Transactions on Transport Sciences 2008, 1(3):103-108 | DOI: 10.5507/tots.2008.015

Emissions of persistent organic pollutants from transport in the experience of the Czech Republic

V. Adamec*,1, J. Dufek1, J. Jedlička1, R. Ličbinský1, V. Bencko2
1 CDV - Transport Research Centre, Brno, Czech Republic
2 Charles University in Prague, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Czech Republic

This presentation introduces the situation of POPs transport emissions in the Czech Republic since 1993, including a prediction for the years 2010 and 2015, determination of emission factors, possibilities for their reduction, and legislative framework. From the achieved results it is evident that the emissions from road and railway transport exceeded 28 tons in 2005. The naphtalene creates more than 90 % of emissions of vehicles fulfilling EURO I-III limits. The phenanthrene (about 50 % of PAHs) predominates in emissions of older gasoline vehicles that do not fulfil EURO limits; naphtalene content isabout 10 %. Total emissions of PCDDs and PCDFs are relatively low in the same context ofemissions of mostly older vehicles, manufactured before the acceptance of EURO limits. The potential health risks related to human exposure to transport emissions are the subject of interest of our present research.

Keywords: polyaromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated dibenzo-dioxines, polychlorinated dibenzo-furanes, emissions, emission factors, air pollution, transport emissions.

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Adamec, V., Dufek, J., Jedlička, J., Ličbinský, R., & Bencko, V. (2008). Emissions of persistent organic pollutants from transport in the experience of the Czech Republic. Transactions on Transport Sciences, 1(3), 103-108. doi: 10.5507/tots.2008.015
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