Indoor Dust Investigation in Homes from Istanbul, Türkiye: Household Conditions, Heavy Metals, and Health Risk of PTEs

Human health risk assessment of heavy metal pollution in airborne dust from Zakho City, Iraq

Determining Heavy Metal Concentrations in Residential and Automobile Garage Dust in Hanoi, Vietnam

This study describes a method for determining the heavy metal content in 20 indoor and garage dust samples in Hanoi using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The samples were processed using a microwave wet inorganic decomposition technique. The results showed that most of the surveyed metal elements...

Environmental and Human Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Soils from Automobile Mechanic Villages in Enugu State, Nigeria

Automobile mechanic activities can introduce potentially toxic metals into surrounding soils through the disposal of spent engine oil, metallic scraps, batteries and other vehicle-related wastes. This study assessed heavy metal contamination, ecological risk and potential human-health risks in soils from automobile mec...

Metal contamination in residential snow and indoor dust near the Horne Smelter: a citizen-science study in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec

The Horne Smelter (Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec) is the only copper smelter in Canada and a major source of atmospheric emissions of toxic metals, including lead (Pb), arsenic (As), and cadmium (Cd). Biomonitoring studies have reported elevated exposure in nearby residents, yet limited data are available on the immediate resi...

Groundwater Contamination and Probabilistic Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Coal Mining Areas of Punjab, Pakistan

Source apportionment and human health risk assessment of toxic trace elements in urban road dust