The potential effects of heavy metals on human health have attracted increasing attention as
most people spend up to 90% of their time indoors. Human exposure to heavy metals in …

High concentrations of heavy metals (HMs) in urban surface dust (USD) can be extremely
hazardous to urban ecology and human health. Oasis cities are located at the edge of …

Our understanding of connections between human and animal health has advanced
substantially since the canary was introduced as a sentinel of toxic conditions in coal mines …

Potentially toxic elements (PTEs) can be released during mining operations and ore
processing. The pollution and health risk related to PTEs in total suspended particulates …

Heavy metals are prevalent in urban settings due to many legacy and modern pollution
sources, and are essential to quantify because of the adverse health effects associated with …

The Australian citizen science research programs, VegeSafe and DustSafe, are novel and
wide-reaching. Together, they capture the largest number of community-generated domestic …

Despite ongoing concerns about trace metal and metalloid (trace metals) exposure risks
from indoor dust, there has been limited research examining their sources and relationship …

Dust pollution poses a grave threat to both the environment and human health, especially in
mining operations. To combat this issue, a novel evaluation method is proposed, integrating …

Transect sampling is an under-exploited tool in isotope studies of atmospheric pollution.
Few studies have combined Zn and Pb isotope ratios to investigate whether atmospheric …

Health hazards caused by metal exposure in household dust are concerning environmental
health problems. Exposure to toxic metals in household dust imposes unclear but solid …