Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils and crops after irrigation of wastewater discharged from domestic sewage treatment plants
Chung, N.J.; Cho, J.Y.; Park, S.W.; Park, B.J.; Hwang, S.A.; Park, T.I.
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 81(2): 124-127
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0007-4861
PMID: 18483782
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9398-5
Accession: 032858226
The effects of domestic wastewater application on the translocation and accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soil and crops (rice, lettuce, and barley) were investigated by Wagner's pot experiment. In the soils and crops after domestic wastewater irrigation, high-molecular weight PAHs (5 to 6 ring) were not detected, but low-molecular weight PAHs (3 to 4 ring) were only detected at trace levels.