Source apportionment and health risk assessment of trace elements in the heavy industry areas of Tangshan, China

Si, Ruirui; Xin, Jinyuan; Zhang, Wenyu; Li, Shihong; Wen, Tian; Wang, Yuesi; Yong, Ma; Liu, Zirui; Xu, Xiaojuan; Wen, Feng; Liu, Guangjing

doi:10.1007/s11869-019-00745-1

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“…It also integrates energy, chemical industry, building materials, and equipment manufacturing into a whole. It had a permanent population of 7.9 million and produced 91.2 million tons of crude steel in 2017, accounting for 11% of China's steel production and 5.4% of the world's steel production [6]. The atmospheric pollution was serious here [5,34], with emissions of SO 2 and NO x up to 159 × 10 3 and 204 × 10 3 tons in 2017 [5].…”

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“…It used to be a typical heavy industrial city with serious atmospheric pollution due to high-pollution industries such as iron and steel, electric power, cement, and mining [5]. The atmospheric pollution caused by the heavy metals therein has had an adverse impact on human health and ecological security [6][7][8][9][10]. The monitoring of atmospheric element deposition during the winter heating period of this city can typically reflect the atmospheric quality of North China's urban agglomeration.…”

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Active Biomonitoring of Atmospheric Element Deposition in the Heating Period of Tangshan Using <i>Ramalina sinensis</i>

Li,

Meng,

Lin

et al. 2024

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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Tangshan is known as a typical heavy industrial city with serious atmospheric pollution. It suffers the most serious atmospheric pollution during the winter heating period. This study aims to explore the level and spatial distribution of atmospheric element deposition in the study area and validate the suitability of Ramalina sinensis (RSI) as an active biomonitor in North China cities. RSI was transplanted to Tangshan in winter (Dec. 2016-Mar. 2017) and exposed for 17 weeks. The concentration of 51 elements was tested using an ICP-MS (inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer). The results showed that the exposure concentration of all elements but Ag was significantly higher than the background value. Principal component analysis (PCA) showed that K, P, and Rb were separated into the group G5, and these nutrients have a lower level of bioaccumulation than other groups. The remaining 47 elements were classified into groups G1 (

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Section: Exposure Area and Lichen Exposurementioning

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Active Biomonitoring of Atmospheric Element Deposition in the Heating Period of Tangshan Using <i>Ramalina sinensis</i>

Li,

Meng,

Lin

et al. 2024

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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“…Na, Mg, Al, K, Ca, Mn, Fe, and Ba are mainly from crustal sources, among which, Mg, Al, Ca, and Fe are the most typical and commonest crustal elements. Anthropogenic sources including V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Ag, Cd, Tl, and Pb are polluted elements, primarily emitted from traffic, coal burning, and industry (Si et al, 2019(Si et al, , 2022. wind speed, the generation of marine source aerosols was intensified and the overall concentration of aerosols also increased.…”

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Shipboard Observations of Aerosol Chemical Properties Over the Western Pacific Ocean in Winter 2018

Ma,

Zhang

et al. 2023

JGR Atmospheres

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Based on a shipboard observation conducted in winter 2018, we reported the aerosol chemical properties and their differences in offshore and remote oceans over the Western Pacific Ocean (WPO). It's found that the chemical compositions over the WPO have significant spatial heterogeneity due to the influences of regional transport of anthropogenic aerosols and long‐path transport of dust aerosols. The average concentration of water soluble ions during the whole sampling period followed Cl− > OC > Na+ > > > Ca2+ > Mg2+ > EC > K+ > . Crustal elements of Ca (980.41 ng/m3), Na (971.55 ng/m3), and Al (781.16 ng/m3) were uniformly distributed in offshore area, but high proportion of Na elements dominated in remote regions. The total concentration of heavy metals including Zn, Cu, Cr, Pb and others originating from anthropogenic sources were 208 ng/m3 along the coastal region, about 10 times higher than that of 20.2 ng/m3 in the offshore and remote seas. For the reconstructed components, we found an increase of sea‐salt aerosol ranged from 3% to 72%, and a decrease of black carbon, organic matter and secondary inorganic salts, indicating a transformation from anthropogenic influence to marine environment. The rapidly increased secondary organic matter during dust event revealed that the transport of dust serves as catalysts to promote multi‐phase reactions. Cl− photochemical reaction rate in offshore area was mainly affected by sulfate from anthropogenic emissions, with an average chlorine loss rate of 18%, whereas it was inverse Cl− excess in the remote oceans.

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“…This research has shown that PAHs exist in almost every environment, including the atmosphere, rivers, soil, oceans, and even the interstellar medium [6]. PAHs have become a hot topic for worldwide research in recent years [7][8][9][10][11]. Research on PAHs has mostly focused on the existence of PAHs in the environment, biological toxicity, and degradation treatments [1,[12][13][14][15][16].…”

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Compositional Difference and Health Risk Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons over the Coal Spontaneous Combustion Zone

et al. 2023

Atmosphere

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In this study, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency prioritized polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), associated pollution level, and health risks were assessed in a typical coal spontaneous combustion zone in the Rujigou coal mine in Northwestern China. This study used gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) to detect the chemical composition, spatial variation, distribution profiles, impact of coal spontaneous combustion, and health risks of PAHs. The entire study area is divided into three zones according to different features: the spontaneous combustion zone (C-zone), the living zone (L-zone), and the non-spontaneous combustion zone (N-zone). The results showed that: (1) the highest concentrations were measured in the C-zone, and the average concentrations of PAHs in the C-zone, N-zone, and L-zone were 13.28 ng·m−3, 9.56 ng·m−3, and 7.67 ng·m−3, respectively. (2) The PAHs of the study area were mainly composed of three ring to five ring PAHs. (3) EPA positive matrix factorization (PMF) analysis of qualitative source apportionment of PAHs showed that chemical production was the major source of atmospheric PAHs in all three zones, followed by coal combustion. (4) The inhalation of PAHs showed higher potential cancer risk for children than for adults, and the impact of coal combustion in the C-zone was much greater than the other zone. The adverse health impacts associated with PAH exposure indicates the need for mitigation measures of pollution control in this region.

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Source apportionment and health risk assessment of trace elements in the heavy industry areas of Tangshan, China

Cited by 10 publications

References 47 publications

Active Biomonitoring of Atmospheric Element Deposition in the Heating Period of Tangshan Using <i>Ramalina sinensis</i>

Active Biomonitoring of Atmospheric Element Deposition in the Heating Period of Tangshan Using <i>Ramalina sinensis</i>

Shipboard Observations of Aerosol Chemical Properties Over the Western Pacific Ocean in Winter 2018

Compositional Difference and Health Risk Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons over the Coal Spontaneous Combustion Zone

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