Elemental analysis of total suspended particulate matter in the ambient air of Baghdad

Kanbour, Fouad I.; Kitto, A.-M.N.; Yassein, Shetha; Al-Taie, Faiza A.; Ali, Asma

doi:10.1016/0160-4120(85)90229-6

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“…More recently, Al-Saleh and Hannan (1993) published the results of trace metals in air samples from Kuwait and Riyadh, and Al-Saleh and Taylor (1994) reported lead concentration in the atmosphere and soil of Riyadh. Kuwait and Iraq are also scarce in levels of heavy metals and only a few reports were published (Hana and Al-Bassam 1983, Malik et al 1984, Kanbour et al 1985, Samhan et al 1986). In Bahrain, published data were on heavy metal levels in air, plants, and street and household dust (Madany etal.…”

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Spatial and temporal patterns in heavy metals concentration in street dust in a hot desert region

Madany

Akhter

Raveendran³

1996

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

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This investigation reports temporal and spatial variations in heavy metal concentration in street dusts in the State of Bahrain. Monitoring sites were chosen to include an urban area with high traffic density, commercial, industrial, and remote areas. The overall mean levels for Pb, Zn, Ni, Cu and Cd were 395, 80, 40, 20 and 1.5 mg kg -1 , respectively. The general pattern of occurrence in order of decreasing concentration was Pb > Zn > Ni > Cu > Cd. The highest levels of Pb, Zn and Cu were found in the high traffic density area, and strong positive correlations were found between these metals, suggesting that automobiles exhaust are the dominant source of these metals. The results did not reveal statistically significant differences on the levels of Pb, Zn and Cu between months. Summer average values for Pb, Zn and Cu exceeded corresponding winter values. In cold regions opposite patterns were observed. In general Ni and Cd followed different patterns than that reported for Pb, Zn and Cu. Our results reveal relatively widespread contamination of heavy metals, and that all sites studied were statistically not different from each other, except a high traffic density site, indicating that Bahrain can be considered as one big urban center.

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