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| Title |
The ecological risk, source identification, and pollution assessment of heavy metals in road dust: a case study in Rafsanjan, SE Iran
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| Published in |
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, March 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11356-017-8539-y |
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| Authors |
Milad Mirzaei Aminiyan, Mohammed Baalousha, Rouhollah Mousavi, Farzad Mirzaei Aminiyan, Hamideh Hosseini, Amin Heydariyan |
| Abstract |
Heavy metal (HM) contamination in road dust is a potential environmental and human health threat. The sources, concentrations, spatial distribution, and ecological risk of As, Cd, Cu, Cr, Ni, Pb, and Zn in road dust in Rafsanjan City, Iran, were investigated. Pollution was assessed using the enrichment factor (EF). The potentially harmful effects of HMs were evaluated by calculating the potential ecological risk factor of individual metals (E r ) and of multiple metals (RI) using the Hakanson method. Correlation and principal component analyses (PCA) were applied to identify HM pollution sources. The concentrations of HMs in road dust were higher (ca. 5-10 folds) than their natural background values. The EF and E r increased according to the following order Cu > Pb > As > Zn > Cd > Cr > Ni and Cu > Cd > Pb > As > Ni > Zn > Cr, respectively. Thus, Cu is regarded as the pollutant of highest concern. Based on potential ecological risk index (RI) spatial distribution, all parts of Rafsanjan are characterized by significantly high potential ecological risk. HM concentration heat maps, PCA, and correlation analysis suggest that Cu, Pb, As, Cd, and Zn may have originated from the same source and follow the same spatial distribution pattern. These metals originated mainly from anthropogenic sources like copper mining and smelting plants, industrial and chemical activities, inordinate application of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in farmlands, and heavy traffic. Ni and Cr are likely to origniate from the industrial activities and traffic load in Rafsanjan City. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 83 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 10 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 8% |
| Professor | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 15 | 18% |
| Unknown | 30 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science | 23 | 28% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 4% |
| Chemistry | 3 | 4% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 10 | 12% |
| Unknown | 35 | 42% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 October 2022.
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#7,098,489
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#1,495
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#108,151
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