Seasonal differences in the levels of suspended particulate matter and heavy metals in the vicinity of a waste dump

Hršak, Janko; Šišović, Anica; Škrbec, Alen; Šega, Krešimir

doi:10.1016/s1352-2310(01)00083-8

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“…Table 8 shows the ambient air metallic elements (Cr, Ni, Cu, Cd, and Pb) concentrations at different sites during the years of 2000-2014. The results obtained in the 2005 study by Arditsoglou and Samara indicated that average metallic elements were all higher than those reported in other areas (Geng et al 2013, Xu et al 2012, Singh et al 2011, Basha et al 2010, Srivastava et al 2009, Cancio et al 2008, Fang et al 2007, Fang et al 2006, Fang et al 2004, Hu et al 2003, Kim et al 2002, Hrsak et al 2001and Var et al 2000 including this study. Also the average metallic elements Cr, Ni, Cu, Cd, and Pb in Arditsoglou and Samara's study were approximately 2900, 4800, 490, 7700 and 3200 times than those observed in this study.…”

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“…These values for metallic elements Cr, Ni, Cu, Cd, and Pb were approximately 3.5, 0.3, 4.5, and 1.4 times those reported in Japan (Var et al 2000), Korea (Kim et al 2002), China (Geng et al 2013), Croatia (Hrsak et al 2001), and Spain (Cancio et al 2008), respectively. Metallic elements Cr, Cu, Cd, and Pb concentrations were higher than those from previous studies described previously.…”

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Particulates and Metallic Elements Monitoring at Two Sampling Sites (Harbor, Airport) in Taiwan

Fang

Chiang

Chen

et al. 2014

Environmental Forensics

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Particulates and Metallic Elements Monitoring at Two Sampling Sites (Harbor, Airport) in Taiwan

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Chiang

Chen

et al. 2014

Environmental Forensics

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“…On the contrary, during the warm months, the arsenic emitted in continuous gas phase remains for longer in this state, increasing its capacity of transport to areas away from the source. In Hrsak, Sisovic, Skrbec, & Sega (2001) found the direct relationship between the concentrations of Hg and the air temperature due to the fact that an increment of it favours the mercury evaporation. In this way, Anderson, Kitto, McCarthy, and Zoller (1994) obtained higher concentrations of B in winter.…”

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Study of the Levels of Concentration of As, Cd and Ni in a Ceramic Cluster

Pallarés

Vicente

Jordán

et al. 2006

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The main objective of this paper is to check the fulfilment of the European Directive 2004/107/ CE, which refers to the limit values of arsenic, cadmium and nickel that will have to be carried out the first of January 2010. Three sampling points have been chosen (Alcora, Vila-real and Castellón), forming a triangle that comprise most of the ceramic cluster of the province of Castellón (Spain). This is a problematic area in relation to the fulfilment of the directive, due to its high industrial development. Apart from this main objective, the following are raised: a) The analysis of the temporal evolution of the levels of As, Cd, Ni and PM10 in the atmosphere during the year 2002; b) The identification of similar behaviour patterns and of the possible common origins in the studied pollutants; c) To show the existence of differences in the behaviour and evolution of As, Cd, Ni and PM10 in the atmospheric medium depending on the location of the sampling point; d) To check whether the levels of As, Cd, Ni and PM10 are influenced by the environmental temperature. The concentration levels of arsenic, cadmium and nickel in Alcora, Vila-real and Castellón have been determined during the year 2002, in order to check whether they are below the limits established in the future directive on these elements. The following conclusions are reached from the results obtained after the chemical analysis (using ICP-MS) of the samples collected in the three locations.

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“…Wind speed affected the distribution of trace metals appreciably as Ca, Na, Fe, K, Mg, Mn and Ag revealed a positive relationship while Pb, Sb, Co, Li and Cd manifested a dilution effect of wind speed on these metal levels (Jonsson et al 2004;Fang et al 2004;Kim et al 2002a;Ragosta et al 2002;Vallius et al 2005). Furthermore, all metals were found, in general, to be negatively correlated with rainfall signifying its scavenging effect (Shaheen et al 2005b;Kim et al 1997;Hrsak et al 2001;Quiterio et al 2004). The examination of the dataset regarding correlations of TSP with climatic parameters (Table 4) evidenced that TSP was significantly and positively correlated with maximum and average temperature at r=0.34 and r=0.28, respectively.…”

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Annual and Seasonal Variations of Trace Metals in Atmospheric Suspended Particulate Matter in Islamabad, Pakistan

Shah

Shaheen

2007

Water Air Soil Pollut

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Total Suspended particulate matter (TSP) in urban atmosphere of Islamabad was collected using a high volume sampling technique for a period of one year. The nitric acid-perchloric acid extraction method was used and the metal contents were estimated by atomic absorption spectrophotometer. The highest mean concentration was found for Ca at 4.531 µg/m 3 , followed by Na (3.905 µg/m 3 ), Fe (2.464 µg/m 3 ), Zn (2.311 µg/m 3 ), K (2.086 µg/m 3 ), Mg (0.962 µg/m 3 ), Cu (0.306 µg/m 3 ), Sb (0.157 µg/m 3 ), Pb (0.144 µg/m 3 )and Sr (0.101 µg/m 3 ). On an average basis, the decreasing metal concentration trend was: Ca > Na > Fe > Zn > K > Mg > Cu > Sb > Pb > Sr > Mn > Co > Ni > Cr > Li > Cd ≈ Ag. The TSP levels varied from a minimum of 41.8 to a maximum of 977 µg/m 3 , with a mean value of 164 µg/m 3 , which was found to be higher than WHO primary and secondary standards. The correlation study revealed very strong correlations (r>0.71) between Fe-Mn, Sb-Co, Na-K, Mn-Mg, Pb-Cd and Sb-Sr. Among the meteorological parameters, temperature, wind speed and pan evaporation were found to be positively correlated with TSP, Ca, Fe, K, Mg, Mn and Ag, whereas, they exhibited negative relationships with relative humidity. On the other hand, Pb, Sb, Zn, Co, Cd and Li revealed significant positive correlations with relative humidity and negative with temperature, wind speed and pan evaporation. The major sources of airborne trace metals identified with the help of principle component analysis and cluster analysis were industrial emissions, automobile exhaust, biomass burning, oil combustion, fugitive emissions, resuspended soil dust and earth crust. The TSP and selected metals were also studied for seasonal variations, which showed that Na, K, Zn, Cu, Pb, Sb, Sr, Co and Cd peaked during the winter and remained lowest during the summer, while Ca, Fe, Mg and Mn were recorded highest during the spring.

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Seasonal differences in the levels of suspended particulate matter and heavy metals in the vicinity of a waste dump

Cited by 15 publications

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Particulates and Metallic Elements Monitoring at Two Sampling Sites (Harbor, Airport) in Taiwan

Particulates and Metallic Elements Monitoring at Two Sampling Sites (Harbor, Airport) in Taiwan

Study of the Levels of Concentration of As, Cd and Ni in a Ceramic Cluster

Annual and Seasonal Variations of Trace Metals in Atmospheric Suspended Particulate Matter in Islamabad, Pakistan

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