VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN WATERS AND THEIR HEALTH EFFECTS

Year 2018, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 277 - 290, 17.08.2018

Barış Güzel , Oltan Canlı , Elmas Öktem Olgun

https://doi.org/10.18036/aubtdc.401509

Abstract

Volatile
organic compounds (VOCs) resulting from a variety of industrial and
environmental activities are organic chemicals with toxic, carcinogenic and
bioaccumulative properties. VOCs can easily spread in the water environment due
to high vapour pressure and cause by passing through the lipid membranes by
means of the physical and chemical structures the destruction to the human DNA
and considerable environmental pollution because of their toxicities. For this
reason, analysis and monitoring of these substances determined by national and
international environmental and health organizations to the maximum quantities
in the water matrix, which is critical for the environment and human life, is
of great importance. In this study, as a result of the literature studies, the
physical, chemical and toxicological properties of VOCs, their sources, sample
preparation and analysis methods of VOCs and the effects on environment and
human health were compiled. Possible effects of VOCs mentioned in the study on
the environment and especially on human health were explained by setting forth
their toxicity values.

Keywords

Analysis, Sample Preparation, Health, Water, Volatile Organic Compounds

SULARDA BULUNAN UÇUCU ORGANİK BİLEŞİKLER VE SAĞLIĞA ETKİLERİ

Abstract

Çeşitli endüstriyel
ve çevresel faaliyetler sonucunda ortaya çıkan uçucu organik bileşikler
(UOB’ler), toksik, kanserojen ve biyobirikim özelliklerine sahip olan organik
kimyasallardır. UOB’ler yüksek buhar basıncı nedeniyle su ortamında kolayca yayılabilmekte ve fiziksel ve kimyasal yapıları sayesinde lipit zarlardan geçerek insan DNA’sında
tahribata ve zehirliliklerden ötürü de önemli ölçüde çevre kirliliğine neden
olmaktadır. Bu sebeple, çevre ve insan yaşamı açısından kritik olan su
matrisinde, maksimum bulunabilme miktarları ulusal ve uluslararası
çevre ve sağlık örgütleri tarafından belirlenen bu maddelerin analiz edilmesi ve izlenmesi büyük
önem taşımaktadır. Bu çalışmada, yapılan literatür çalışmaları sonucunda, UOB’lerin fiziksel, kimyasal ve toksikolojik
özellikleri, UOB kaynakları, UOB’lerin örnek hazırlama ve analiz yöntemleri ile
çevre ve insan sağlığı üzerine olan etkileri derlenmiştir. Ayrıca, çalışmada değinilen UOB’lerin
toksisite değerleri ortaya konarak, çevre ve özellikle insan sağlığı üzerine
olası etkileri açıklanmıştır.

Keywords

Analiz, Örnek Hazırlama, Sağlık, Su, Uçucu Organik Bileşikler

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