Journal
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 737, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139596
Keywords
Road dust; Resuspension; PM10; Metals; Geochemical indices; Health risk
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Funding
- project Chemical and toxicological SOurce PROfiling of particulate matter in urban air (SOPRO) - FEDER, through Compete2020 -Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalizacao (POCI) [POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029574]
- national funds (OE), through FCT/MCTES
- Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology (FCT) [SFRH/BD/117993/2016]
- POHP/FSE funding programme [SFRH/BD/117993/2016]
- national funds (OE), through FCT, I.P.
- CESAM [UIDB/50017/2020+UIDP/50017/2020]
- FCT/MCTES
- FEDER, within the PT2020 Partnership Agreement
- FEDER, within Compete 2020
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/117993/2016] Funding Source: FCT
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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 milssion 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 +/- 124% 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. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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