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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2021

A comprehensive exploration on pollution characteristics and health risks of potentially toxic elements in indoor dust from a large Cu smelting area, Central China.

Han-Zhi Wang, Li-Mei Cai, Shuo Wang, Guo-Cheng Hu, Lai-Guo Chen

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Han-Zhi WangKey Laboratory of Exploration Technologies for Oil and Gas Resources, Ministry of Education, Yangtze University, Wuhan, 430100, China.
Li-Mei CaiKey Laboratory of Exploration Technologies for Oil and Gas Resources, Ministry of Education, Yangtze University, Wuhan, 430100, China. clmktz88@yangtzeu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5340-9139
Shuo WangState Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Guangzhou, 510655, China.
Guo-Cheng HuCenter for Environmental Health Research, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Guangzhou, 510535, China. huguocheng@scies.org.
Lai-Guo ChenState Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Guangzhou, 510655, China.

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Large-scale smelting activities release large amounts of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in fine particles. These particles floating in the air eventually settle on leaves, roads, and even indoors. In smelting areas, indoor environments are generally considered relatively safe. However, these areas are not taken seriously and need to be assessed. This paper systematically studied pollution characteristics, main sources and health risks of ten potentially toxic elements, PTEs (Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, Hg, Cd, As, Cr, Pb, and Tl), of dust samples from different indoor environments in smelting areas using various methods. Therefore, this study analyzed dust samples from 35 indoor environments. The enrichment factors showed that the indoor dust samples were extremely enriched by Cd and Cu and significantly enriched by Hg, Pb, As, and Zn. The result of the spatial distribution showed that the high-value PTEs were mainly distributed near the Cu smeltery. Three sources were quantitatively assigned for these PTEs, and they were industrial smelting and traffic activities (44.40%), coal-fired activities (18.11%), and natural existence (37.49%). Based on the calculation of health risk, the value of THI for children was 7.57, indicating a significant non-carcinogenic risk. For carcinogenic risk, the values of TCR for children and adults were 2.91×10

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DustMetals, HeavyAdultChildChinaCitiesEnvironmental MonitoringEnvironmental PollutionHumansRisk AssessmentDustMetals, HeavyPotentially toxic elementsRisk assessmentSmeltingSource apportionmentSpatial distribution

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