Sources of Anthropogenic Contaminants in the Urban Environment

Albanese, Stefano; Breward, N.

doi:10.1002/9780470670071.ch8

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“…The statistically significant positive correlation between Pb -Zn -Cu is indicative of the common origin of these elements; they are typical anthropogenic elements related to traffic or point source emissions in the urban environment (Albanese and Breward, 2011). Also, the observed positive correlations between Cr -Ni -Mn points to their natural origin in Athens' soil.…”

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“…This indicates that vehicular traffic is the major contributory factor in urban soil contamination by the typical anthropogenic elements (Li et al, 2001(Li et al, , 2004Möller et al, 2005;Morton-Bermea et al, 2009;Andersson et al, 2010). Leaded fuel for Pb and its use as a balance in the wheels of the cars (Harris and Davidson, 2005) and tire wear for Zn have been recognized as specific vehicular traffic-related sources (Albanese and Breward, 2011). Higher concentrations in the central parks could also be related to the age of park and site history as well as the distance of the sampling location from heavy traffic roads.…”

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Heavy Metals in Urban Park Soils From Athens, Greece

Papazotos¹,

Chalkiadaki²,

Chatzistamatiou³

et al. 2017

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Heavy Metals in Urban Park Soils From Athens, Greece

Papazotos¹,

Chalkiadaki²,

Chatzistamatiou³

et al. 2017

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“…We can only say that although research in the central part of Vilnius [26] has shown that Mn correlates with both natural and anthropogenic factors, it is hardly believable that its EF-problematic sites in peri-urban areas indicate anthropogenic anomalies. First, the number of urban-industrial pollution sources of Mn is relatively low [48]. Second, concentration coefficients of Mn in dust from vents and stacks of some pollution sources in Vilnius are much lower than that of Ni, Zn, Cu and Cr [39].…”

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Influence of site-classification approach on geochemical background values

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This study of peri-urban minerogenic topsoil on glacigenic or post-glacial deposits shows the influence of the site-classification approach on the differentiated median background (DMB) values of major elements and the potentially harmful elements (PHEs) Ba, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn. Composite samples from forests and meadows were taken in 25 sites, each of which had five sub-sites. A fraction of <2 mm was used to determine the organic matter by loss on ignition (LOI), grain size by laser diffraction and the elemental contents by X-ray fluorescence. The following five site-classification approaches are compared: geochemical (G), using relative median contents of Al, K, Ti; textural (T), according to mean percentages of clay-sized fraction (CLF) and silt fraction (SIF); lithological (L), based on soil parent material texture from the soil database; soil type (S), presented in the soil database; and parent material (P), generalising the underlying Quaternary deposits. Sites were classified into four level groups in which the DMB values were estimated after eliminating anomalies. The average ranks of three scores according to SIF, CLF, LOI, Al, K, Ti, Fe, Mg, Ca and S in the respective groups revealed the highest value for the G approach. It better eliminates the CLF and SIF influences on the median assessment indices of PHEs in sites.

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“…These consisted of the three socioeconomic derived factors from the EID data, PD, Pop.dens and ED alongside two other soil chemistry variables. The two additional soil chemistry parameters were; Sn which is known to be a an indicator of anthropogenic inputs in urban environments because its natural concentrations are usually low (<5mg/kg) and Sn has a low geochemical mobility (common sources of Sn are old paint, glazed pottery, electrical solder and tinplate/old tin cans) (Albanese and Breward, 2011); and Ce which provides a measure of natural background (Aide and Aide, 2012) it has been shown that Ce in urban environments in the UK has no systematic variation from estimated upper crustal concentrations (Flight and Scheib, 2011).…”

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The effect of lead in soil on crime deprivation in Derby, Leicester and Nottingham

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Wragg

Lister

2018

Applied Geochemistry

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The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that soil Pb is associated with criminality in selected urban environments within the UK. The study used geological and geochemical information and soil Pb data from Derby, Leicester and Nottingham, collected as part of a geochemical survey of urban soils. Crime and other associated socio-economic data were provided by a national survey on deprivation in the UK. The data were modelled using crime deprivation as the dependant variable and Pb, Sn and Ce in soil as well as three socio-economic factors associated with personal deprivation, population density and environmental deprivation as predictor variables.Both the generalised linear and the random forest modelling strategies showed that the socio-economic predictor variables and spatial associations were important in predicting crime deprivation. Pb and the two other soil chemistry parameters (Sn and Ce) were not important predictors of crime deprivation in Leicester and Nottingham.Pb and its interactions with spatial and socio-economic factors were, however, shown to have a significant effect on crime deprivation in Derby. The random forest model for Derby showed that there was an antagonistic interaction effect between Pb in soil and personal deprivation. The random forest model was used to produce "dose-response" 2 curves of the effect of Pb in soil on crime deprivation under different spatial and socioeconomic conditions.

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Sources of Anthropogenic Contaminants in the Urban Environment

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Heavy Metals in Urban Park Soils From Athens, Greece

Heavy Metals in Urban Park Soils From Athens, Greece

Influence of site-classification approach on geochemical background values

The effect of lead in soil on crime deprivation in Derby, Leicester and Nottingham

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