期刊
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
卷 28, 期 41, 页码 57569-57581出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-14724-6
关键词
Potentially toxic elements; Spatial distribution; Source apportionment; Risk assessment; Smelting
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41201043]
- Open Fund of Key Laboratory of Exploration Technologies for Oil and Gas Resources (Yangtze University), Ministry of Education of China [PI2018-07]
- Training Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Undergraduates of Yangtze University [Yz2020380, Yz2020385]
Large-scale smelting activities release potentially toxic elements (PTEs) into the environment, with Cd and Cu being highly enriched in indoor dust samples. Industrial smelting and traffic activities were identified as the main sources of PTEs, posing significant non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risks to children and adults. Strengthening monitoring of smelting activities and traffic emissions is crucial for mitigating health risks.
Large-scale smelting activities release large amounts of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in fine particles. These particles floating in the air eventually settle on leaves, roads, and even indoors. In smelting areas, indoor environments are generally considered relatively safe. However, these areas are not taken seriously and need to be assessed. This paper systematically studied pollution characteristics, main sources and health risks of ten potentially toxic elements, PTEs (Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, Hg, Cd, As, Cr, Pb, and Tl), of dust samples from different indoor environments in smelting areas using various methods. Therefore, this study analyzed dust samples from 35 indoor environments. The enrichment factors showed that the indoor dust samples were extremely enriched by Cd and Cu and significantly enriched by Hg, Pb, As, and Zn. The result of the spatial distribution showed that the high-value PTEs were mainly distributed near the Cu smeltery. Three sources were quantitatively assigned for these PTEs, and they were industrial smelting and traffic activities (44.40%), coal-fired activities (18.11%), and natural existence (37.49%). Based on the calculation of health risk, the value of THI for children was 7.57, indicating a significant non-carcinogenic risk. For carcinogenic risk, the values of TCR for children and adults were 2.91x10(-2) and 2.97x10(-3), respectively, which were much higher than the acceptable risk value 1x10(-4). Combining health risk assessment with source discrimination, we found that the industrial discharges and traffic activities were the most main source of non-cancer and cancer risks. Therefore, smelting activities should be more strictly monitored, and traffic emission management should be strengthened.
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