%0 Generic %D 2023 %T Investigating the Movement of Parent PAHs and Alkylated PAHs Between Air and Soil Before, During, and After a Wildfire to Understand Potential Human Exposure %A Kelly E O'Malley %A Christine C Ghetu %A Diana Rohlman %A Brian W Smith %A Richard P Scott %A Kaley A Adams %A Peter D Hoffman %A Kim A Anderson %B ISES Chicago, IL %8 08/2023 %G eng %0 Audiovisual Material %D 2023 %T Investigating Wildfire Smoke Composition and the Movement of Parent and Alkylated PAHs Between Air and Soil Before, During, and After a Wildfire to Understand Potential Human Exposure %A Kelly E O'Malley %A Christine C Ghetu %A Diana Rohlman %A Brian W Smith %A Richard P Scott %A Kaley A Adams %A Peter D Hoffman %A Kim A Anderson %B SETAC North America 44th Annual Meeting Louisville, KY %8 11/2023 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Anal Bioanal Chem %D 2021 %T Improvements in identification and quantitation of alkylated PAHs and forensic ratio sourcing. %A Christine C Ghetu %A Richard P Scott %A Glenn R Wilson %A Rachel Liu-May %A Kim A Anderson %X

Parent and alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are present in a number of different sources in varying proportions depending on the source material and weathering. This range of PAH sources can make it difficult to determine the origin of exposure(s). Ratios of alkylated and parent PAHs have been applied as a forensic tool to distinguish between different sources. However, few studies have examined PAH ratios comprehensively as indicators for sourcing beyond a single study area or matrix type. In this paper, we introduce an expanded analytical method based on ASTM D7363-13a which we adapted for a gas chromatography triple quadrupole mass spectrometry instrument. The modifications increase selectivity and sensitivity compared to the ASTM method. We added five alkylated series to the method. This method has then been applied to 22 independent forensic ratios. We evaluated the method and the forensic ratios with certified reference materials and known environmental samples. This analytical method and thirteen PAH ratios were found to accurately predict sources of PAHs.

%B Anal Bioanal Chem %V 413 %P 1651-1664 %8 2021 Mar %G eng %N 6 %R 10.1007/s00216-020-03127-0 %0 Audiovisual Material %D 2021 %T Influences of Household Behavior and Demographics on Indoor Air Quality %A Briana N Rivera %A Christine C Ghetu %A Diana Rohlman %A Kaley A Adams %A Kim A Anderson %B Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry %8 11/2021 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Environ Sci Technol Lett %D 2019 %T Indoor versus Outdoor Air Quality during Wildfires. %A Messier, K P %A Lane G Tidwell %A Christine C Ghetu %A Diana Rohlman %A Richard P Scott %A Lisa M Bramer %A Holly Dixon %A Katrina M Waters %A Kim A Anderson %X

The human behavioral modification recommendations during wildfire events are based on particulate matter and may be confounded by the potential risks of gas-phase pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Moreover, the majority of adults spend over 90 percent of their time indoors where there is an increased concern of indoor air quality during wildfire events. We address these timely concerns by evaluating paired indoor and outdoor PAH concentrations in residential locations and their relationship with satellite model-based categorization of wildfire smoke intensity. Low-density polyethylene passive air samplers were deployed at six urban sites for 1 week in Eugene, Oregon with matched indoor and outdoor samples and 24 h time resolution. Samples were then quantitatively analyzed for 63 PAH concentrations using gas-chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. A probabilistic principal components analysis was used to reduce all 63 PAHs into an aggregate measure. Linear regression of the first principal component against indoor versus outdoor shows that indoor gas-phase PAH concentrations are consistently equal to or greater than outdoor concentrations. Regression against a satellite-based model for wildfire smoke shows that outdoor, but not indoor gas-phase PAH concentrations are likely associated with wildfire events. These results point toward the need to include gas-phase pollutants such as PAHs in air pollution risk assessment.

%B Environ Sci Technol Lett %V 6 %P 696-701 %8 2019 Dec 10 %G eng %N 12 %R 10.1021/acs.estlett.9b00599