Urban soils and road dust—civilization effects and metal pollution—a review

M Sager - Environments, 2020 - mdpi.com
Urban soils have been changed much by human impacts in terms of structure, composition
and use. This review paper gives a general introduction into changes from compaction …

Baseline concentrations, source apportionment, and probabilistic risk assessment of heavy metals in urban street dust in Northeast Brazil

LHV Lima, CWA do Nascimento, FBV da Silva… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metal pollution by accelerating urbanization is an emerging socio-environmental
issue that poses a potential risk to human health and the environment. In this scenario, street …

Assessment of sources, environmental, ecological, and health risks of potentially toxic elements in urban dust of Moscow megacity, Russia

AI Ivaneev, AS Brzhezinskiy, VK Karandashev… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in urban dust of Moscow megacity and related risks have
been studied. 78 samples were collected in the Moscow downtown in sites with different …

Contamination levels and source apportionment of potentially toxic elements in size-fractionated road dust of Moscow

DV Vlasov, JY Vasil'chuk, NE Kosheleva… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
The distributions of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) among PM1, PM1–10, PM10–50, and
PM50–1000 fractions of the road dust were studied in the western and eastern parts of …

Physicochemical Assessment of the Road Vehicle Traffic Pollution Impact on the Urban Environment

M Rusca, T Rusu, SE Avram, D Prodan, GA Paltinean… - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
Vehicle traffic pollution requires complex physicochemical analysis besides emission level
measuring. The current study is focused on two campaigns of emissions measurements held …

Benzo[a]pyrene in Moscow road dust: pollution levels and health risks

NE Kosheleva, DV Vlasov, IV Timofeev… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Benzo [a] pyrene (BaP) is one of the priority pollutants in the urban environment.
For the first time, the accumulation of BaP in road dust on different types of Moscow roads …

[HTML][HTML] Accumulation, sources, and health risks of phthalic acid esters (PAEs) in road dust from heavily industrialized, urban and rural areas in southern Iran

J Karamianpour, H Arfaeinia, DR Vakilabadi… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
In this research, a total of 51 road dust samples were collected from three districts (Asaluyeh,
Bushehr, and Goshoui) in the south of Iran from April to June 2022 and analyzed for the …

Is there a downside to plant ecological services in the city? Influences of particulate matter on the two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) foraging on the small …

H Moniuszko, E Puchalska, K Mikowska… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The aim of this research was to examine how particulate matter (PM) pollution affects the life
history of the two-spotted spider mite (TSSM), Tetranychus urticae (Trombidiformes …

Green development challenges within the environmental management framework

H Mikulčić, J Baleta, X Wang, N Duić, R Dewil - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Green development of energy, water and environment systems is essential as these three
systems represent the basic life needs of humankind. Therefore, environmental problems …

Long-term open-pit mining activities at the world's largest light rare earth mine significantly affect light rare earth elements in road dust over long distances

X Han, Z Xiong, S Wang, L Wang, T Liang - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
The long-term effects of decades of open-pit mining at the Bayan Obo deposit, the world's
largest light rare earth mine, on the concentrations of several elements in road dust over …