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Health risk of heavy metals in street dust [PDF]
Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark, 2020 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) assessment, here, we review the human health risks of such dust world-wide.
Anahi Aguilera +3 more
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Environment International, 2019 Since heavy metal pollution is widespread in street dust in China, the effects of heavy metals in street dust on human health cannot be ignored. However, studies estimating heavy metal pollution in street dust nationwide are limited.
Lin Tang, Xiuyi Hua, Na Zheng
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Assessment of the pollution degree for some heavy elements in street dust around the shrine of Imam Hussein, Kerbala, Iraq [PDF]
Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2022 Heavy element pollutions in urban street dust has caused global concern due to the potential danger to human health and the urban environment. Therefore, the present study was designed to assess street dust pollution in Kerbala, the most important city ...
Asaad Sh. M. Alhesnawi +2 more
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Environment International, 2022 The levels of potentially toxic metal(loid)s (PTMs) As, Cu, Co, Cr, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn in resuspended street dust (
Peng Fan +8 more
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The impact of measures to reduce ambient air PM10 concentrations originating from road dust, evaluated for a street canyon in Helsinki [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2019 We have numerically evaluated how effective selected potential measures would be for reducing the impact of road dust on ambient air particulate matter (PM10).
A. Stojiljkovic +9 more
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Geochemistry of Street Dust in Tyumen, Russia: Influence of Traffic Load [PDF]
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021 Abstract The article presents the results of studying the composition of road dust in Tyumen, a large city in Western Siberia. On roads with different traffic intensities, 50 dust samples were taken, in which the particle size distribution, pH, and organic carbon content were determined.
Dmitriy Moskovchenko +2 more
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Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, 2022 Present study aims to assess the possible toxic metal hazard of Pb, Cd and Fe in street dust and soil on environment and human health at the northern Deltaic region of Egypt using spatial and statistical analyses.
Ahmed M. El-Zeiny, Hazem T. Abd El-Hamid
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Human health risk assessment of heavy metals in road dust collected in Cracow [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 Road dust is viewed as one of the major contributors for metal pollution in urban environment and long-term exposure can cause chronic damage through ways of inhalation, ingestion, and dermal contact so they pose a great threat on human health.
Hajduga Gabriela +2 more
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Ibn Al-Haitham Journal for Pure and Applied Sciences, 2023 The current study was applied in Al-Zafaraniya area southeast of the capital Baghdad from October 2021 to April 2022. This is to evaluate some heavy elements (Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Pb, and Mn) in the street, storm, and suspended dust.
Azhar F.M. Aljewari +1 more
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Seasonal and Spatial Variations of Magnetic Susceptibility of Street Dust in Several Cities of Isfahan Province and their Relationship with the Concentration of Selected Heavy Metals [PDF]
علوم آب و خاک, 2023 Street dust enters the urban environments due to the resuspension of particles smaller than 100 micrometers. The magnetic properties of street dust and their relationship with the concentration of heavy metals have received less attention from ...
B. Akbari, H. Khademi
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