an increase in heavy metal pollution in the soils of arak due to industrialization and urbanization has become an environmental problem. the region hosts several industrial facilities which are the main source for hazardous wastes which include electric, metal, automotive supply industry, food, machinery, and chemicals. soil samples were collected from these industrial areas in the central and ...

Traffic is one of the major sources of harmful airborne particles worldwide. To relate exposure to adverse health effects it is important to determine the deposition probability of the inhaled particles in the human respiratory tract. The size-dependent deposition of 12-580 nm particles was measured with a novel setup in 9 healthy subjects breathing by mouth on the windward side of a busy stree...

The London Marylebone Road monitoring site is a roadside supersite adjacent to highway carrying 80–90,000 vehicles per day on six lanes in street canyon. Data from the Automatic Urban and Rural Network (AURN), Black Carbon Network, Hydrocarbon Heavy Metal Particle Size Number Composition covering period 2009 2018 were analysed determine short-term (diurnal, weekly seasonal) long-term variations...

the aim of this study was to determine the extent of metal pollutions and the identification of their major sources in the vicinity of the sangan iron mine occurring in ne iran. soil samples were collected from the vicinity of the mine site and analyzed for heavy metals. in addition, the chemical speciation of these metals was investigated by means of the sequential extraction procedure. the st...

background : road runoff is a linear diffuse source of pollution, with very specific pollutant characteristics and ability to discharge into the environment. heavy metal pollution in road runoff has caused widespread concern since the last century. therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess fe, pb, and cd concentrations in surface runoff from regions with high traffic intensity in the c...

presence of toxic metals in agricultural soils can impose adverse health impact on consumers. the main purpose of this study was to determine spatial distribution of elements fe, sb, mn in agriculture soils and crops of hamedan province in iran. soil samples (0-20 cm depth) were collected from an area of 2831 km2.  iron, antimony and manganese in samples of soil and agricultural crops were extr...

The increase of heavy metals concentration in soils is potentially threatening the environment and human health. In this paper, multivariate analysis methods such as Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF), Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Cluster Analysis (CA) combined with geostatistical method were employed to identify the potential sources of soil pollution. A collection of 103 samples we...