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| Title |
Coal-Tar-Based Parking Lot Sealcoat: An Unrecognized Source of PAH to Settled House Dust
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| Published in |
Environmental Science & Technology, January 2010
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| DOI | 10.1021/es902533r |
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| Authors |
Barbara J. Mahler, Peter C. Van Metre, Jennifer T. Wilson, MaryLynn Musgrove, Teresa L. Burbank, Thomas E. Ennis, Thomas J. Bashara |
| Abstract |
Despite much speculation, the principal factors controlling concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in settled house dust (SHD) have not yet been identified. In response to recent reports that dust from pavement with coal-tar-based sealcoat contains extremely high concentrations of PAH, we measured PAH in SHD from 23 apartments and in dust from their associated parking lots, one-half of which had coal-tar-based sealcoat (CT). The median concentration of total PAH (T-PAH) in dust from CT parking lots (4760 microg/g, n = 11) was 530 times higher than that from parking lots with other pavement surface types (asphalt-based sealcoat, unsealed asphalt, concrete [median 9.0 microg/g, n = 12]). T-PAH in SHD from apartments with CT parking lots (median 129 microg/g) was 25 times higher than that in SHD from apartments with parking lots with other pavement surface types (median 5.1 microg/g). Presence or absence of CT on a parking lot explained 48% of the variance in log-transformed T-PAH in SHD. Urban land-use intensity near the residence also had a significant but weaker relation to T-PAH. No other variables tested, including carpeting, frequency of vacuuming, and indoor burning, were significant. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 75 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 23 | 29% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 9% |
| Professor | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 9 | 12% |
| Unknown | 10 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science | 33 | 42% |
| Engineering | 11 | 14% |
| Chemistry | 6 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 8% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 7 | 9% |
| Unknown | 13 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 18. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 December 2015.
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#2,025,542
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#2,518
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#9,180
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#12
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