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Emissions of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to air from waste incinerators and high thermal processes in India

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This study investigated dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls in gasses emitted from waste incinerators and thermal processes in central and western parts of India. The concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDDs/DFs) ranged from 0.0070 to 26.8140 ng toxicity equivalent (TEQ)/Nm3, and those of dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) ranged from 0.0001 × 10−1 to 0.0295 ng TEQ/Nm3. The characteristics of mean PCDD/F I-TEQ concentration and congener profiles were studied over all the samples of air. In particular, a pattern consisting of a low proportion of dioxin-like PCBs and high proportion of PCDDs/DFs was common for all the samples from incinerators and high-temperature processes.

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The authors are highly thankful to the Director, NEERI, Nagpur (India), for his kind support and continuous encouragement to shape out this work.

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    Neeta Thacker, Javed Sheikh, S. M. Tamane, Anil Bhanarkar, Deepanjan Majumdar, Kanchan Singh, Chatrapati Chavhan & Jitendra Trivedi

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Thacker, N., Sheikh, J., Tamane, S.M. et al. Emissions of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to air from waste incinerators and high thermal processes in India. Environ Monit Assess 185, 425–429 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-012-2564-6

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