Influence of pesticides contamination on the emission of PCDD/PCDF to the land from open burning of corn straws

Zhang, Tingting; Huang, Jun; Deng, Shubo; Yu, Gang

Influence of pesticides contamination on the emission of PCDD/PCDF to the land from open burning of corn straws

2011

Zhang, Tingting | Huang, Jun | Deng, Shubo | Yu, Gang

Open burning of crop residues has been identified as an important emission source of PCDD/PCDF to the environment. This paper presents the first known data on the emission of PCDD/PCDF to the land considering the influence of pesticides applied in crops planting. Emission factor for PCDD/PCDF to the land from open burning of corn straw with pesticides contamination ranged from 0.07 to 0.57ng WHO₂₀₀₅-TEQ/kg straw burned with a mean value of 0.24ng WHO₂₀₀₅-TEQ/kg straw burned and median value of 0.20ng WHO₂₀₀₅-TEQ/kg straw burned, respectively. The concentration was 35 to 270 times higher than that without additional pesticide contaminated. Initial observation was that emission factor for PCDD/PCDF from open burning of crop residues was overestimated in the former UNEP Dioxin Toolkit. Pesticides contamination should be considered in some hotpots where special and over dosed pesticides has been sprayed especially in developing countries.

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