Review on the contamination and remediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in coastal soil and sediments

C Dai, Y Han, Y Duan, X Lai, R Fu, S Liu… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The rapid economic and population growth in coastal areas is causing increasingly serious
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) pollution in these regions. This review compared …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. A review

AT Lawal - Cogent Environmental Science, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The recent literature describing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in air, water, soil
and sediment, waste sludge, biomonitoring, toxicity, are reviewed. Aspects of sampling …

Levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the water and sediment of Buffalo River Estuary, South Africa and their health risk assessment

AO Adeniji, OO Okoh, AI Okoh - Archives of environmental contamination …, 2019 - Springer
The incidence and spatial distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the
Buffalo River Estuary in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa were assessed in this …

Characterization, sources, and risk assessment of PAHs in borehole water from the vicinity of an unlined dumpsite in Awka, Nigeria

CC Aralu, PAC Okoye, HO Abugu, NC Eboagu… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are contaminants of interest in the ecosystem due
to associated health risks. Therefore, their detection in the environment is important. In this …

Determination and distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in rivers, sediments and wastewater effluents in Vhembe District, South Africa

JN Edokpayi, JO Odiyo, OE Popoola… - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are very toxic and persistent environmental contaminants.
This study was undertaken to assess the concentrations and possible sources of 16 PAHs …

Prospects of emerging PAH sources and remediation technologies: insights from Africa

K Sam, AP Onyena, N Zabbey, CK Odoh… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Remediation of polluted environmental media is critical to realization of the goals of the
United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (UNDER) project. Many natural-resource …

Distribution pattern and health risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the water and sediment of Algoa Bay, South Africa

AO Adeniji, OO Okoh, AI Okoh - Environmental geochemistry and health, 2019 - Springer
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are amongst the pollutants of major concern in the
terrestrial and aquatic habitats. They are mostly characterised by carcinogenic and non …

[HTML][HTML] Surface water and groundwater quality in South Africa and mozambique—Analysis of the Most critical pollutants for drinking purposes and challenges in water …

P Verlicchi, V Grillini - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
According to a recent report by the World Health Organization (WHO), the countries which
still have limited access to water for drinking purposes are mainly those in the Sub-Saharan …

Analytical Methods for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and their Global Trend of Distribution in

AO Adeniji, OO Okoh, AI Okoh - Recent insights in petroleum …, 2018 - books.google.com
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are major organic pollutants in the environment,
which are toxic to humans and biota, given their carcinogenic, mutagenic and teratogenic …

Spatial distribution, sources and risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the surficial sediments of the Egyptian Mediterranean coast

A El-Maradny, IM Radwan, M Amer, MA Fahmy… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Egyptian Mediterranean coast (EMC) receives a considerable quantity of
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). PAHs from EMC sediments were assessed to …