ArticleToxics2022
Spatial Distribution, Contamination Levels, and Health Risk Assessment of Potentially Toxic Elements in Household Dust in Cairo City, Egypt.
Article in Toxics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Contamination level, spatial distribution, and sources of potentially toxic elements in indoor settled household dusts in Tehran, Iran.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2024Article
- Potentially Toxic Element Contamination in Soils Affected by the Antimony Mine Spill in Northwest China.Toxics · 2023Article
- Potentially Harmful Elements Associated with Dust of Mosques: Pollution Status, Sources, and Human Health Risks.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Editorial for the Special Issue "Potentially Toxic Elements Pollution in Urban and Suburban Environments".Toxics · 2022Article
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Abstract
Urban areas’ pollution, which is owing to rapid urbanization and industrialization, is one of the most critical issues in densely populated cities such as Cairo. The concentrations and the spatial distribution of fourteen potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in household dust were investigated in Cairo City, Egypt. PTE exposure and human health risk were assessed using the USEPA’s exposure model and guidelines. The levels of As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Mo, Ni, Pb, and Zn surpassed the background values. Contamination factor index revealed that contamination levels are in the sequence Cd > Hg > Zn > Pb > Cu > As > Mo > Ni > Cr > Co > V > Mn > Fe > Al. The degree of contamination ranges from considerably to very high pollution. Elevated PTE concentrations in Cairo’s household dust may be due to heavy traffic emissions and industrial activities. The calculated noncarcinogenic risk for adults falls within the safe limit, while those for children exceed that limit in some sites. Cairo residents are at cancer risk owing to prolonged exposure to the indoor dust in their homes. A quick and targeted plan must be implemented to mitigate these risks.
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