Oil pollution in the port of Benghazi city, Ne Libya

Abstract

This work represents the first comprehensive survey of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in beach sands of the Port of Benghazi city northeast Libya. The analysed PAHs are originated mainly from pyrolytic sources. The carcinogenic PAHs such as benzo [a] anthracene (BaA), chrysene (Chr), benzo [b] fluoranthene (BbF), benzo [k] fluoranthene (BkF), benzo [a] pyrene (BaP), Dibenzo [a,h] anthracene (DahA) and indeno [1,2,3-cd] perlyene (IP) are observed in all samples. The risk evaluation revealed the exceedingly high environmental risk of PAHs in the beach sands.