Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY
Volume 31, Issue 11, Pages 2582-2587Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/etc.1983
Keywords
Environment; Modeling; Nanoparticles; Cerium dioxide; Soil
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- European Commission [CP-FP 247739]
- Natural Environment Research Council [ceh010023, ceh010022] Funding Source: researchfish
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As a fuel additive, cerium oxide nanoparticles may become widely dispersed throughout the environment. Commercial information from the United Kingdom (UK) on the use of cerium oxide nanoparticles was used to perform a modeling and risk assessment exercise. Discharge from exhausts took into account the likely removal by filters fitted to these vehicles. For predicting current soil exposure, scenarios were examined, ranging from dispersion occurring across the entire UK landmass to only within the urban area to only 20?m on either side of road networks. For soils, the highest predicted contamination level was 0.016?mg/kg within 20?m of a road following seven years of continuous deposition. This value would represent 0.027% of reported natural background cerium. If usage were to double for five more years, levels would not be expected to exceed 0.04?mg/kg. River water contamination considered direct aerial deposition and indirect contamination via runoff in the water and entrained soil sediment, with the highest level of 0.02?ng/L predicted. The highest predicted water concentration of 300?ng/L was associated with water draining from a road surface, assuming a restricted deposition spread. These predictions are well below most toxicological levels of concern. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2012; 31: 25822587. (C) 2012 SETAC
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