Compositions of Particles from Selected Sources in Philadelphia for Receptor Modeling Applications

Ölmez, I.; Sheffield, Ann E.; Gordon, Glen E.; Houck, James E.; Pritchett, Lyle C.; Cooper, J.A.; Dzubay, Thomas G.; Bennett, R.L.

doi:10.1080/08940630.1988.10466479

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“…There is a area of high-potential cells along the east coast of the United States, as seen in Figure 16, and a large antimony roaster exists in Philadelphia. 23 In addition, antimony has been associated with incineration of municipal solid waste. 2325 Antimony has been seen at higher concentrations in New England and along the Canadian east coast.…”

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Possible Sources for Some Trace Elements Found in Airborne Particles and Precipitation in Dorset, Ontario

Gao¹,

Hopke²,

Reid

1996

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

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Two types of potential source contribution function analysis-Potential Source Contribution Function (PSCF) and Total Potential Source Contribution Function (TPSCF) analysiswere employed to study the source-receptor relationships for several trace elements (vanadium, selenium, arsenic, manganese, and indium) found in precipitation and airborne particles collected at Dorset, Ontario. This study identified areas in the United States and Canada as possible emission source areas that could contribute to the trace element concentrations observed at Dorset. The identified regions in the United States generally coincide well with the locations of known emission sources, whereas the possible source regions revealed in Canada could not be adequately explained because of the absence of emission source information. The likely emission sources for these trace elements include oiland coal-fired power plants, incinerators, motor vehicles, nonferrous metal smelters, iron and steel mills, ferrous-Mn alloy plants, and Mn chemicals production.

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Section: Elements Measured In Particles and Precipitationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Possible Sources for Some Trace Elements Found in Airborne Particles and Precipitation in Dorset, Ontario

Gao¹,

Hopke²,

Reid

1996

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

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“…The 100% correlation value (r=1) observed for Al and Ti could be a strong indication of similar source origin [33]. Copper displayed strong correlations with many elements; Mg (r=0.87), Al (r=0.83), Si (r=0.85), P (r=0.73), S (r=0.89), K (r=0.86), Ca (r=0.88), Ti (r=0.83), Ti (r=0.83), Cr (r=0.70), Mn (r=0.91), Fe (r=0.88), Zn (r=0.77), Br (r=0.77), Rb (r=0.84), Sr (r=0.87), Zr (r=0.71) and Pb (r=0.75) thus, it could be linked to multiple sources.…”

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“…For fine (PM 2.5 ) fraction (Figure 4), first factor displayed high loadings of K (84%) and Br (43%) as well as S (33%) and was identified as emissions emanating from biomass burning activities [33]. The insignificant (~ 0%) contribution of the factor to overall PM 2.5 mass loads are quite strange as open burning of waste dumps is prevalent in Lagos.…”

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Trace Metals and Source Identification of Air-Borne Particulate Matter Pollution in A Nigerian Megacity

Gc¹,

Ib²,

Asubiojo³

2017

J Environ Anal Toxicol

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“…Wind sector analysis, incorporating meteorological data and ambient air concentrations, was used to identify the likely contribution of air emissions from the incinerators to the total particle mass With the exception of the MCo site, the (12)(13)(14). Fine particulate zinc, lead, and highest concentration of zinc was observed HCO gas were assumed as markers of incinon days when the monitoring station was erator emissions (16)(17)(18)(19) parisons, but exceptions to this pattern were observed when the wind shifted to a different direction, i.e., from the west for the biomedical pair and from the north for the municipal pair of communities. The patterns for lead and chloride were similar to those for zinc.…”

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Do Waste Incinerators Induce Adverse Respiratory Effects? An Air Quality and Epidemiological Study of Six Communities

Shy¹,

Degnan²,

Fox³

et al. 1995

Environ Health Perspect

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The purpose of the study presented here was to simultaneously measure air quality and respiratory function and symptoms in populations living in the neighborhood of waste incinerators and to estimate the contribution of incinerator emissions to the particulate air mass in these neighborhoods. We studied the residents of three communities having, respectively, a biomedical and a municipal incinerator, and a liquid hazardous waste-burning industrial furnace. We compared results with three matched-comparison communities. We did not detect differences in concentrations of particulate matter among any of the three pairs of study communities. Average fine particulate (PM 2.5 ) concentrations measured for 35 days varied across study communities from 16 to 32 μg/m 3 . Within the same community, daily concentrations of fine particulates varied by as much as eightfold, from 10 to 80 μg/m 3 , and were nearly identical within each pair of communities. Direct measurements of air quality and estimates based on a chemical mass balance receptor model showed that incinerator emissions did not have a major or even a modest impact on routinely monitored air pollutants. A one-time baseline descriptive survey ( n = 6963) did not reveal consistent community differences in the prevalence of chronic or acute respiratory symptoms between incinerator and comparison communities, nor did we see a difference in baseline lung function tests or in the average peak expiratory flow rate measured over a period of 35 days. Based on this analysis of the first year of our study, we conclude that we have no evidence to reject the null hypothesis of no acute or chronic respiratory effects associated with residence in any of the three incinerator communities. Images Figure 1. Figure 2. Figure 3. Figure 4. Figure 4. Figure 4. Figure 5. Figure 5. Figure 5. Figure 6. Figure 7.

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Compositions of Particles from Selected Sources in Philadelphia for Receptor Modeling Applications

Cited by 87 publications

References 11 publications

Possible Sources for Some Trace Elements Found in Airborne Particles and Precipitation in Dorset, Ontario

Possible Sources for Some Trace Elements Found in Airborne Particles and Precipitation in Dorset, Ontario

Trace Metals and Source Identification of Air-Borne Particulate Matter Pollution in A Nigerian Megacity

Do Waste Incinerators Induce Adverse Respiratory Effects? An Air Quality and Epidemiological Study of Six Communities

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