Environ. Sci. Technol. 2005, 39, 7402-7409
Characterization of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Different Size Fractions in Deposited Road Particles (DRPs) from Lake Biwa Area, Japan B Y U N G - C H E O L L E E , * ,† YOSHIHISA SHIMIZU,‡ TOMONARI MATSUDA,† AND SABURO MATSUI† Department of Technology and Ecology, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-Ku, Yoshida-Honmachi, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan, and Research Center for Environmental Quality Management, Kyoto University, 1-2 Yumihama, Otsu 520-0811, Japan
Deposited road particles (DRPs) collected from 13 heavily traveled roadways in an urban area of Southern Lake Biwa, Japan, were analyzed for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in seven different particle size fractions (2 mm are generally considered to be less important hydrologically and geochemically in the transport of various contaminants (23). The samples of
