[HTML][HTML] A critical prospective analysis of the potential toxicity of trace element regulation limits in soils worldwide: Are they protective concerning health risk …

V Antoniadis, SM Shaheen, E Levizou, M Shahid… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
Trace elements (TEs) may have toxic effects to plants and humans; thus, countries and
organizations impose maximum allowable regulation limits of their concentrations in soils …

Road dust resuspension: A review

IC Rienda, CA Alves - Atmospheric Research, 2021 - Elsevier
In the last decades, emissions from road traffic saw a significant drop due to the stricter
regulations for the motor vehicles' exhaust and cleaner technologies for fleets. Therefore …

[HTML][HTML] Heavy metal pollution in Mongolian-Manchurian grassland soil and effect of long-range dust transport by wind

M Qin, Y Jin, T Peng, B Zhao, D Hou - Environment International, 2023 - Elsevier
Grasslands provide a range of valuable ecosystem services, but they are also particularly
fragile ecosystems easily threatened by human activities, such as long-term open-pit mining …

[HTML][HTML] Characteristics, source apportionment and health risk assessment of heavy metals in urban road dust of the Pearl River Delta, South China

C Huang, L Zhang, J Meng, Y Yu, J Qi, P Shen… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
To investigate the characteristics of heavy metals (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, Hg, Ni and Zn) in
urban road dust from different cities and functional areas in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) …

Assessment of the ability of roadside vegetation to remove particulate matter from the urban air

B Kończak, M Cempa, M Deska - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of urbanised areas together with the growing transport infrastructure and
traffic volume are the main cause of air quality deterioration due to the increasing …

Potentially toxic elements in street dust from an urban city of a developing country: ecological and probabilistic health risks assessment

MH Kabir, T Kormoker, MS Islam, R Khan… - … science and pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Anthropogenic activities in and around the urban highways followed by aerodynamic
processing generate street dusts, which can cause adverse health effects through different …

Research on particle size distribution and composition of road deposit dust in Xi'an: from the perspective of non-exhaust emissions

C He, W Jiang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
Road dust, containing tire-road wear particles, atmospheric dust, or construction-related
particles, contaminates road environments and poses a health hazard when inhaled by …

Human health risk assessment due to mercury use in gold mining areas in the Ecuadorian Andean region

C Mestanza-Ramón, S Jiménez-Oyola, AVG Montoya… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Mining activity drives economic development and has established itself as one of the main
industrial spheres globally. However, illegal, and artisanal gold mining, which uses mercury …

Concentrations, spatial distribution, sources and environmental health risks of potentially toxic elements in urban road dust across China

S Wang, L Wang, Y Huan, R Wang, T Liang - Science of the total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Potentially toxic element (PTE) pollution is widespread in road dust across China, and the
effects of PTEs in road dust on health cannot be ignored. In this study, the concentrations of …

Wastewater generation and treatment by various eco-friendly technologies: Possible health hazards and further reuse for environmental safety

B Pratap, S Kumar, S Nand, I Azad, RN Bharagava… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The discharge of untreated wastewater as a result of various developmental activities such
as urbanization, industrialization and changes in lifestyle poses great threats to aquatic …