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Pollution Characteristics and Human Health Risks of Elements in Road Dust in Changchun, China
Road dust, which contains trace elements and certain organic matter that can be harmful to human health, plays an important role in atmospheric pollution. In this paper, concentrations of 16 elements in the road dust of Changchun, China were determined experimentally. A total of 100 samples were col...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6164438/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30150528 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15091843 |
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author | Li, Na Han, Weizheng Tang, Jie Bian, Jianmin Sun, Siyue Song, Tiehong |
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description | Road dust, which contains trace elements and certain organic matter that can be harmful to human health, plays an important role in atmospheric pollution. In this paper, concentrations of 16 elements in the road dust of Changchun, China were determined experimentally. A total of 100 samples were collected using plastic brushes and dustpans, and the elements were analyzed by an inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICP-OES). It was indicated that the elements could be divided into major and trace elements. The concentration of trace elements followed the trend: mercury (Hg) > manganese (Mn) > zinc (Zn) > lead (Pb) > chromium (Cr) > copper (Cu) > vanadium (V) > arsenic (As) > nickel (Ni) > cobalt (Co) > cadmium (Cd). Contamination-level-assessment calculated by the geo-accumulation index (I(geo)) showed that the pollution-level ranged from non-contaminated to extreme contamination, while the calculations of enrichment factor (EF) showed that EF values exhibited a decreasing trend: Cd > Hg > As > Pb > Cu > Co > Zn > Ni > Cr > V > Mn > Mg > Fe > Sr > Ba. In our study, ingestion was the greatest exposure pathway for humans to intake trace elements by calculating the average daily dose (ADD) from three routes (ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact). According to the health risk assessment results, the non-carcinogenic risks that human beings suffered from these elements were insignificant. Additionally, the hazard quotient (HQ) values were approximately one-tenth in the case of children. Meanwhile, the total excess cancer risk (ECR) was also lower than the acceptable level (10(−6)–10(−4)) for both adults and children. |
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spelling | pubmed-61644382018-10-12 Pollution Characteristics and Human Health Risks of Elements in Road Dust in Changchun, China Li, Na Han, Weizheng Tang, Jie Bian, Jianmin Sun, Siyue Song, Tiehong Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Road dust, which contains trace elements and certain organic matter that can be harmful to human health, plays an important role in atmospheric pollution. In this paper, concentrations of 16 elements in the road dust of Changchun, China were determined experimentally. A total of 100 samples were collected using plastic brushes and dustpans, and the elements were analyzed by an inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICP-OES). It was indicated that the elements could be divided into major and trace elements. The concentration of trace elements followed the trend: mercury (Hg) > manganese (Mn) > zinc (Zn) > lead (Pb) > chromium (Cr) > copper (Cu) > vanadium (V) > arsenic (As) > nickel (Ni) > cobalt (Co) > cadmium (Cd). Contamination-level-assessment calculated by the geo-accumulation index (I(geo)) showed that the pollution-level ranged from non-contaminated to extreme contamination, while the calculations of enrichment factor (EF) showed that EF values exhibited a decreasing trend: Cd > Hg > As > Pb > Cu > Co > Zn > Ni > Cr > V > Mn > Mg > Fe > Sr > Ba. In our study, ingestion was the greatest exposure pathway for humans to intake trace elements by calculating the average daily dose (ADD) from three routes (ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact). According to the health risk assessment results, the non-carcinogenic risks that human beings suffered from these elements were insignificant. Additionally, the hazard quotient (HQ) values were approximately one-tenth in the case of children. Meanwhile, the total excess cancer risk (ECR) was also lower than the acceptable level (10(−6)–10(−4)) for both adults and children. MDPI 2018-08-27 2018-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6164438/ /pubmed/30150528 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15091843 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Li, Na Han, Weizheng Tang, Jie Bian, Jianmin Sun, Siyue Song, Tiehong Pollution Characteristics and Human Health Risks of Elements in Road Dust in Changchun, China |
title | Pollution Characteristics and Human Health Risks of Elements in Road Dust in Changchun, China |
title_full | Pollution Characteristics and Human Health Risks of Elements in Road Dust in Changchun, China |
title_fullStr | Pollution Characteristics and Human Health Risks of Elements in Road Dust in Changchun, China |
title_full_unstemmed | Pollution Characteristics and Human Health Risks of Elements in Road Dust in Changchun, China |
title_short | Pollution Characteristics and Human Health Risks of Elements in Road Dust in Changchun, China |
title_sort | pollution characteristics and human health risks of elements in road dust in changchun, china |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6164438/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30150528 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15091843 |
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