TitleFormation of PAH Derivatives and Increased Developmental Toxicity during Steam Enhanced Extraction Remediation of Creosote Contaminated Superfund Soil.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2019
AuthorsTrine, LSantiago D, Davis, EL, Roper, C, Truong, L, Tanguay, RL, Simonich, SLMassey
JournalEnviron Sci Technol
Volume53
Issue8
Pagination4460-4469
Date Published2019 04 16
ISSN1520-5851
KeywordsBiodegradation, Environmental, Creosote, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Soil, Soil Pollutants, Steam
Abstract

Steam enhanced extraction (SEE) is an in situ thermal remediation technique used to remove and recover polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from contaminated soils. However, limited studies have been conducted on the formation of PAH derivatives during and after SEE of PAH contaminated soils. Creosote contaminated soil samples collected from the Wyckoff-Eagle Harbor Superfund site were remediated with laboratory scale SEE. The samples were quantified for unsubstituted PAHs and their derivatives and assessed for developmental toxicity, pre- and post-SEE. Following SEE, unsubstituted PAH concentrations decreased, while oxygenated PAH concentrations increased in soil and aqueous extracts. Differences in developmental toxicity were also measured and linked to the formation of PAH derivatives. Additive toxicity was measured when comparing unfractionated extracts to fractionated extracts in pre- and post-SEE samples. SEE is effective in removing unsubstituted PAHs from contaminated soil, but other, potentially more toxic, PAH derivatives are formed.

DOI10.1021/acs.est.8b07231
Alternate JournalEnviron Sci Technol
PubMed ID30957485
PubMed Central IDPMC7103206
Grant ListP30 ES000210 / ES / NIEHS NIH HHS / United States
P42 ES016465 / ES / NIEHS NIH HHS / United States
T32 ES007060 / ES / NIEHS NIH HHS / United States