Quantification of sources of PCBs to the atmosphere in urban areas: a comparison of cities in North America, Western Europe and former Yugoslavia
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In: Environmental Pollution, Vol. 158, No. 10, 01.10.2010, p. 3230-3235.
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T1 - Quantification of sources of PCBs to the atmosphere in urban areas
T2 - a comparison of cities in North America, Western Europe and former Yugoslavia
AU - Gasic, Bojan
AU - MacLeod, Matthew
AU - Klanova, Jana
AU - Scheringer, Martin
AU - Ilic, Predrag
AU - Lammel, Gerhard
AU - Pajovic, Aleksandar
AU - Breivik, Knut
AU - Holoubek, Ivan
AU - Hungerbühler, Konrad
N1 - Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2010/10/1
Y1 - 2010/10/1
N2 - We present estimated emission source strengths of seven polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners for Banja Luka, a city that was affected by the civil war in Bosnia and Hercegovina (former Yugoslavia) in the 1990s. These emission estimates are compared to PCB emission rates estimated for the cities of Zurich, Switzerland, and Chicago, USA using an approach that combines multimedia mass balance modeling and measurement data. Our modeled per-capita emission estimates for Banja Luka are lower by a factor of ten than those for Zurich and Chicago, which are similar. This indicates that the sources of PCB emissions in Banja Luka are likely to be weaker than in the Western European and North American cities which show relatively high PCB emissions. Our emission rates from the three cities agree within a factor of ten with emission estimates from a global PCB emission inventory derived from production and usage estimates and emission factors.
AB - We present estimated emission source strengths of seven polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners for Banja Luka, a city that was affected by the civil war in Bosnia and Hercegovina (former Yugoslavia) in the 1990s. These emission estimates are compared to PCB emission rates estimated for the cities of Zurich, Switzerland, and Chicago, USA using an approach that combines multimedia mass balance modeling and measurement data. Our modeled per-capita emission estimates for Banja Luka are lower by a factor of ten than those for Zurich and Chicago, which are similar. This indicates that the sources of PCB emissions in Banja Luka are likely to be weaker than in the Western European and North American cities which show relatively high PCB emissions. Our emission rates from the three cities agree within a factor of ten with emission estimates from a global PCB emission inventory derived from production and usage estimates and emission factors.
KW - Chemistry
KW - Air Pollutants
KW - Air Pollution
KW - Atmosphere
KW - Cities
KW - Environmental Monitoring
KW - Europe
KW - Monte Carlo Method
KW - North America
KW - Polychlorinated Biphenyls
KW - Yugoslavia
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U2 - 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.07.011
DO - 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.07.011
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 20705375
VL - 158
SP - 3230
EP - 3235
JO - Environmental Pollution
JF - Environmental Pollution
SN - 0269-7491
IS - 10
ER -