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Title: | Loadings, chemical patterns and risks of inhalable road dust particles in an Atlantic city in the north of Portugal |
Author: | Alves, Célia A. Vicente, Estela D. Vicente, Ana M. P. Rienda, Ismael Casotti Tomé, Mário Querol, Xavier Amato, Fulvio |
Keywords: | Road dust Resuspension PM10 Metals Geochemical indices Health risk |
Issue Date: | 1-Oct-2020 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Abstract: | Road dust resuspension has a significant contribution to the atmospheric particulate matter levels in urban areas, but loadings, emission factors, and chemical source profiles vary geographically, hampering the accuracy of emission inventories and source contribution estimates. Given the dearth of studies on the variability of road dust, in the present study, an in-situ resuspension chamber was used to collect PM10 samples from seven representative streets in Viana do Castelo, the northernmost coastal city in Portugal. PM10 samples were analysed for organic and elemental carbon by a thermo-optical technique, elemental composition by ICP-MS and ICP-AES, and organic constituents by GC-MS. Emission factors were estimated to be, on average, 340 and 41.2 mg veh-1 km-1 for cobbled and asphalt pavements, respectively. Organic carbon accounted for 5.56 ± 1.24% of the PM10 mass. Very low concentrations of PAHs and their alkylated congeners were detected, denoting a slight predominance of petrogenic compounds. Si, Al, Fe, Ca and K were the most abundant elements. The calculation of various geochemical indices (enrichment factor, geoaccumulation index, pollution index and potential ecological risk) showed that road dust was extremely enriched and contaminated by elements from tyre and brake wear (e.g. Sb, Sn, Cu, Bi and Zn), while lithophile elements showed no enrichment. For As, the geochemical and pollution indices reached their maximum in the street most influenced by agricultural activities. Sb, Cd, Cu and As can pose a very high ecological risk. Sb can be regarded as the pollutant of highest concern, since it represented 57% of the total ecological risk. Hazard indices higher than 1 for some anthropogenic elements indicate that non-carcinogenic effects may occur. Except for a street with more severe braking, the total carcinogenic risks can be considered insignificant. |
Peer review: | yes |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10773/31807 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139596 |
ISSN: | 0048-9697 |
Publisher Version: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969720331132 |
Appears in Collections: | CESAM - Artigos DAO - Artigos |
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