Seasonal, spatial variations and risk assessment of heavy elements in street dust from Novi Sad, Serbia

Škrbić, Biljana; Buljovčić, Maja; Jovanović, Grigorije; Antić, Igor

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.04.124

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“…Subsequently, parts of the sieved dust samples were transported to new self-sealing polyethylene bags and then stored at 4°C before analysis. According to previous assessments of the potential health risk of heavy elements to the human body (Men et al 2018b), seven typical metals (Li et al 2017;Lin et al 2019;Weerasundara et al 2018) and arsenic, an oncogenic metalloid (Rahman et al 2019;Škrbić et al 2018), which has some of the chemical properties of a metal, were chosen for determination. These eight elements are cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), mercury (Hg), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), and arsenic (As).…”

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“…The geo-accumulation index (I geo ), namely, the Müller index (Müller 1981), considers not only the influence of the background value for the natural geological process but also the impact of human activities on heavy elements pollution. The Müller index has been employed to continuously determine the pollution levels in soil and road dust (Li et al 2015;Škrbić et al 2018). The equation is expressed as…”

Section: Pollution Evaluation Indices Of Urban Dust Qualitymentioning

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“…These results are consistent with the evaluation results based on the Pearson correlation coefficient, which shows that the five HMs are highly correlated and greatly contribute to factor 1. Based on previous studies, Cr, Ni, Cu, and Cd in road sediment were mainly caused by the weathering and corrosion of automobile parts and other metal materials, such as paint, guardrail, and coatings (Huang et al 2014;Li et al 2017;Škrbić et al 2018). By analyzing the pollution sources of different heavy metals, Rahman et al (2019) discovered that Zn was usually detected in tire tread rubber, car lubricants (Jin et al 2019), and carburetors.…”

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“…By using positive matrix factorization (PMF) for a quantitative source analysis in Beijing, China, Men et al (2018b) discovered that traffic-related exhaust gas accounted for 34.47% of the pollution sources; coal combustion and metal materials each accounted for approximately 25% of the pollution sources; and the use of pesticides, fertilizers, and medical equipment accounted for 14.88% of the pollution sources. Subsequently, more scholars considered the seasonal or spatial variation (Duan et al 2018;Škrbić et al 2018;Srikanth and Rao 2014;Zhang et al 2015) and determined that the meteorological condition and intensity of human activities changed with the change in seasons, which causes a variations in the pollution conditions and main contamination source in different seasons (Men et al 2018a). Moreover, road sediment particles polluted by heavy elements, especially fine particles, can be absorbed by adults or children by ingestion, inhalation via the mouth and nose, dermal adsorption, and inhalation of mercury vapor, which potentially or directly affects human health (Lin et al 2019;Torghabeh et al 2019).…”

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Spatial distribution of pollution characteristics and human health risk assessment of exposure to heavy elements in road dust from different functional areas of Zhengzhou, China

Wang

Shen

Kang

et al. 2020

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Road dust from different sources directly contacts the human body and has potential effects on public health. In this study, a total number of 87 road dust samples were collected at 29 sampling sites from five different functional areas (commercial area (CA), residential area (RA), educational area (EA), industrial area (IA), and park area (PA)) in Zhengzhou to study the contamination status, distribution, source identification, ecological risk assessment, and spatial distribution of human health risks due to eight heavy elements. The geo-accumulation index (I geo) and pollution index (PI) revealed that there was very high contamination with Cd and Hg caused by atmospheric deposition, which should be paid special attention. Additionally, the source identification indicated that Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb originate from anthropogenic activities related to traffic, and Hg can originate from medical equipment and agricultural chemicals, while the extremely low level of pollution with As could be explained by geographic sources. Moreover, the calculated ecological risk index values were increased in the order of CA > RA > EA > IA > PA in different functional areas. According to the human health risks of the whole city, children exposed to Pb have the highest health risk, especially for CA and IA, as calculated by the noncarcinogenic hazard index (HI). For adults and children, health risks caused by Cu, Zn, and Pb were higher in the CA, RA, and PA of the downtown area, whereas Cr and Ni had the highest noncarcinogenic exposure risk in northwestern Zhengzhou due to point source pollution. Calculations of the carcinogenic risk (CR) values for Cr, Ni, As, and Cd indicate that the value of Cr is highest (1.17 × 10 −7), especially inside the industrial area (8.55 × 10 −7), which is close to the lower limit of the threshold values (10 −6 to 10 −4). These results can provide a theoretical basis and data support for air treatment, pollution control, and the implementation of public prevention in different functional areas of Zhengzhou.

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Section: Pollution Evaluation Indices Of Urban Dust Qualitymentioning

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Spatial distribution of pollution characteristics and human health risk assessment of exposure to heavy elements in road dust from different functional areas of Zhengzhou, China

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“…By using geostatistical interpolation it is possible to get information, even for an area that is not sampled. Spatial visualization has been used extensively in risk assessment studies of heavy metals in soils (Dragović et al, 2014;Škrbić et al, 2018;Zhao et al, 2019;Cheng et al, 2020;Jiang et al, 2020;Jin and Lv, 2020).…”

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Ecological Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in the Soil at a Former Painting Industry Facility

Radomirović

Cirovic

Maksin

et al. 2020

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Soil samples from the site of the former largest paint and varnish factory in ex-Yugoslavia were analyzed for arsenic and eight heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Zn, Cr, Ni, Cu, Fe, and Hg). Several additional soil properties (pH, sulfur, nitrogen, phosphorus, and water content) were also measured. Multivariate analysis showed strong correlations between Pb and Zn; and a moderate correlation between Cu and Ni. There was no correlation between heavy metals and any of the analyzed soil properties parameters. A factor analysis grouped most heavy metals, except Cd, which showed different behavior, and Fe and As, which associated with soil properties. The soil samples were clustered into two distinctive groups. Positive matrix factorization receptor modeling clearly identified Zn and Pb as belonging to the traffic vehicle factor. The second factor dominating arsenic was industrial chemical emissions, while the third factor containing most of the heavy metals was attributed to natural background variation. The last non-metallic factor, dominated by sulfur, was the result of past activities in the paint facility. The average enrichment factor values were for the metals analyzed were: 0.73; 0.71; 2.4; 0.58; 2.3; 0.87; 1.6; and 0.76; for Cr, Cd, Pb, Ni, Zn, Cu, As, and Hg, respectively. Only moderate soil enrichment by Pb and Zn was found. The geoaccumulation index values showed a moderately polluted soil with Pb and Zn, but most contributing to the ecological risk were Cd with 63% and Hg with 19%. These two metals are of major concern in this case study due to their high toxicity, even though they are present at very low concentrations. Generally, a moderate ecological risk was estimated for most soil samples, except for a small number of high-risk samples. Spatial distribution mapped three severely polluted sub-areas. In general, the paint and varnish industry moderately contributes to the contamination of soil. The main ecological risk from metal contamination is not related to the paint technological production process itself, but from other activities at the site that deposit of heavy metals into the soil.

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Environmental and human health risks associated with exposure to hazardous elements present in urban dust from Barranquilla, Colombian Caribbean

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Urban dust is a mixture of deposited particles from different sources usually linked to potentially toxic elements (PTEs). Despite the industrialization of many South American countries, little is known about the impact of particulate matter in large cities; these data are necessary to promote environmental policies aiming to protect human health. The main objective of this work was to evaluate the particle size distribution, composition, and environmental and human health risks of settled dust particles from Barranquilla, a Colombian Caribbean industrialized area. Trace elements were analyzed by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry from 35 different sites, covering all city areas. Dust was mostly composed of 10-to-70-μm particles. The average concentrations of V,

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Seasonal, spatial variations and risk assessment of heavy elements in street dust from Novi Sad, Serbia

Cited by 67 publications

References 37 publications

Spatial distribution of pollution characteristics and human health risk assessment of exposure to heavy elements in road dust from different functional areas of Zhengzhou, China

Spatial distribution of pollution characteristics and human health risk assessment of exposure to heavy elements in road dust from different functional areas of Zhengzhou, China

Ecological Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in the Soil at a Former Painting Industry Facility

Environmental and human health risks associated with exposure to hazardous elements present in urban dust from Barranquilla, Colombian Caribbean

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