Zhiyong Li This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.1,2, Zhen Zhai1, Jixiang Liu1, Lan Chen1,2, Zhuangzhuang Ren1, Chen Liu1, Ziyi Zhan1, Ziyuan Yue1, Wenjia Zhu1, Jihong Wei3, Huiying Gao1,2, Songtao Guo This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.4 1 Hebei Key Lab of Power Plant Flue Gas Multi-Pollutants Control, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071003, China
2 MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
3 Department of Pediatrics, Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University, Baoding 071000, China
4 BBMG Liushui Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing 102400, China
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January 3, 2023
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March 10, 2023
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March 14, 2023
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Li, Z., Zhai, Z., Liu, J., Chen, L., Ren, Z., Liu, C., Zhan, Z., Yue, Z., Zhu, W., Wei, J., Gao, H., Guo, S. (2023). Impacts of Sandstorms on Chemistries of Ambient PAHs in a Small City in North China. Aerosol Air Qual. Res. 23, 220460. https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.220460
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Sandstorm events frequently perplex northern China, addressing the people's concern due to subsequent increases in the toxicity and carcinogenicity of PM2.5-bound PAHs (PB-PAHs) in receptor area of sand dust. Here, we enacted a field campaign in a small city between Beijing and Baoding in spring of 2021 covering the sandstorm period (SSP) and non-sandstorm period (NSSP) to examine the sandstorm impacts on chemistries of PB-PAHs. SSP exhibited a slightly high average PAH concentrations of 10.3 ng m–3 than 9.16 ng m–3 in the NSSP. At the same time, the average PM2.5 concentrations obviously increased from 60.7 µg m–3 to 75.2 µg m–3. Positive matrix factorization (PMF) analysis manifested that sandstorm largely enhanced the oil leakage and combustion (OLC) fractions from 18.0% in the NSSP to 34.4% in the SSP. Potential source contribution function (PSCF) indicated that OLC partly came from sandstorm origin area–Inner Mongolia. Low diagnostic ratios of FA/(FA + PY) in the SSP also indicated OLC was more important. Accordingly, the largest contributor of incremental lifetime cancer risks (ILCRs) changed from vehicle exhaust (VE) (36.2%) in the NSSP to OLC (34.4%) in the SSP. VE and industrial emission (IE) contributions decreased obviously due to emission control and traffic limitation in the SSP. Coal burning (CB) still held a high contribution to PAHs regardless of the implementation of “coal to gas” law in the sampling area. In addition, sandstorms increased the levels of high molecular weight PAHs (HMW-PAHs) with high toxicity by 4.07%. ILCRs for adults and children increased from 3.90 × 10–7 to 4.74 × 10–7 and from 2.41 × 10–7 to 2.93 × 10–7, respectively, in the SSP, which should be more concerned.HIGHLIGHTS
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PM2.5, PAHs, Sandstorm, Source apportionment, Exposure risk
