Avaliação do destino e bioacumulação de benzo(a)pireno através de simulação computacional Assessment of fate and bioaccumulation of benzo(a)pirene by computer modeling

• Main Authors: Sandro Froehner, Raquel Fernandes Martins
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2008-01-01
• Series: Química Nova
• Subjects: bioaccumulation; hydrocarbon polycyclic aromatics; pollution
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422008000500028

<abstract language="eng">The objective of this work was to evaluate the environmental distribution of benzo(a)pirene, a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, by the EQC model. The modeling of the contaminant distribution was accomplished by means of the fugacity model applied to a hypothetical scenario constituted by air, water, soil and sediment. The modeling and simulations revealed that the soil is the preferential compartment. We also discuss the implications of the results about fate and ecological risks associated with benzo(a)pirene. We concluded that the emissions of HPAs can not be ignored and bioaccumulation among others risks can be induced.