Showing papers by "Roy M. Harrison published in 1979"
TL;DR: Street and household dusts have been sampled within the Lancaster area and analysed for Pb, Cd, Cr, Co, Cu, Ni and Zn, and the results are discussed in relation to the sources of the metals, and possible health hazards to children exposed to the dusts.
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TL;DR: It is clear from Charlson’s review that firm evidence exists for the presence of only a very few specific sulfate compounds in the atmosphere, and that much of current thought is based upon inference and supposition.
Abstract: Atmospheric sulfates are currently a topic of considerable interest. This arises primarily from their possible association with adverse health effects,1 and from their undoubted importance in the acid rain problem.2 Knowledge of the sulf ate species present in airborne particulates is essential to a full appreciation of the sources of aerosol sulfate constituents and to an understanding of respiratory health hazards. Charlson and coworkers3 have recently reviewed the current state of knowledge of the chemical nature of tropospheric Sulfur aerosols. It is clear from Charlson’s review that firm evidence exists for the presence of only a very few specific sulfate compounds in the atmosphere, and that much of our current thought is based upon inference and supposition.3
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TL;DR: In this paper, ground-level ozone measurements from a rural site in North-West England are presented and two distinct types of polluted air mass are identified: one having passed over the North Sea and Northern England, and the other having travelled from the continent via the South-East and Midlands of England.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a programme of measurements of ambient air pollution arising from a nitric acid/ammonium nitrate fertiliser works is described. And the monitoring results are discussed in terms of the effect of the fertiliser workers upon ambient air quality in the locality.
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TL;DR: In this article, size-fractionated atmospheric participates have been collected at two roadside sites using a Hi-Vol Andersen impactor and the particles collected upon each stage of the impactor have been analyzed by X-ray powder diffraction and the major individual chemical constituents identified.
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