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8273796 
Journal Article 
Levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in waste incineration ash of some Jordanian hospitals using GC/MS 
Alawi, MA; Al-Mikhi, NE 
2016 
Yes 
Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management
ISSN: 1088-1697 
Widener University School of Civil Engineering 
42 
4 
298-307 
English 
Thirteen PAHs compounds were studied in eleven bottom ash samples of medical waste incinerators from three hospitals in Amman, Irbid and Ma'an/Jordan. The analysis was done using a developed and validated GC/MS method. The detection limits were between 0.049 and 0.582 ng/g. Limits of quantization were between 0.165 and 1.993 ng/g. The instrument precision expressed as coefficient of variation were all <15%. All recoveries were between 76.7 and 98.1%. The results show that the incinerator at Queen Rania hospital in Ma'an produces the highest amount of the carcinogenic benzo(a)pyrene (100 ng TEQ/g) and also the highest total ng TEQ/g (237.23). The least amount of benzo(a)pyrene was produced from Jameel Tutunji hospital in Amman (2 ng TEQ/g) and also the least amount of total ng TEQ/g (14.08ng TEQ/g). 
Bottom ash; Incinerators; Jordan; Medical waste; PAHs; Toxicity