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Bioaccessibility and health risk of arsenic and heavy metals (Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn and Mn) in TSP and PM2.5 in Nanjing, China
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Values of hazard quotient and hazard index indicated the non-carcinogenic risks from the studied metal(loid)s to children via ingestion, dermal contact and inhalation pathways in Nanjing given the present air quality.About:
This article is published in Atmospheric Environment.The article was published on 2012-09-01. It has received 474 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Hazard quotient.read more
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A review of soil heavy metal pollution from mines in China: pollution and health risk assessment.
TL;DR: A comprehensive assessment of soil heavy metal pollution derived from mines in China is provided, while identifying policy recommendations for pollution mitigation and environmental management of these mines.
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Contamination features and health risk of soil heavy metals in China
TL;DR: The results showed that, due to the drastically increased industrial operations and fast urban expansion, Chinese soils were contaminated by heavy metals in varying degrees and children and adult females were the relatively vulnerable populations for the non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risks.
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Heavy metals in food crops: Health risks, fate, mechanisms, and management
TL;DR: This review focuses on and describes heavy metal contamination in soil-food crop subsystems with respect to human health risks, and explores the possible geographical pathways of heavy metals in such subsystems.
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Health risks from the exposure of children to As, Se, Pb and other heavy metals near the largest coking plant in China
TL;DR: The high risks in this study highlight the attention paid to the health of children who live in the vicinity of coking activities and the importance of site-specific multi-pathway health risk assessments and food safety to protect potentially exposed children.
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Pollution and health risk of potentially toxic metals in urban road dust in Nanjing, a mega-city of China.
TL;DR: The non-carcinogenic health risk resulting from exposure to the potentially toxic metals in TR dusts was within the safe level based on the Hazard Index, except in pollution hotspots where exposure to Pb, Cr, and Cu may be hazardous to children.
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Air pollution in mega cities in China
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the current state of understanding of the air pollution problems in China's mega cities and identify the immediate challenges to understanding and controlling air pollution in these densely populated areas.
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A review of heavy metal contaminations in urban soils, urban road dusts and agricultural soils from China.
Binggan Wei,Linsheng Yang +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed quite a few heavy metal contamination related studies in several cities from China over the past 10 years and discussed the concentrations, sources, contamination levels, sample collection and analytical tools of heavy metals in urban soils, urban road dusts and agricultural soils.
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Global Estimates of Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations from Satellite-Based Aerosol Optical Depth: Development and Application
Aaron van Donkelaar,Randall V. Martin,Michael Brauer,Ralph A. Kahn,Robert C. Levy,Carolyn Verduzco,Paul J. Villeneuve +6 more
TL;DR: Satellite-derived total-column AOD, when combined with a chemical transport model, provides estimates of global long-term average PM2.5 concentrations, with significant spatial agreement with ground-based in situ measurements.
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