Quantitative assessment data of PAHs and N-PAHs in core sediments from the Niger Delta, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT: Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) pollution has been the focus of environmental research, mostly due to their mutagenicity, carcinogenicity, teratogenicity and genotoxicity. Concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and the nitrogen-containing analogues (N-PAHs) (which tend to accumulate in sediments rather than water) was measured in 2?cm intervals segments from Bonny Estuary, Niger Delta using GC-MS. Data showed that PAHs/N-PAHs levels ranged from 8699 to 22,528?µg/kg and 503-2020?µg/kg, respectively. Furthermore, the data revealed that ?PAHs level in the estuarine segments was > 45% higher than DPR/EGASPIN intervention limit. This gives insight on PAHs/N-PAHs contamination in the oil rich region.

SUBMITTER: Anyanwu IN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7658577 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature