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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
卷 52, 期 3, 页码 1054-1061出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b05453
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资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41725016, 41673098]
- Yunnan applied basic research project [2016FA040]
- Yunnan international cooperation project [2017IB004]
The mining and burning of low-rank coal in Xuanwei, China have attracted a great deal of research attention because of the generated polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and the high incidence of lung cancer in this region. Given the abundant transition metals in the allitic soil, we hypothesized that environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) are formed in this region and the potential risk had not been addressed. Strong electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) signals of 3.20 X 10(17) - 3.10 X 10(19) spins/g were detected in environmental samples, including chimney soot, coal, soil and total suspended particles (TSP). These EPR signals did not significantly change after 18 -months storage and had g-values in the range of 2.0039-2.0046, suggesting typical organic free radicals. Similar strong EPR signals were observed in PAH (anthracene and pyrene as model compounds) degradation on simulated soil particles and lasted over one month even when the applied PAHs were 100% degraded. Based on g-value and bond width, we propose that EPR signals detected in TSP and soot originated from both coal combustion and PAH photodegradation. Further research is thus urgently required to investigate EPFR generation, exposure and risk in Xuanwei to better understand the cause of high lung cancer incidence.
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