[HTML][HTML] Sources, characteristics, toxicity, and control of ultrafine particles: An overview

AL Moreno-Ríos, LP Tejeda-Benítez… - Geoscience …, 2022 - Elsevier
Air pollution by particulate matter (PM) is one of the main threats to human health,
particularly in large cities where pollution levels are continually exceeded. According to their …

Road dust resuspension: A review

IC Rienda, CA Alves - Atmospheric Research, 2021 - Elsevier
In the last decades, emissions from road traffic saw a significant drop due to the stricter
regulations for the motor vehicles' exhaust and cleaner technologies for fleets. Therefore …

Spatial distribution and sources of potentially toxic elements in road dust and its PM10 fraction of Moscow megacity

D Vlasov, N Kosheleva, N Kasimov - Science of the total environment, 2021 - Elsevier
For the first time, the contents of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in road dust and in its PM
10 fraction were studied in Moscow from June 09 to July 30, 2017 on roads with different …

Concentration, sources, influencing factors and hazards of heavy metals in indoor and outdoor dust: A review

H Chu, Y Liu, N Xu, J Xu - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2023 - Springer
Heavy metals are a common class of toxic contaminants in soil, water and air, yet their
occurrence in indoor environments is less known. Heavy metals enter people's bodies …

Road dust trace elements contamination, sources, dispersed composition, and human health risk in Chelyabinsk, Russia

TG Krupnova, OV Rakova, SV Gavrilkina… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•The high volume of the thoracic fraction was caused by industrial emissions.•Four
source of trace elements were identified.•Industry has slightly affected the level of most trace …

[HTML][HTML] Possibilities of using silicate rock powder: An overview

CG Ramos, JC Hower, E Blanco, MLS Oliveira… - Geoscience …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study evaluates the on use of crushed rocks (remineralizers) to increase soil fertility
levels and which contributed to increase agricultural productivity, recovery of degraded …

Enrichment of road dust particles and adjacent environments with metals and metalloids in eastern Moscow

NS Kasimov, DV Vlasov, NE Kosheleva - Urban Climate, 2020 - Elsevier
Road dust is one of the most informative indicators of the ecological state of urban
environments, as vehicles have become the major source of pollution in many cities. Road …

Hazardous trace elements in thoracic fraction of airborne particulate matter: Assessment of temporal variations, sources, and health risks in a megacity

O Ramírez, AMS de la Campa… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The deleterious health effects of thoracic fractions seem to be more related to the chemical
composition of the particles than to their mass concentration. The presence of hazardous …

A global perspective of the current state of heavy metal contamination in road dust

S Roy, SK Gupta, J Prakash, G Habib… - Environmental Science and …, 2022 - Springer
Heavy metals are persistent and bio-accumulative, and pose potential risk to human health
and ecosystem. We reviewed the current state of heavy metal contamination, the …

Contact to perfluoroalkyl substances and thyroid health effects: A meta-analysis directing on pregnancy

L Zhang, J Liang, A Gao - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
In vivo, in vitro, and epidemiological evidence suggests that perfluoroalkyl substances
(PFAS) may alter thyroid function in human health, with negative effects on maternal and …