2006 to Feb 2007 in seven major cities from the northern (New Delhi and Agra), eastern (Kolkata), western (Mumbai and Goa) and southern (Chennai and Bangalore) parts of India. Average concentration of Σ25PCBs in the Indian atmosphere was 4460 (±2200) pg/m−3 with a dominance of congeners with 4–7 chlorine atoms. Model results (HYSPLIT, FLEXPART) indicate that the source areas are likely confined to local or regional proximity. Results from the FLEXPART model show that existing emission inventories cannot explain the high concentrations observed for PCB-28. Electronic waste, ship breaking activities and dumped solid waste are attributed as the possible sources of PCBs in India. Σ25PCB concentrations for each city showed significant linear correlation with Toxicity equivalence (TEQ) and Neurotoxic equivalence (NEQ) values.

AB - Atmospheric concentration of Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were measured on diurnal basis by active air sampling during Dec 2006 to Feb 2007 in seven major cities from the northern (New Delhi and Agra), eastern (Kolkata), western (Mumbai and Goa) and southern (Chennai and Bangalore) parts of India. Average concentration of Σ25PCBs in the Indian atmosphere was 4460 (±2200) pg/m−3 with a dominance of congeners with 4–7 chlorine atoms. Model results (HYSPLIT, FLEXPART) indicate that the source areas are likely confined to local or regional proximity. Results from the FLEXPART model show that existing emission inventories cannot explain the high concentrations observed for PCB-28. Electronic waste, ship breaking activities and dumped solid waste are attributed as the possible sources of PCBs in India. Σ25PCB concentrations for each city showed significant linear correlation with Toxicity equivalence (TEQ) and Neurotoxic equivalence (NEQ) values.

KW - Polychlorinated biphenyls

KW - Air

KW - India

KW - FLEXPART

KW - HYSPLIT

KW - Toxicity equivalents

U2 - 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.07.032

DO - 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.07.032

M3 - Journal article

VL - 182

SP - 283

EP - 290

JO - Environmental Pollution

JF - Environmental Pollution

SN - 0269-7491

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