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ArticleEnvironmental toxicology and chemistry2017

Diffusive flux of PAHs across sediment-water and water-air interfaces at urban superfund sites.

D James Minick, Kim A Anderson

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Article in Environmental toxicology and chemistry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

D James MinickDepartment of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.
Kim A AndersonDepartment of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.

Funding

Research Experience and Training Coordination CoreP42ES016465 · NIEHS · OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Robyn L Tanguay · 2009 to 2026
$52.5M
MODE OF ACTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICANTST32ES007060 · NIEHS · OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Jamie DeWitt, Siva Kumar Kolluri · 1985 to 2026
$11.6M
NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES016465NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007060
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Superfund sites may be a source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to the surrounding environment. These sites can also act as PAH sinks from present-day anthropogenic activities, especially in urban locations. Understanding PAH transport across environmental compartments helps to define the relative contributions of these sources and is therefore important for informing remedial and management decisions. In the present study, paired passive samplers were co-deployed at sediment-water and water-air interfaces within the Portland Harbor Superfund Site and the McCormick and Baxter Superfund Site. These sites, located along the Willamette River (Portland, OR, USA), have PAH contamination from both legacy and modern sources. Diffusive flux calculations indicate that the Willamette River acts predominantly as a sink for low molecular weight PAHs from both the sediment and the air. The sediment was also predominantly a source of 4- and 5-ring PAHs to the river, and the river was a source of these same PAHs to the air, indicating that legacy pollution may be contributing to PAH exposure for residents of the Portland urban center. At the remediated McCormick and Baxter Superfund Site, flux measurements highlight locations within the sand and rock sediment cap where contaminant breakthrough is occurring. Environ Toxicol Chem 2017;36:2281-2289. © 2017 SETAC.

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Hazardous Waste SitesAirCitiesGeologic SedimentsOregonPolycyclic Aromatic HydrocarbonsRiversWaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalPolycyclic Aromatic HydrocarbonsWaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalFate and transportFluxPassive samplingPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)Superfund

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PMID28262984
PMCPMC6048954

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