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Research article
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31 Jan 2024
Research article |
| 31 Jan 2024
| 31 Jan 2024
Variations of the atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations, sources, and health risk and the direct medical costs of lung cancer around the Bohai Sea against a background of pollution prevention and control in China
Wenwen Ma
CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai Shandong, 264003, China
Shandong Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes, Yantai Shandong, 264003, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Rong Sun
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai Shandong, 264003, China
Shandong Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes, Yantai Shandong, 264003, China
Xiaoping Wang
Ludong University, Yantai, 264025, China
Zheng Zong
CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai Shandong, 264003, China
Shandong Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes, Yantai Shandong, 264003, China
Shizhen Zhao
State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
Zeyu Sun
CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai Shandong, 264003, China
Shandong Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes, Yantai Shandong, 264003, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Chongguo Tian
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai Shandong, 264003, China
Shandong Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes, Yantai Shandong, 264003, China
Jianhui Tang
CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai Shandong, 264003, China
Shandong Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes, Yantai Shandong, 264003, China
Song Cui
International Joint Research Center for Persistent Toxic Substances (IJRC-PTS), School of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
Gan Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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This is the first report of long-term atmospheric PAH monitoring around the Bohai Sea. The results showed that the concentrations of PAHs in the atmosphere around the Bohai Sea decreased from June 2014 to May 2019, especially the concentrations of highly toxic PAHs. This indicates that the contributions from PAH sources changed to a certain extent in different areas, and it also led to reductions in the related health risk and medical costs following pollution prevention and control.
This is the first report of long-term atmospheric PAH monitoring around the Bohai Sea. The...
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