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Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment, 2018 This study measured indoor and outdoor levels of hydrocarbon volatile organic compounds (VOCs), such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene isomers (collectively referred to as BTEX), as well as 13 carbonyl compounds, at 20 homes in Seoul, South ...
Jae Young Lee +4 more
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Environmental Pollutants & Bioavailability, 2021 Ubeji Creek in Niger Delta Region of Nigeria suffers environmental pollution attributable to petroleum exploration. Therefore, this study was undertaken to investigate BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene) levels in locally sourced staple ...
Gbolahan Iyiola Asejeje +2 more
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Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation, 1999 “It's definitely not a time to become complacent with our current understanding of contaminant fate and transport processes.” “In the coming year, we are going to solicit short one‐ to two‐page field Innovation Notes in GWMR.”
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Water Science and Technology, 2005 Aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes (BTEX) are environmental pollutants that cause serious problems in groundwater, in surface water and in soil. Specifically, the coastal area of Bourgas bay (Bulgarian Black Sea coast) is very vulnerable to such pollution as the large petrochemical industry situated there poses a ...
N, Nikolova, V, Nenov
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Investigation of Polymer–Plasticizer Blends as SH-SAW Sensor Coatings for Detection of Benzene in Water with High Sensitivity and Long-Term Stability [PDF]
, 2016 We report the first-ever direct detection of benzene in water at concentrations below 100 ppb (parts per billion) using acoustic wave (specifically, shear-horizontal surface acoustic wave, SH-SAW) sensors with plasticized polymer coatings.
Ballantine D. S. +6 more
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Chemical Behaviors of Benzene Series in Arid Soil and Impact Factors
Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2018 BTEX in soil can be detrimental to human health directly by ways of plant absorption and groundwater irrigation. This paper takes benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene as the study cases to determine the content of BTEX in soil by the headspace-gas ...
Zhong Yunhong
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Genes, 2021 Environmental contamination by petroleum hydrocarbons is of concern due to the carcinogenicity and neurotoxicity of these compounds. Successful bioremediation of organic contaminants requires bacterial populations with degradative capacity for these ...
M. Eze
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2022 The aim of this study was to compare the concentrations of the benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) compounds in the urine of smokers and the control group considering the role of age, weight, job, history of waterpipe and cigarette smoking,
Hassan Ghobadi +5 more
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Health risk assessment of heavy metals, BTEX and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the workplace in a secondary oil re-refining factory [PDF]
Journal of Advances in Environmental Health Research, 2020 The present study aimed to evaluate the health risk of heavy metals (iron, zinc, cadmium, arsenic, nickel, lead, and mercury), benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the workplace in a secondary ...
Iman Molaei +4 more
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Synthesis and Photocatalytic Performance of TiO2-CNT and Magnetized Fe3O4-TiO2-CNT Multifunctional Hybrids: A Pickering Emulsion Platform for Organic Degradation [PDF]
, 2018 The oil and textile industries produce billions of gallons of wastewater containing toxic, and sometimes carcinogenic or mutagenic, chemicals that often disperse throughout wastewater as suspended oil droplets.
Mason, Erica
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