Organic pollutants in the street dust of a European Metropolitan area [PDF]
Environmental Science and Pollution ResearchAbstract Street dust is a major sink for organic pollutants, yet their spatial distribution in cities remains poorly understood. This study quantified 59 organic pollutants in street dust from 19 districts across metropolitan Barcelona, Spain.
Miguel Velázquez-Gómez +2 more
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Spatial analysis and health implications of micro rubber and vanadium in urban street dust in Northwest of Iran [PDF]
Scientific ReportsUrbanization and increasing vehicular traffic have led to significant environmental challenges, with street dust being a major contributor to urban pollution.
Pourya Ayremloo +3 more
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Geochemistry, Speciation, and Health Risks from Potentially Toxic Elements in Street Dust of Mbarara City, Uganda [PDF]
Journal of XenobioticsIn equatorial Africa, rapid urbanization has increased city populations and particulate matter emissions. Street dust is a visual indicator that can be used to track urban pollution.
Hassan Omary Kumenya +5 more
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Exploring the particle size effect, land use classification, and magnetic characteristics of street dust in urbanized areas in Poland [PDF]
Scientific ReportsStreet dust was collected from 149 locations (“all”) and fractionated into five size-dependent categories: (1–0.8 mm) “0.8,” (0.8–0.6 mm) “0.6,” (0.6–0.4 mm) “0.4,” (0.4–0.2 mm) “0.2,” and (
Sylwia Dytłow, Grzegorz Karasiński
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Source dynamics and environmental risk of street dust as a vector of human exposure to potentially toxic elements in Istanbul, Türkiye [PDF]
Scientific ReportsUrban street dust acts as both a sink and a secondary source of potentially toxic elements (PTEs), contributing to environmental contamination and air quality degradation.
Tuna Öncü +4 more
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Temporary Performance Degradation of Photovoltaic Street Light in Kupang City, Nusa Tenggara Timur Province, Indonesia [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 This study investigated the effect of dust to the performance degradation of PV street lights deployed at several areas (coastal, urban, industry, and village) in Kupang city. Results showed that maximum power output (Pmax) of all modules decreased by 9 %
Tanesab Julius +5 more
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Leaf reflectance and functional traits as environmental indicators of urban dust deposition
BMC Plant Biology, 2021 Background How to quickly predict and evaluate urban dust deposition is the key to the control of urban atmospheric environment. Here, we focus on changes of plant reflectance and plant functional traits due to dust deposition, and develop a prediction ...
Jiyou Zhu +7 more
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Human health risk assessment based on toxicity characteristic leaching procedure and simple bioaccessibility extraction test of toxic metals in urban street dust of Tianjin, China. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The potential ecological and human health risk related with urban street dust from urban areas of Tianjin, China was quantitatively analyzed using the method of toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) and simple bioaccessibility extraction test
Binbin Yu, Yu Wang, Qixing Zhou
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Bioaccumulation and health risk assessment of severe metal pollution of street dust from various urban regions in Baghdad, Iraq [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 This study sought to define the metals bioaccumulation from street dust in Baghdad, Iraq for the first time. The samples were collected that research the levels, sources, and health hazard model Cd, Cr, Zn and Cu.
Ali Abed Salwan +3 more
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Bioavailability and speciation of arsenic in urban street dusts from Baoding city, China
Chemical Speciation & Bioavailability, 2017 Twenty-one street dust samples were collected from the urban sites in Baoding, China, to investigate the species and bioavailabilty of arsenic in them.
Jiao-Jiao Xie +5 more
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