Transmission of viruses and other pathogenic microorganisms via road dust: Emissions, characterization, health risks, and mitigation measures

FJ Alex, G Tan, SK Kyei, PO Ansah… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Road dust pollution is a complex atmospheric issue that poses a significant ecotoxicological
threat to human health and the environment. The presence of viruses in road dust can put …

An explicit review and proposal of an integrated framework system to mitigate the baffling complexities induced by road dust-associated contaminants.

Y Zhang, FA Justice, J Tang, IO Olayode, SK Kyei… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Road dust-associated contaminants (RD-AC) are gradually becoming a much thornier
problem, as their monotonous correlations render them carcinogenic, mutagenic, and …

[HTML][HTML] Sources and human health risks associated with potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in urban dust: A global perspective

L Chen, L Fang, X Yang, X Luo, T Qiu, Y Zeng… - Environment …, 2024 - Elsevier
Long-term exposure to urban dust containing potentially toxic elements (PTEs) poses
detrimental impacts on human health. However, studies estimating human health risks in …

[HTML][HTML] Soil microbial responses to simultaneous contamination of antimony and arsenic in the surrounding area of an abandoned antimony smelter in Southwest …

Y Gong, S Yang, S Chen, S Zhao, Y Ai, D Huang… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil contamination with heavy metal (loid) s may influence microbial activities in the soil, and
consequently jeopardize soil health. Microbial responses to soil contamination play an …

An experimental comparison: Horizontal evaluation of valuable metal extraction and arsenic emission characteristics of tailings from different copper smelting slag …

H Wang, R Zhu, K Dong, S Zhang, R Zhao… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study comprehensively investigated arsenic's enrichment, distribution, and
characteristics in tailings. XRD and SEM-EDS characterized the phase and morphology of …

Pollution profiles, source identification and health risk assessment of heavy metals in soil near a non-ferrous metal smelting plant

M Qi, Y Wu, S Zhang, G Li, T An - International Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Heavy metal pollution related to non-ferrous metal smelting may pose a significant threat to
human health. This study analyzed 58 surface soils collected from a representative non …

Spatial and temporal evolution of mine dust research: visual knowledge mapping analysis in Web of Science from 2001 to 2021

F Zeng, Z Jiang - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023 - Springer
Dust pollution control is the basic guarantee of mine safety production, which has been
widely concerned by scholars. Based on a total of 1786 publications collected by the Web of …

A typical case study from smelter–contaminated soil: new insights into the environmental availability of heavy metals using an integrated mineralogy characterization

DM Xu, RB Fu - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022 - Springer
Mineralogy was an important driver for the environmental release of heavy metals.
Therefore, the present work was conducted by coupling mineral liberation analyzer (MLA) …

Prediction of heavy metals in airborne fine particulate matter using magnetic parameters by machine learning from a metropolitan city in China

H Xiao, X Qian, S Li, Y Liu, X Liu, H Li - Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2022 - Elsevier
This study explored a new statistical method for predicting airborne heavy metals using
environmental magnetism. Samples of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) were collected for 1 …

Estimating remobilization of potentially toxic elements in soil and road dust of an industrialized urban environment

F Botsou, A Sungur, E Kelepertzis, Z Kypritidou… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
The mobility of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) is of paramount concern in urban settings,
particularly those affected by industrial activities. Here, contaminated soils and road dusts of …