A review of the distribution of particulate trace elements in urban terrestrial environments and its application to considerations of risk

S Charlesworth, E De Miguel, A Ordóñez - … geochemistry and health, 2011 - Springer
We review the evolution, state of the art and future lines of research on the sources, transport
pathways, and sinks of particulate trace elements in urban terrestrial environments to …

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 …

Speciation, contamination, ecological and human health risks assessment of heavy metals in soils dumped with municipal solid wastes

N Gujre, S Mitra, A Soni, R Agnihotri, L Rangan… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The main aim of this work is to assess the extent of soil contamination, potential ecological
and health risks associated with the disposal of municipal solid waste (MSW) near a Ramsar …

Interactions between trace metals and plastic production pellets under estuarine conditions

LA Holmes, A Turner, RC Thompson - Marine Chemistry, 2014 - Elsevier
Pre-production pellets are an abundant form of plastic waste in the marine environment
whose principal impacts arise from inadvertent ingestion by various organisms when …

Characteristics and health risk assessment of heavy metals exposure via household dust from urban area in Chengdu, China

Z Cheng, LJ Chen, HH Li, JQ Lin, ZB Yang… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
To investigate the characteristics of heavy metals (Cr, Cd, Pb, Zn, Cu and Ni) in household
dust in urban household environment of Chengdu, China, 90 household dust samples were …

Spatial distribution, source analysis, and health risk assessment of heavy metals contamination in house dust and surface soil from four major cities of Nepal

IC Yadav, NL Devi, VK Singh, J Li, G Zhang - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Raising population, deteriorating environmental conditions and limiting natural resources to
handle the key environmental health problems have critically affected human health and the …

Air pollution tolerance, metal accumulation and dust capturing capacity of common tropical trees in commercial and industrial sites

A Roy, T Bhattacharya, M Kumari - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Total nine tree species of common tropical trees were assessed for their air pollution
tolerance, dust capturing capacity and possibility to act as metal bio-monitors in commercial …

Assessment of metals pollution and health risk in dust from nursery schools in Xi'an, China

X Lu, X Zhang, LY Li, H Chen - Environmental research, 2014 - Elsevier
Concentrations, pollution and health risks of metals in dust from nursery schools in Xi'an,
China were determined. In comparison with local soil, dust samples have elevated metals …

Occurrence, geochemical fraction, ecological and health risk assessment of cadmium, copper and nickel in soils contaminated with municipal solid wastes

N Gujre, L Rangan, S Mitra - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Unscientific municipal solid waste (MSW) dumping provokes heavy metal (HM) associated
ecological and human health hazards through heightened bioavailability and …

Contamination assessment of copper, lead, zinc, manganese and nickel in street dust of Baoji, NW China

X Lu, L Wang, K Lei, J Huang, Y Zhai - Journal of hazardous materials, 2009 - Elsevier
Street dusts collected from Baoji, NW China were analyzed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Mn and Ni by
using PANalytical PW-2403 wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and …