Metal Contamination in British Urban Dusts and Soils

Culbard, E.; Thornton, I.; Watt, John; Wheatley, Magda; Moorcroft, Stephen; Thompson, Michael

doi:10.2134/jeq1988.00472425001700020011x

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“…The term dust usually comprises street dust and house dust [73][74][75][76] but a particular type of house dust -the attic dust is derived predominantly from external sources such as aerosol deposits and as a result of soil dusting, and less from household activities. The attic dust as sampling material has the advantage that its composition remains constant, i.e.…”

Section: Attic Dust Air Pollution With Monitoringmentioning

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Environmental Pollution With Heavy Metals in the Republic of Macedonia

Stafilov¹

2017

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An overview to the results from the application of various spectrometric (atomic absorption spectrometry, AAS; inductively coupled plasma -atomic emission spectrometry, ICP-AES; and inductively coupled plasma -mass spectrometry, ICP-MS) and radioanalytical (neutron activation analysis, NAA) techniques in environmental pollution studies in the Republic of Macedonia are presented. The results from the surveys of the pollution with heavy metals of soil, air and food are reported. The pollution with heavy metals in the particular regions was additionally investigated using moss, lichens, attic dust, soil, water and sediment samples. The results from the study of the pollution in the cities of Veles (lead and zinc smelter plant), Kavadarci (ferronickel smelter plant), Radoviš (copper mine and flotation), Probištip, Makedonska Kamenica and Kriva Palanka (lead and zinc mines and flotation plants) and Bitola and Kičevo (thermoelectric power plants) are presented.

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Section: Attic Dust Air Pollution With Monitoringmentioning

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Environmental Pollution With Heavy Metals in the Republic of Macedonia

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“…McGrath and Loveland, 1992;Holmgren et al, 1993;Bak et al, 1997) and also in urban and industrial areas (e.g., Davies, 1983;Cullbard et al, 1988;Pouyat and McDonnell, 1991). These surveys have served to quantify levels in different situations and have produced an understanding of background and anthropogenic sources for metals in soils (Zhang et al, 1999;Vreca et al, 2001).…”

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Geostatistical analyses and hazard assessment on soil lead in Silvermines area, Ireland

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2004

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“…The samples of dust from attic beams are very useful for continuous and long term monitoring of the content of toxic metals and other toxic components in areas with high industrial activities [6][7] ensuring reliable assessment of the degree of pollution. The term dust usually comprises street dust and house dust [8][9][10][11][12]. However, other types have also been studied in the past.…”

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Assessment of Trace Elements Bioavailability – Ingestion of Toxic Elements From the Attic Dust Collected From the Vicinity of the Ferro-Nickel Smelter Plant

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Stafilov²,

Karadjova³

2017

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The purpose of this study was to establish total and bioavailable contents of chemical elements in attic dust and their distribution in the area of the town of Kavadarci, Republic of Macedonia, and in this way to evaluate the exposure of population to toxic metals in areas with high industrial influences from the ferronickel smelter plant. The attic dust is derived predominantly from external sources such as aerosol deposits and soil dusting, and less from household activities. From that reason attic dust could be accepted as a tracer of historical aerosol pollution. All attic dust samples were analyzed for total and bioavailable element contents and their distribution in studied area. Several extraction agents recognized as representative for elements bioavailability assessment were applied to attic dust samples under investigations -phosphate buffer solutions that simulate human blood, for the simulation of lung inhalation carbonate buffer was used and 0.1 mol l -1 HCl solution to simulate stomach ingestion. A total of 18 elements (Ag, Al, As, B, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe K, Mg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sr and Zn) were determined by atomic emission spectrometry with inductively coupled plasma (AES-ICP). The obtained results showed relatively high proportion of toxic elements bioavailability in the attic dusts samples from sites close to the metallurgical activities (Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn), most probably due to the small size and high reactivity of the particles of attic dust. As might be expected the highest leachable amounts of toxic elements were found for Ni, Co, Cr and Pb from attic dust in the extraction solution of HCl (0.1 mol l -1 HCl) compared with the other 3 extraction media. Discussion on trace elements mobility and bioavailability related to environmental pollution and effects on human health are presented.

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Metal Contamination in British Urban Dusts and Soils

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Environmental Pollution With Heavy Metals in the Republic of Macedonia

Environmental Pollution With Heavy Metals in the Republic of Macedonia

Geostatistical analyses and hazard assessment on soil lead in Silvermines area, Ireland

Assessment of Trace Elements Bioavailability – Ingestion of Toxic Elements From the Attic Dust Collected From the Vicinity of the Ferro-Nickel Smelter Plant

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