Abiotic factors controlling bioavailability and bioaccessibility of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil:Putting together a bigger picture

Yu, Linbo and Duan, Luchun and Naidu, Ravi and Semple, Kirk T. (2018) Abiotic factors controlling bioavailability and bioaccessibility of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil:Putting together a bigger picture. Science of the Total Environment, 613–61. pp. 1140-1153. ISSN 0048-9697

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Abstract

The bioavailability and bioaccessibility of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soil underpin the risk assessment of contaminated land with these contaminants. Despite a significant volume of research conducted in the past few decades, comprehensive understanding of the factors controlling the behaviour of soil PAHs and a set of descriptive soil parameters to explain variations in PAH bioavailability and bioaccessibility are still lacking. This review focuses on the role of source materials on bioavailability and bioaccessibility of soil PAHs, which is often overlooked, along with other abiotic factors including contaminant concentration and mixture, soil composition and properties, as well as environmental factors. It also takes into consideration the implications of different types of risk assessment (ecological and human health) on bioavailability and bioaccessibility of PAHs in soil. We recommend that future research should (1) account for the effects of source materials on bioavailability and bioaccessibility of soil PAHs; (2) adopt non-disruptive methods to analyse soil components controlling PAH sequestration; (3) integrate both natural organic matter (NOM) and xenobiotic organic matter (XOM) while evaluating the influences of soil organic matter (SOM) on the behaviour of PAHs; and (4) consider the dissimilar desorption scenarios in ecological risk assessment and human health risk assessment while assessing PAH bioavailability and bioaccessibility.

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Journal Article
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Science of the Total Environment
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This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Science of The Total Environment. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Science of The Total Environment, 613-614, 2018 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.025
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2311
Subjects:
?? — PAHSSOURCE MATERIALBIOAVAILABILITYBIOACCESSIBILITYRISK ASSESSMENTSOIL ORGANIC MATTERENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRYPOLLUTIONENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERINGWASTE MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL ??
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87985
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17 Nov 2017 12:55
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