Urban stormwater and snowmelt pollution contributes significantly to the deterioration of
surface waters quality in many locations. Consequently, the sources of such pollution have …

A dataset of 294 monitored sites from six continents (Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North
and South America) was compiled and evaluated to characterize the occurrence and fate of …

For a comprehensive estimation of metals removal by sorbents in stormwater systems, it is
essential to evaluate the impacts of co-contaminants. However, most studies consider only …

Urban stormwater is a major threat to ecological health, causing a range of adverse, mostly
sublethal effects. In western North America, urban runoff is acutely lethal to adult coho …

Storm-water pollutants are widely recognized as a major cause of surface water quality
degradation. Most storm-water treatment efforts have focused on capture of particles and …

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 …

Despite their importance, current scientific knowledge on non-exhaust emissions by road
traffic is scarce, severely hampering a reliable description of these particles in atmospheric …

Road dust contain potentially toxic pollutants originating from a range of anthropogenic
sources common to urban land uses and soil inputs from surrounding areas. The research …

In the present study, an investigation of the mineralogy and morphology, the heavy metal
content and the health risk of urban road dusts from the second largest city of Greece was …

The present study was conducted to analyze the effects of traffic volumes on Cd, Cu, Pb, Ni,
and Zn contents in roadside soils and in two dominant herbaceous species (Achillea …