Table 6.
Carcinogenic equivalent (TEQ) and carcinogenic potential (CP) of outdoor and indoor samples collected at two sites in Silesia, Poland
| PAHs compounds | Outdoor air | Indoor air | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dąbrowa Górnicza | Złoty Potok | Dąbrowa Górnicza | Złoty Potok | |||||||
| TEQ (ng/m3) | CP (%) | TEQ (ng/m3) | CP (%) | p b | TEQ (ng/m3) | CP (%) | TEQ (ng/m3) | CP (%) | p b | |
| NP | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.211 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.902 |
| ACE | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.311 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.620 |
| FL | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.485 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.165 |
| PHE | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.485 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.805 |
| ANT | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.311 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.902 |
| FLA | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.817 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.805 |
| PYR | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.536 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.053 |
| BaA | 0.5 | 7.0 | 0.3 | 7.0 | 0.536 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 1.000 |
| CHR | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.536 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.000 |
| BbF | 0.5 | 8.0 | 0.3 | 7.0 | 0.211 | 0.4 | 7.0 | 0.3 | 6.0 | 0.805 |
| BkF | 0.2 | 4.0 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 0.351 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 0.805 |
| BaP | 4.0 | 62.5 | 3.1 | 66.0 | 0.351 | 3.6 | 69.0 | 3.1 | 70.0 | 0.710 |
| BghiP | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.135 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.710 |
| DahA | 0.5 | 9.0 | 0.3 | 7.0 | 0.183 | 0.4 | 8.5 | 0.4 | 8.0 | 0.805 |
| IcdP | 0.4 | 7.0 | 0.3 | 7.0 | 0.351 | 0.4 | 7.0 | 0.4 | 8.0 | 0.535 |
| Σ15 PAHsa | 6.4 | 100.0 | 4.6 | 100.0 | 0.351 | 5.2 | 100.0 | 4.5 | 100.0 | 0.710 |
aNaphthalene, acenaphthene, fluorine, phenanthrene, anthracene, fluoranthene, pyrene, benz(a)anthracene, chrysene, benzo(b)fluoranthene, benzo(k)fluoranthene, benzo(a)pyrene, benzo(g,h,i)perylene, dibenz(a,h)anthracene, and indeno(1,2,3-c,d)pyrene
bMann-Whitney test; differences of TEQ between Dąbrowa Górnicza and Złoty Potok