To protect public health from PM(2.5) air pollution, it is critical to identify the source types of PM(2.5) mass and chemical components associated with higher risks of adverse health outcomes. Source apportionment modeling using Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF), was used to identify PM(2.5) source types and quantify the source contributions to ...
Gaining knowledge on the process of particle resuspension from urban paved roads is of particular importance considering the increasing relevance of this source in urban air quality management and the lack of basic information on emission factors and source contributions. In this study (Amato et al., 2016) we performed extensive field measurements ...
Published in Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
Urban horticulture is gaining more and more attention in the context of sustainable food supply. Yet, cities are exposed to (former) industrial activities and traffic, responsible for emission of contaminants. Trace elements were monitored in soils located in the urban environment of Ghent (Belgium) and 84 samples of Lactuca satica L. lettuce grown...
Published in Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
Platinum-Group Elements (PGEs, i.e. platinum; Pt, palladium; Pd and rhodium; Rh) are extensively employed in the production of automotive catalytic converters to catalyze and control harmful emissions from exhaust fumes. But catalytic converters wear out over time and the emission of PGEs along with the exhaust fumes are nowadays known to be the ma...
The concentration, in urban street sediment, of 13 chemical elements was measured in the city of Leuven, Belgium. A total of 77 locations were sampled in pedestrian zones, streets with limited traffic, streets with much traffic, and on the ring road that has very busy traffic. The data were compared to NO2 concentrations measured by the CurieuzeNeu...
In order to estimate the resuspension of the particles empirically, it is necessary to carry out a homogeneous distribution of the particles on the tested surfaces. Thus, in many studies, seeding or deposition in experimental chambers is performed to quantify initial concentrations for subsequent resuspension experiments. The current study was carr...
Drinking water and farm-to-fork pathways have been identified as the predominant environmental pathways associated with human exposure (HE) to Pb. This study integrates a GIS-based survey of metal concentrations in soil and a probabilistic quantitative risk assessment of Pb through the food chain. The case study area was selected in the east of Ire...
