Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons environmental fate

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The photochemistry of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and poly-chlorobiphenyls (PCBs) in water and on solids was reviewed in this series in 1999 [1]. The large interest in this field was due to the fact that many PAHs and mixtures of PCBs are on the United States Environmental Protection Agency s fist of priority pollutants (see [1] for the fist of compounds). Photochemists wanted to know what the fate of these materials in the environment is when exposed to sunlight and if one could use photochemistry to remediate contaminated sites. This interest has continued and will be the focus of the present review. The review covers the recent literature through the middle of 2003. 

Katz M. Meddle JA. Salamone MF. 1981. Mutagenic activity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and other environmental pollutants. Chem Anal Biol Fate PolynucI Aromat Hydrocarbons. Int Sym 5 519- 528. 

Table 5 Chlorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (CIPAH) activity expressed as (a) EROD (ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase) activity as the relative intensity of ClPAH-mduced cytochrome P450 (CYP) activity in human breast cancer MCF-7 cells [228] (b) environmental fate [Bioaccumulation aquatic] in Pimephales promelas over 96 h [10 L/kg wet] (c) ecotoxicological information [Aquatic Toxicity] LC50 for Pimephales promelas after 96 h [10 mg/L] and (d) carcinogenity in rats, TD50 [10 mol/kg]...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) occur as nattiral constituents and combustion products of fossil fuels and, therefore, are ubiquitous environmental contaminants [1-3]. Furthermore, coal-tar creosote, a chemical which mainly consists of PAHs, has been widely used as a wood preservative for over 150 years, and accidental spillage or improper disposal of creosote has resulted in extensive contamination of soil, surface waters, and groimdwater aquifers [4]. PAHs may have toxic, mutagenic, and carcinogenic properties [5,6] and, therefore, the fate of these xenobiotics in natme is of environmental concern. 

Maliszewska-Kordybach, B. (1999). Soimces, concentrations, fate and effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the environment. Part A PAHs in air. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 8, 131-136. 

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