Urban road sediments act as large basins for heavy metal contaminants produced as a
result of natural processes and anthropogenic activities. This study is aimed at reviewing …

Urban road dust can be highly enriched with trace metals such as copper, lead, zinc, and
platinum group elements (PGEs) that are released primarily from vehicles. Concentrations of …

This study aimed to (1) investigate microrubbers (MRs) for the first time and identify
microplastics (MPs) in street dust,(2) determine the physicochemical and mineralogical …

Urban street dusts were collected in commercial area (CA), traffic area (TA), educational
area (EA), residential area (RA) and parks area (PA) of Chengdu, China, to investigate the …

The concentrations of Pb, Cu, Zn, Mn, Ni, Co and Cr in street dust samples from Baoji in
north-west China were measured by wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence …

A total of 96 street dusts and 96 roadside soils have been sampled from three different
localities (urban, industrial, peripheral) of the city of Kavala (Greece) and analyzed for Pb …

The modified BCR (the European Community Bureau of Reference) sequential extraction
procedure was applied for partitioning and evaluating the mobility, availability and …

Street dusts collected from Baoji, NW China were analyzed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Mn and Ni by
using PANalytical PW-2403 wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and …

Since their introduction in the late 1970s, sequential extraction procedures have
experienced a rapid increase in use. They are now applied for a large number of potentially …

Street dust samples were collected from five different types of land use patterns (busy traffic
zone, urban residential area, national highways, industrial area and sensitive area) in a …