Comprehensive characterization and health assessment of occupational exposures to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in Xi'an, a major city of northwestern China | |
Xu, Hongmei1,2; Li, Yaqi1; Feng, Rong1; He, Kailai1; Ho, Steven Sai Hang3,4; Wang, Zexuan1; Ho, Kin Fai5; Sun, Jian1; Chen, Jiawen1; Wang, Yao1; Liu, Ying1; Wang, Feiyu1; Xue, Wanqi1; Qu, Linli4; Shen, Zhenxing1,2; Cao, Junji2 | |
通讯作者 | Xu, Hongmei(xuhongmei@xjtu.edu.cn) ; Shen, Zhenxing(zxshen@xjtu.edu.cn) |
2021-02-01 | |
发表期刊 | ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT |
ISSN | 1352-2310 |
卷号 | 246页码:10 |
摘要 | The personal exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) was determined in five occupational groups (including printing shop employees, office workers, furniture store employees, bus and taxi drivers) in the capital city of Xi'an in northwest China. The highest personal exposure concentration (258.7 +/- 10.0 mu gm3) to the 64 Air Toxics VOCs classified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.EPA), as well as associated health risk potential, were seen in the furniture store employees. These could be attributed to off-gassing from brand new furniture and volatiles from cleaning reagents. Aromatic species were the dominant class in the personal exposure samples collected from the groups of printing shop employees, office workers, and bus and taxi drivers, with the concentrations of 49.8-74.4 mu g m(-3) and mass compositions of 34.8-43.2% of the sum of the 64 Air Toxics for the cases studied. The highest personal exposure to carbonyls (C >= 3) of 100.4 +/- 25.6 mu g m(-3) and composition of 38.8% were again seen in the furniture store employees. The unique VOC composition profiles represented potential indoor or in-vehicle sources in each workplace. Moreover, environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) contributed to the personal exposure to many of the Air Toxics species, especially methyl butyl ketone and 1,2-dibromoethane. The cancer risks of Class 1 carcinogens of vinyl chloride, 1,3-butadiene, and benzene, were 1.4, 12, and 5.2 times, respectively, of the threshold of carcinogenicity (1 x 10(-6)). Acrolein showed the highest non-cancer risk which was similar to 150 times the acceptable level (1.0). The results could offer a scientific basis for the government to establish the occupational air quality standards to the toxic VOCs in China. |
关键词 | VOCs Occupational exposure China BTEX ETS Health risks |
DOI | 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.118085 |
收录类别 | SCI ; SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
资助项目 | National Natural Science Foundation of China[41877376] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41907188] ; Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi Province[2018-ZDXM3-01] ; Key Project of Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi Province[2019JZ-36] |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
项目资助者 | National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi Province ; Key Project of Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi Province |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000613550900004 |
出版者 | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://ir.ieecas.cn/handle/361006/15920 |
专题 | 粉尘与环境研究室 |
通讯作者 | Xu, Hongmei; Shen, Zhenxing |
作者单位 | 1.Xi An Jiao Tong Univ, Dept Environm Sci & Engn, Xian 710049, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Earth Environm, Key Lab Aerosol Chem & Phys, SKLLQG, Xian, Peoples R China 3.Desert Res Inst, Div Atmospher Sci, Reno, NV USA 4.Hong Kong Premium Serv & Res Lab, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Jockey JC Sch Publ Hlth & Primary Care, Hong Kong, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Xu, Hongmei,Li, Yaqi,Feng, Rong,et al. Comprehensive characterization and health assessment of occupational exposures to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in Xi'an, a major city of northwestern China[J]. ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT,2021,246:10. |
APA | Xu, Hongmei.,Li, Yaqi.,Feng, Rong.,He, Kailai.,Ho, Steven Sai Hang.,...&Cao, Junji.(2021).Comprehensive characterization and health assessment of occupational exposures to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in Xi'an, a major city of northwestern China.ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT,246,10. |
MLA | Xu, Hongmei,et al."Comprehensive characterization and health assessment of occupational exposures to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in Xi'an, a major city of northwestern China".ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT 246(2021):10. |
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