A scalable field study using leaves as a novel passive air sampler to evaluate the potential source of organophosphate esters in street dust

Pang, Long; Huang, Ziling; Yang, Hongmin; Pang, Rong; Wu, Mingkai; Jin, Baodan

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137248

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“…Most of the PMs related to road vehicle traffic have two sources: the natural one, such as street dust, which is highly mineralized due to the soil particles [7,8], and the particles directly generated by car exhausts, such as soot and other combustion residues [9,10]. Another PM component related to vehicle circulation is the oxide material coming in from the cars' chassis rust [11].…”

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Physicochemical Assessment of the Road Vehicle Traffic Pollution Impact on the Urban Environment

et al. 2023

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Vehicle traffic pollution requires complex physicochemical analysis besides emission level measuring. The current study is focused on two campaigns of emissions measurements held in May and September 2019 in Alba Iulia City, Romania. There was found a significant excess of PM2.5 for all measuring points and PM10 for the most circulated points during May, along with significant VOC and CO2 emissions. September measurements reveal threshold excess for all PM along with increased values for VOC and CO2 emissions. These are the consequences of the complex environmental interaction of the traffic. Street dust and air-suspended particle samples were collected and analyzed to evidence the PM2.5 and PM10 sources. Physicochemical investigation reveals highly mineralized particulate matter: PM2.5 fractions within air-suspended particle samples predominantly contain Muscovite, Kaolinite, and traces of Quartz and Calcite, while PM10 fractions within air-suspended particle samples predominantly contain Quartz and Calcite. These mineral fractions originate in street dust and are suspended in the atmosphere due to the vehicles’ circulation. A significant amount of soot was found as small micro-sized clusters in PM2.5 and fine micro-spots attached over PM10 particles, as observed by Mineralogical Optical Microscopy (MOM) and Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). GC-MS analysis found over 53 volatile compounds on the investigated floating particles that are related to the combustion gases, such as saturated alkanes, cycloalkanes, esters, and aromatic hydrocarbons. It proves a VOC contamination of the measured particulate matters that make them more hazardous for the health. Viable strategies for vehicle traffic-related pollutants mitigation would be reducing the street dust occurrence and usage of modern catalyst filters of the combustion gas exhausting system.

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