Heavy Metals in Urban Street Dust: Health Risk Assessment (Lublin City, E Poland)

Various pollutants, including heavy metals, present in street dust can pose a threat to the health of city dwellers. So far, studies on levels this have been carried out mainly large cities, characterised by considerable road traffic and industrial activity. This paper assesses hazard index cancer risk for Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb Zn contained collected 2013 2018 at 62 points located different parts small/medium-sized (Lublin, E Poland). Heavy metals contents were analysed means XRF spectrometry (in fraction <63 µm). Despite fact that concentrations some elements (Zn, Cd Cu) are 6–7 times higher than geochemical background, does not non-carcinogenic effects. The average (HI) individual reaches very low (<0.01). Cancer (CR) adults is below less strict limit 10−4, case Pb, it even lower values order 10−6, whereas children, CR exceed standards except Pb. For all was 2018.