Issue 39, 2019, Issue in Progress

Occurrence and health risk assessment of volatile organic compounds in the surface water of Poyang Lake in March 2017

Abstract

An investigation into the occurrence of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the surface water of Poyang Lake was conducted. The determination of 54 different kinds of VOCs was performed with a purge and trap-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method at 28 sampling points. Twenty-two types of VOCs were detected; methylene chloride had the highest mean concentration of 708.19 ng L−1, followed by 1,2-dichloroethane and chloroform, with mean concentrations of 376.78 and 187.26 ng L−1, respectively. The distribution of VOCs in the areas of Poyang Lake from low to high was as follows: west and south < east and central; the highest ∑VOC concentration occurred at the sample site of Zhangsihe. The health risks of VOCs in Poyang Lake were also determined by calculating the cancer and non-cancer risk from the two exposure routes of ingestion and dermal adsorption. The results showed that VOCs have no carcinogenicity risk, while only methylene chloride has a certain carcinogenic risk to the human body.

Graphical abstract: Occurrence and health risk assessment of volatile organic compounds in the surface water of Poyang Lake in March 2017

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
01 Apr 2019
Accepted
06 Jul 2019
First published
22 Jul 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2019,9, 22609-22617

Occurrence and health risk assessment of volatile organic compounds in the surface water of Poyang Lake in March 2017

P. Qin, F. Cao, S. Lu, L. Li, X. Guo, B. Zhao, Z. Wan and B. Bi, RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 22609 DOI: 10.1039/C9RA02450F

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