Browsing by Author "Mohammadreza Mohammad Shafiee"

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    The history of petroleum pollution in Malaysia; urgent need for integrated prevention approach
    (Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on Environment, 2010) Mahyar Sakari; Mohamad Pauzi Zakaria; Che Abd Rahim Mohamed; Nordin Haji Lajis; Kuhan Chandru; Pourya Shahpoury Bahry; Mohammadreza Mohammad Shafiee; Sofia Anita
    Petroleum pollution is known as point and non-point source of contaminations in the environment. A major class of petroleum contaminant is groups of compounds consist of two or more fused benzene rings called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) that are carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic. Source identification of petroleum pollution is necessary to prevent pollution entry into the environment. Eight sedimentary cores were obtained from developed and developing areas around Peninsular Malaysia to investigate the historical profile of PAHs, their characteristics and its possible origins.