Ismael Casotti Rienda

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present various methodologies that have been developed to collect road dust, ranging from the most rudimental scoop sweeping until more sophisticated devices with size-selective inlets to capture the more worrisome fraction: the inhalable resuspended particulate matter.

TL;DR: The calculation of various geochemical indices showed that road dust was extremely enriched and contaminated by elements from tyre and brake wear, while lithophile elements showed no enrichment, and Sb can be regarded as the pollutant of highest concern, since it represented 57% of the total ecological risk.

TL;DR: The lifetime cancer risk from inhalation exposure to PM2.5-bound PAHs was found to be negligible, but it exceeded the threshold of 10-6 for metal(loi)s, mainly due to Cr and As as discussed by the authors .

TL;DR: In this paper, a sampling campaign from December 2018 to June 2019, at a traffic and an urban background site in Coimbra, Portugal, two PM10 samples from each month were selected to characterise the morphology by scanning electron microscopy, to determine the organic and inorganic chemical composition by multiple analytical techniques and to assess the ecotoxicity by the Vibrio fischeri bioluminescence inhibition assay.

TL;DR: The presence of anhydrosugars and sugar alcohols in airborne articulate matter <10 µm (PM10) samples collected between December 2018 and June 2019 was studied for two urban environments in Coimbra as mentioned in this paper.