Potentially Toxic Elements Pollution in Urban and Suburban Environments

• Other Authors: Guagliardi, Ilaria (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Medicine; Medical toxicology; potentially harmful elements (PHEs); railway area; transport pollutions; spring waters; hydrogeochemical characterization; statistical analysis; correlation; nitrate vulnerability; soil contamination; heavy metals; sequential extraction; health risk assessment; accumulation; atmospheric deposition; emission; ecological risk; spatial heterogeneity; informal settlement; trace elements; road dust; health implications; carcinogenic; non-carcinogenic; potentially toxic elements; aquifer; volcanic tuff; Fe oxyhydroxides; sorption; soil; potentially harmful elements; contamination; multidimensional spatial analysis; Calabria; flat membrane; N,N'-di(1-methyl-pentyl)acetamide; molybdenum; membrane chemical reactor; renewal solution; atmosphere; PMF; indoor dust; pollution; exposure; risk assessment; urban; Cairo; Jiayuguan; pollution characteristics; source apportionment; source identification; Samoa; n/a
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The importance of studying pollution via potentially toxic elements (PTEs) is becoming a key challenge considering the increasing concern about the presence of PTEs in the environment and their potential impacts on ecosystem functioning and public health due to their persistence and biotoxicity. Reg...