2015 Environmental science and pollution research international
* Spatial distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil, sediment, and combusted residue at an e-waste processing site in southeast China.
- The environmental pollution and health impacts caused by the primitive and crude recycling of e-waste have become urgent global issues. Guiyu, China is a major hotspot of e-waste recycling. In this study, the levels and distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil in Guiyu were determined to investigate the effect of e-waste activities on the environment and to identify possible sources of these pollutants. Sediment samples from a local duck pond, water gullies, a river tributary, and combusted residue from e-waste burning sites were also investigated. The general trend found in soil (Σ16 PAHs) was acid leaching site > duck pond > rice field > printer roller dump site > reservoir (control site) and ranged from 95.2 ± 54.2 to 5,210 ± 89.6 ng/g (dry wt). The highest average total PAH concentrations were found in combusted residues of wires, cables, and other computer electrical components located at two e-waste open burning sites (18,600 and 10,800 ± 3,940 ng/g). These were 195- and 113-fold higher than the PAH concentrations of soil at the control site. Sediment PAH concentrations ranged from 37.2 ± 6 to 534 ± 271 ng/g. Results of this study provide further evidence of significant input of PAHs to the environment attributed to crude e-waste recycling.
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Overview of verb provide
The verb provide has 7 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (270) supply, provide, render, furnish -- (give something useful or necessary to; "We provided
the room with an electrical heater")
2. (25) provide, supply, ply, cater -- (give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or
sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests")
3. (14) provide -- (determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including
a proviso condition or stipulation; "The will provides that each child should receive half of the
money"; "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech")
4. (2) put up, provide, offer -- (mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance")
5. leave, allow for, allow, provide -- (make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be
attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one
conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for
lots of leeway")
6. provide, bring home the bacon -- (supply means of subsistence; earn a living; "He provides for
his large family by working three jobs"; "Women nowadays not only take care of the household but
also bring home the bacon")
7. provide -- (take measures in preparation for; "provide for the proper care of the passengers on
the cruise ship")
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