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Concentration of heavy metals in street dust: an implication of using different geochemical background data in estimating the level of heavy metal pollution

ABSTRACT: Geochemical background data are used to distinguish between the sources of heavy metal (natural or anthropogenic) and to categorize the level of heavy metal pollution. In this study, we present the results of using different geochemical backgrounds (BG1–BG3) to establish the level of heavy...

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Autores principales: Dytłow, Sylwia, Górka-Kostrubiec, Beata
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7847877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33037955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10653-020-00726-9
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description ABSTRACT: Geochemical background data are used to distinguish between the sources of heavy metal (natural or anthropogenic) and to categorize the level of heavy metal pollution. In this study, we present the results of using different geochemical backgrounds (BG1–BG3) to establish the level of heavy metal pollution in street dust in Warsaw, Poland. We applied individual and collective indicators calculated with respect to the following backgrounds: (1) upper continental crust (UCC) (BG1), (2) the regional geochemical background established for Quaternary surface deposits of the Mazovian region (Poland) (parent geological material occurring in the studied area, Warsaw, Poland) (BG2), and (3) the minimal values of the concentration of heavy metals determined for the real street dust sample collectives from Warsaw (BG3). The assessment of the heavy metals pollution of street dust significantly depended on the background values used in the calculation of individual and collective indicators. Street dust was classified as unpolluted for almost all the heavy metals based on the values of indicators calculated for UCC data. The effect of traffic-related pollution was detected more precisely based on the values of indicators calculated for BG2 and BG3. The naturally elevated concentrations of heavy metals in UCC data can be responsible for the underestimation of pollution impact in street dust. When relatively low concentration of heavy metals is only observed, the application of BG2 or BG3 background data, which better correspond to the geogenic material in street dust, allows to realistically reflect the level of pollution from moving vehicles. GRAPHIC ABSTRACT: [Image: see text] ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s10653-020-00726-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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spelling pubmed-78478772021-02-08 Concentration of heavy metals in street dust: an implication of using different geochemical background data in estimating the level of heavy metal pollution Dytłow, Sylwia Górka-Kostrubiec, Beata Environ Geochem Health Original Paper ABSTRACT: Geochemical background data are used to distinguish between the sources of heavy metal (natural or anthropogenic) and to categorize the level of heavy metal pollution. In this study, we present the results of using different geochemical backgrounds (BG1–BG3) to establish the level of heavy metal pollution in street dust in Warsaw, Poland. We applied individual and collective indicators calculated with respect to the following backgrounds: (1) upper continental crust (UCC) (BG1), (2) the regional geochemical background established for Quaternary surface deposits of the Mazovian region (Poland) (parent geological material occurring in the studied area, Warsaw, Poland) (BG2), and (3) the minimal values of the concentration of heavy metals determined for the real street dust sample collectives from Warsaw (BG3). The assessment of the heavy metals pollution of street dust significantly depended on the background values used in the calculation of individual and collective indicators. Street dust was classified as unpolluted for almost all the heavy metals based on the values of indicators calculated for UCC data. The effect of traffic-related pollution was detected more precisely based on the values of indicators calculated for BG2 and BG3. The naturally elevated concentrations of heavy metals in UCC data can be responsible for the underestimation of pollution impact in street dust. When relatively low concentration of heavy metals is only observed, the application of BG2 or BG3 background data, which better correspond to the geogenic material in street dust, allows to realistically reflect the level of pollution from moving vehicles. GRAPHIC ABSTRACT: [Image: see text] ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s10653-020-00726-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Springer Netherlands 2020-10-10 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC7847877/ /pubmed/33037955 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10653-020-00726-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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Concentration of heavy metals in street dust: an implication of using different geochemical background data in estimating the level of heavy metal pollution
title Concentration of heavy metals in street dust: an implication of using different geochemical background data in estimating the level of heavy metal pollution
title_full Concentration of heavy metals in street dust: an implication of using different geochemical background data in estimating the level of heavy metal pollution
title_fullStr Concentration of heavy metals in street dust: an implication of using different geochemical background data in estimating the level of heavy metal pollution
title_full_unstemmed Concentration of heavy metals in street dust: an implication of using different geochemical background data in estimating the level of heavy metal pollution
title_short Concentration of heavy metals in street dust: an implication of using different geochemical background data in estimating the level of heavy metal pollution
title_sort concentration of heavy metals in street dust: an implication of using different geochemical background data in estimating the level of heavy metal pollution
topic Original Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7847877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33037955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10653-020-00726-9
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