Concentration, sources, influencing factors and hazards of heavy metals in indoor and outdoor dust: A review

H Chu, Y Liu, N Xu, J Xu - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2023 - Springer
Heavy metals are a common class of toxic contaminants in soil, water and air, yet their
occurrence in indoor environments is less known. Heavy metals enter people's bodies …

Spatial distribution and source apportionment of heavy metals in soil from a typical county-level city of Guangdong Province, China

S Wang, LM Cai, HH Wen, J Luo, QS Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The contents of ten heavy metals (Cr, Hg, As, Pb, Ni, Cd, Ti, Cu, Zn and V) in 413 topsoil
samples from Puning City, Guangdong Province, China were investigated. Obvious …

Heavy metals in agricultural soils from a typical township in Guangdong Province, China: Occurrences and spatial distribution

LM Cai, QS Wang, HH Wen, J Luo, S Wang - … and environmental safety, 2019 - Elsevier
To investigate contamination level, origins and spatial distribution characteristics of heavy
metals (Cu, Pb, Zn, Hg, Ni, Cd, As, and Cr) in agricultural soils of Gaogang Town, a typical …

A comprehensive exploration of risk assessment and source quantification of potentially toxic elements in road dust: A case study from a large Cu smelter in central …

HZ Wang, LM Cai, QS Wang, GC Hu, LG Chen - Catena, 2021 - Elsevier
Large-scale industrial activities emit large amounts of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in
the form of particulate pollutants. Most of these pollutants settle on the road and eventually …

Heavy metals in indoor dust: Spatial distribution, influencing factors, and potential health risks

T Shi, Y Wang - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Given the large proportion of time that people spend indoors, the potential health risks
posed by heavy metals in the indoor environment deserve greater attention. A global-scale …

Sources, fate, and detection of dust-associated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): a review

UM Ismail, H Elnakar, MF Khan - Toxics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The occurrence of sand and dust storms (SDSs) is essential for the geochemical cycling of
nutrients; however, it is considered a meteorological hazard common to arid regions …

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 …

Coupling machine and deep learning with explainable artificial intelligence for improving prediction of groundwater quality and decision-making in Arid Region, Saudi …

F Alshehri, A Rahman - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recently, machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) models based on artificial
intelligence (AI) have emerged as fast and reliable tools for predicting water quality index …

Pollution characteristics, source apportionment, and health risk of heavy metals in street dust of Suzhou, China

M Lin, H Gui, Y Wang, W Peng - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2017 - Springer
To analyze the pollution characteristics, source apportionment, and health risk of heavy
metals (HMs) in street dust of Suzhou, China, 23 sampling sites were selected and …

Assessment of the heavy metal sources and concentrations in the Nador Lagoon sediment, Northeast-Morocco

O El Ouaty, A El M'rini, D Nachite, E Marrocchino… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigates the heavy metals (HM) and sulfurs concentration, enrichment level
and potential sources in the bottom sediments of Nador lagoon, North-East Morocco. 50 …