Version 1
: Received: 21 September 2021 / Approved: 22 September 2021 / Online: 22 September 2021 (11:39:48 CEST)
How to cite:
Zungum, I.U.; Imam, T.S. Ecotoxicity and Associated Threat of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) to Biodiversity: A Review. Preprints2021, 2021090377. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202109.0377.v1
Zungum, I.U.; Imam, T.S. Ecotoxicity and Associated Threat of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) to Biodiversity: A Review. Preprints 2021, 2021090377. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202109.0377.v1
Zungum, I.U.; Imam, T.S. Ecotoxicity and Associated Threat of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) to Biodiversity: A Review. Preprints2021, 2021090377. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202109.0377.v1
APA Style
Zungum, I.U., & Imam, T.S. (2021). Ecotoxicity and Associated Threat of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) to Biodiversity: A Review. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202109.0377.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Zungum, I.U. and Tijjani Sabiu Imam. 2021 "Ecotoxicity and Associated Threat of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) to Biodiversity: A Review" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202109.0377.v1
Abstract
There is a sustained rise in incidence of cancer and toxicity related to chemicals exerting enormous burden to public health and biodiversity. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are mong such contaminants, precisely the sixteen-priority characterized by United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). Therefore, this review is aimed at further elaboration about the 16 USEPA characterized PAHs and threat portend to public health and biodiversity. PAHs are a class of very stable organic pollutants produced most commonly, by incomplete combustion of fossil fuel and are formed when complex organic substances are exposed to heat. PAHs in great amount due to build up over time by bioaccumulation can be perilous: to human beings of all age and levels, aquatic organisms, amphibians and reptiles. The soil like the aquatic environment contains substantial quantity of PAHs since, atmospheric PAHs sediments on the soil due to dry and wet deposition, terrestrial organism are impacted if the soil is saturated with PAHs. Therefore, PAHs are a great source of trepidation for food safety, public health and biodiversity sustenance. Hence, tackling the spade of the menacing ubiquity of PAHs becomes necessary from its sources by encouragement of alternatives to petroleum fuels for machines and vehicles.
Keywords
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs); Ecotoxicity; Biodiversity; Public Health,; Environmental safety
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Biology and Biotechnology
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
