Source apportionment of sediment PAHs in Lake Calumet, Chicago: application of factor analysis with nonnegative constraints

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• Personal Author:
  Bzdusek P ; Christensen ER ; Li A ; Zou Q
• Description:
  A factor analysis model with nonnegative constraints (FA) was used to apportion the sources of PAHs found in sediments of Lake Calumet and surrounding wetlands in southeast Chicago. Source profiles and contributions, with uncertainties, are determined with no prior knowledge of sources. The model includes scaling and backscaling of data with average PAH concentrations without sample normalization. This work is a follow-up to a study that used a chemical mass balance (CMB8.2) model to apportion sources to the same data set. Literature source profiles, modified based on gas/particle partitioning of individual PAHs, from eight PAH sources were considered for comparison. FA results for a two-source solution indicate coke oven (45%) and traffic (55%) are the primary PAH sources to Lake Calumet sediments. A six-source FA solution indicates that coke oven (47%) and traffic (45%) related sources are major PAH sources and wood burning-coal residential (2.3%) is a minor PAH source. From the six-source solution, two coke oven profiles are observed, a standard coke oven profile (33%), and a degraded or second coke oven profile (14%) low in phenanthrene and pyrene. Observed traffic related sources include gasoline engine (36%) exhaust and traffic tunnel air (9.3%). This work supports the previous study of Lake Calumet PAHs by CMB model. In addition, FA provides new insights since wood burning and secondary coke oven profiles were not recognized in the CMB model. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Chelating Agents Chemistry Environment Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Environmental Pollution Hydrocarbons Hypersensitivity Occupational Health Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety

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• Keywords:
  Chelating-agents Chemical-agent-detectors Chemical-analysis Chemical-binding Chemical-composition Chemical-deposition Chemical-hypersensitivity Chemical-indicators Chemical-properties Chemical-structure Chemical-synthesis Environmental-contamination Environmental-exposure Environmental-factors Environmental-hazards Environmental-pollution Environmental-protection Exposure-levels Exposure-limits Phenanthrenes Polycyclic-aromatic-hydrocarbons Polycyclic-hydrocarbons Pyrines Risk-analysis Risk-factors Samplers Sampling

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• ISSN:
  0013-936X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  97-103
• Volume:
  38
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037675
• Citation:
  Environ Sci Technol 2004 Jan; 38(1):97-103
• Contact Point Address:
  P. A Bzdusek, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2121 West Taylor Street, MC-922, Chicago, Illinois 60612-7260
• Email:
  erc@uwm.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Performing Organization:
  University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19930701
• Source Full Name:
  Environmental Science and Technology
• End Date:
  20030630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9d1167b485b4af41acc2e775ca8ade94652f152c7ce69db545cc694fafbb8152269b7336e3869a99e5a65101b090b40c4d3ffa1e946a5a7f2d6bd7f0b9551c2b
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191672/cdc_191672_DS1.pdf
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