Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans and polychlorinated biphenyls in surface soil from the Tibetan Plateau

作     者：Zhenyu Tian Haifeng Li Huiting Xie Chen Tang Ying Han Mengjing Wang Wenbin Liu 

作者机构：State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences 

出 版 物：《Journal of Environmental Sciences》 (环境科学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第26卷第10期

页      面：2041-2047页

核心收录：

学科分类：0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 082803[工学-农业生物环境与能源工程] 08[工学] 0828[工学-农业工程] 

基　　金：supported by the National Basic Research Program (973) of China (No. 2011CB201500) the Environmental Public Welfare Projects (No. 201209019) the National High Technology Research and Development Program (863) of China (No. 2012AA062803) the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21477150, 21321004) 

主　　题：Cold trap effect Persistent organic pollutants Indicator polychlorinated biphenyls Inflection Quadratic relation 

摘      要：Concentrations of Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans（PCDD/Fs） and polychlorinated biphenyls（PCBs） in soil samples from Tibetan Plateau were determined. The average concentration of total 2,3,7,8-PCDD/Fs was（2.30 ± 1.02） pg/g, and World Health Organization Toxicity Equivalency（WHO-TEQ） average concentration was（0.013 ± 0.010）pg WHO-TEQ/g. The average concentration of ∑PCBs（7 indicator PCB and 12 dioxin like-PCB congeners） was（16.2 ± 9.25） pg/g, and WHO-TEQ average concentration was 0.043 ±0.049 pg WHO-TEQ/g. Comparing to previous studies in similar environmental conditions,PCDD/Fs and PCBs in this study showed a relatively lower concentration. The altitude dependences of PCDD/Fs and PCBs were also studied. Total organic carbon（TOC） normalized concentrations presented a quadratic relation with the altitudes, and an inflection could be found on the parabola of the total concentrations and some congeners of high concentration.The concentrations decreased with altitudes below about 4500 m above sea level（a.s.l.）, while they increased with altitudes above it. These phenomena indicate that cold condensation of PCDD/Fs and PCBs would happen above 4500 m a.s.l, on the Tibetan Plateau.