Potentially harmful metals and metalloids in urban street dusts of Urumqi City: Comparison with Taipei City
Journal
Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers
Journal Volume
45
Journal Issue
5
Pages
2447-2450
Date Issued
2014
Author(s)
Abstract
Urumqi City is the farthest metropolis from an ocean in the world. This communication measured the concentrations of eight potentially harmful metals Cr, Pb, Hg, Ni, Cd, Zn, Cu, and Sr and metalloids As and Sb in the street dusts collected from Urumqi City and compared them with those noted in Taipei City. Although the geological environments of Taipei and Urumqi differ markedly; however, the potential harmful metals and metalloids studied are surprisingly similar in their distributions in these two cities. Particularly, As is a common pollutant that poses severe health risks to residents in both cities. Hence, the anthropogenic rather than geogenic factors pre-dominate the formation and distributions of street dusts. This finding suggests common control strategy may be applicable to different metropolis on the confinement of adverse health effects by the street dusts. ? 2014 Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Subjects
Health risk
Potential harmful metals
Source
Street dust
Other Subjects
Cadmium; Dust; Health; Health risks; Lead; Metals; Adverse health effects; Control strategies; Geological environment; Metals and metalloids; Source; Street dust; Taipei cities; Urban street dusts; Copper
Type
journal article