Granulometry and the content of toxic and potentially toxic elements in vacuum-cleaner collected, indoor dusts of the city of Warsaw

Lisiewicz, Marek; Heimburger, Robert F.; Golimowski, Jerzy

doi:10.1016/s0048-9697(00)00667-7

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“…This figure includes \150 lm data in the Aung et al study because Nakamura et al [43] indicated that lead concentrations in vacuum cleaner dust samples of 100-250-, 53-100-and \53-lm fractions did not significantly differ. Table 3 compares the lead concentration in house dust (vacuum cleaner dust) in Japan with relevant data retrieved from more recently published reports referring to other countries [47][48][49][50][51]. This table shows that lead concentration in house dust from Japanese residences is lower than the international average.…”

Section: Lead In House Dustmentioning

confidence: 98%

Lead in the Japanese living environment

Yoshinaga

2012

Environ Health Prev Med

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Lead has long been known to be a neurotoxic heavy metal, particularly in the context of occupational health. However, its adverse effect on the cognitive development of children at lower exposure levels has only recently received attention. Although the exposure level of contemporary Japanese children is among the lowest in the world, it is desirable to reduce exposure as much as reasonably possible due to the absence of a threshold of exposure for adverse effects. In this review, information on lead levels in milieus of our proximate environment, such as the atmosphere, drinking water, soil, house dust, diet and others, of contemporary Japan was compiled with the aim of updating our knowledge on lead distribution. Monitoring data demonstrates that lead concentrations in the atmosphere and lead intake from food consumption have decreased substantially from the 1970s. Lead was hardly detectable in tap water in a recent nation-wide monitoring survey. To the contrary, elevated lead concentrations were detected in surface soil and house dust in one of the studies on daily exposure to lead from all potential sources, and both of these sources were regarded by the authors as significant contributors of lead exposure to general Japanese children. A similar study indicated that diet is the sole major source of lead for Japanese children. A significant difference was present in the estimated dietary lead intake levels in different studies, resulting in significant discrepancies in the current knowledge on lead in our environment. Further studies are warranted to identify the major source(s) of lead exposure in Japanese children in order to establish an effective countermeasure to reduce lead exposure to children.

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Section: Lead In House Dustmentioning

confidence: 98%

Lead in the Japanese living environment

Yoshinaga

2012

Environ Health Prev Med

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“…This may be one explanation of why the riverside park has relatively more Wne particles. Some studies have found that particles <100 m are easily resuspended and retained in the atmosphere due to the wind and air movement caused by moving vehicles (De Miguel et al 1997;Lisiewicz et al 2000). When the particle size is <66 m, the RDS can be very easily picked up by a breeze due to the inXuence of air turbulence on the particle size distribution (De Miguel et al 1997).…”

Section: Particle Size Distributionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Particle size distribution and pollutants in road-deposited sediments in different areas of Zhenjiang, China

Bian

Zhu

2008

Environ Geochem Health

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An understanding of road-deposited sediment (RDS) characteristics on an impervious surface is essential to estimate pollutant washoff characteristics and to minimise the impacts of pollutants on the water environment. A total of 62 RDS samples were collected from four different land-use types (commercial, residential, intense traffic and riverside park) in Zhenjiang City, China. The samples were fractionated into seven grain-size classes and analysed for particle size distribution and concentrations of pollutants. The samples are found to consist predominantly of fine particles (60-80%, <250 microm). The maximum mean concentrations of zinc, lead and copper were 686.93, 589.19 and 158.16 mg/kg, respectively, with the highest metal concentrations found in samples from the intense traffic area. The maximum mean contents of organic matter (12.55%), nitrogen (6.31 mg/g) and phosphorus (5.15 mg/g) were found in samples from the commercial area. The concentrations of heavy metals were highest in the smallest particle size fraction analysed (63 microm). The organic matter and nitrogen content generally increased with decreasing particle sizes in the <500-microm particle size range. The results also revealed that most of the total nitrogen (TN) is attached to the finer sediments and that to effectively reduce TN loads in particulates, treatment facilities must be able to remove the finer particles (down to 125 microm for TN).

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“…In studies aimed at estimating residential exposures, settled dust samples typically are col- Fig. 11.1 Influence of particle size on element concentrations in house dust, interpreted from geometric mean data for 23 vacuum samples collected in Warsaw, Poland by Lisiewicz et al (2000). Concentrations in coarser size fractions (32 -63 mm and 63 -125 mm) are expressed as percentages of concentrations in fine size fraction (<32 mg, where Cr=100 mg g À1 ; Ni=58 mg g À1 ; Cu=162 mg g À1 ; and Pb=194 mg g À1 ).…”

Section: Vacuum Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Gulson et al (1995) reported that Pb concentrations are two-to nine-fold higher in fine fractions compared to bulk (unsieved) fractions. Using ED-XRF, Lisiewicz et al (2000) determined concentrations of Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pb, and Br in three size fractions (< 32 mm, 32 -63 mm, and 63 -125 mm) of household vacuum samples collected in Warsaw, the capital city of Poland. Results showed that elemental concentrations of Cr, Ni, Cu, and Pb increased by about 5% to 30% for each decrease in size fraction ( Figure 11.1), while Br and Zn did not appear to vary systematically with particle size.…”

Section: Particle Sizementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, summaries such as that in Table 11.1 cannot adequately convey the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of indoor geochemical data, and it must be emphasized that concentrations of Pb and other elements in house dust demonstrate a high degree of variability within an individual house, amongst houses within the same community, and amongst communities within the same geographic region (Laxen et al, 1988;Thornton et al, 1994;Sutton et al, 1995;Adgate et al, 1998;Rasmussen et al, 2001). Analytical schemes represented in Table 11.1 include total element methods such as ED-XRF (Lisiewicz et al, 2000) or total digestion using a mixture of strong acids followed by ICP-MS (Rasmussen et al, 2001) or atomic absorption spectroscopy (Thornton et al, 1985;Culbard et al, 1988;Tong and Lam, 2000). Akhter and Madany, 1993) and Kim et al, 1998) used a near-total digestion with aqua regia followed by atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS), while Kim and Fergusson (1993), Seifert et al (2000), and Lemus et al (1996) digested samples using nitric acid alone followed by various optical spectroscopic methods.…”

Section: Particle/sievementioning

confidence: 99%

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