Heavy metal pollution levels, source apportionment and risk assessment in dust storms in key cities in Northwest China

H Luo, Q Wang, Q Guan, Y Ma, F Ni, E Yang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the potential hazards of heavy metals in dust storms were investigated by
collecting dust storm samples, measuring their heavy metal concentrations, and using index …

[HTML][HTML] Health risk of heavy metals in street dust

A Aguilera, F Bautista, A Goguitchaichvili… - Frontiers in Bioscience …, 2020 - imrpress.com
Heavy metals in street dust represent a risk to the human health due to their toxicity,
persistence and bioaccumulation. Using the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) …

Human health risk assessment for toxic elements in the extreme ambient dust conditions observed in Sistan, Iran

RD Behrooz, DG Kaskaoutis, G Grivas, N Mihalopoulos - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
This study evaluates the bioaccessibility and health risks related to heavy metals (Cd, Cr,
Co, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn and metalloid As) in airborne dust samples (TSP and PM 2.5) in …

Assessment of heavy metal (HM) contamination in agricultural soil lands in northern Telangana, India: an approach of spatial distribution and multivariate statistical …

N Adimalla, H Qian, H Wang - Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2019 - Springer
The contamination of heavy metals (HMs) in agricultural soil lands has attracted the
environmental world due to their abundance, persistence, and toxicity. A study has been …

[HTML][HTML] Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in urban street dust within three land-uses of Babylon governorate, Iraq: Distribution, sources, and health risk …

RA Grmasha, OJ Al-sareji, JM Salman… - Journal of King Saud …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study is considered to be the first investigation of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs) in terms of distribution and sources identification for three land-use in Babylon …

Trend analysis of global usage of digital soil mapping models in the prediction of potentially toxic elements in soil/sediments: a bibliometric review

PC Agyeman, SK Ahado, L Borůvka, JKM Biney… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
The rising and continuous pollution of the soil from anthropogenic activities is of great
concern. Owing to this concern, the advent of digital soil mapping (DSM) has been a tool that …

Mineralogical, geochemical, and textural characteristics of soil and airborne samples during dust storms in Khuzestan, southwest Iran

N MalAmiri, A Rashki, SR Hosseinzadeh… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Dust storms are frequent phenomena in Khuzestan Province, southwest Iran, leading to
environmental hazards and deleterious impacts on human health. This work analyzes …

Heavy metal contamination (Cu, Pb, Zn, Fe, and Mn) in urban dust and its possible ecological and human health risk in Mexican cities

A Aguilera, JL Cortés, C Delgado, Y Aguilar… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cities occupy a relatively small percentage of the Earth's surface. However, they influence
the entire biosphere, affect biodiversity and environmental conditions, which end up …

Potentially toxic elements and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in street dust of Yazd, a central capital city in Iran: contamination level, source identification, and …

MJ Nematollahi, S Dehdaran, F Moore… - … geochemistry and health, 2021 - Springer
Contamination level, source, and ecological–health risk of potentially toxic elements (PTEs)
and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the street dust of Yazd, a central capital city …

Health risk assessment and source apportionment of potentially toxic metal (loid) s in windowsill dust of a rapidly growing urban settlement, Iran

R Madadi, S Mohamadi, M Rastegari, A Karbassi… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Rapid industrialization and urbanization have resulted in environmental pollution and
unsustainable development of cities. The concentration of 12 potentially toxic metal (loid) s …