Soil polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in energy chemical industrial plants of Northwest China: Sources and health risk implications from a field-based study.
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soils of energy chemical industrial plants pose considerable ecological and health risks. However, comprehensive studies between petrochemical and coal chemical plants in arid Northwest China remain limited. In this study, 75 surface soil samples (0-20 cm) were collected from...