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The Extent of the Impact of a Fluorochemical Industrial Park in Eastern China on Adjacent Rural Areas
- Source :
- Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 74:484-491
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2017.
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Abstract
- High levels of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) were observed in rural areas near a fluorochemical industrial park (FCIP) in the Yangtze River Delta region. The concentrations of total PFAS (∑PFASs) in soil, surface water, groundwater, and rainwater were in the range of 0.6-64.6 ng/g dry weight, 15.6-480.9, 4.8-614.6, and 13.4-542.2 ng/L, respectively. PFASs in rainwater and groundwater were higher than in surface water. The influence of the FCIP on rural soils extended to a distance of approximately 4 km based on the changes in PFAS compositions. The impact on surface water is mainly through direct river flow connected with contaminated sources, which may extend farther than 7 km in the case of unrestricted flow but much shorter distance for unconnected rivers. The penetration of PFASs in groundwater aquifers can extend as far as ca. 6 km, while direct water flow is the main transport route for PFASs. The influence radius of the FCIP can be as far as 60 km due to atmospheric precipitation.
- Subjects :
- Delta
China
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Water flow
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Aquifer
Environment
010501 environmental sciences
Toxicology
01 natural sciences
Rainwater harvesting
Streamflow
Soil Pollutants
Groundwater
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Hydrology
Fluorocarbons
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
General Medicine
Pollution
Chemical Industry
Soil water
Environmental science
Surface water
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Environmental Monitoring
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14320703 and 00904341
- Volume :
- 74
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5b408095122c9cc569d1f05c588ce4e5