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Health Risks Assessment of Heavy Metals in Indoor and Outdoor Air Measured with x-ray Fluorescence

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Analytical chemistry

Abstract

There are many growing concerns about environmental pollution and public health issues associated with surrounding heavy metals. Heavy metals are constantly emitted into the environment (indoor and outdoor) and pose a major threat to human health, the threat is linked to the presence of Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Cd, and Zn in dust, which consists of mineral and organic particles originating from the soil, industrial emitters, motor vehicles, and fuel consumption or other sources indoor like cooking, cigarettes etc. The present study aimed to investigate the potentially toxic metal (Zn, Fe, Cr, Ni, and Cu). Air dust samples were collected from indoor air at El-Minia city, Egypt. Heavy metals contents were performed using X-ray fluorescence (WDX). Human health risk of the measured heavy metals concentration was evaluated. The concentrations of heavy metals were found higher outdoor than indoor except Cu concentration was higher in indoor (25010±3751.5 mg kg-1) compared to outdoor (50±7.5 mg kg-1). The results show a widespread heavy metal contamination, especially Cu and Fe, which were present as the highest values in indoor and outdoor dust, while Sr was the lowest content. Indoor and outdoor concentration ratios varied widely from one metal to another. A contamination factor is used to explain the originality of the measured heavy metals. The non-carcinogenic risk was assessed for adults and children via dermal contact route with order. In addition, non-cancerogenic risk values for heavy metals in El-Minia are not significant. Where, the calculated Hazard quotient (HQdermal) value was lower than the acceptable HQdermal value of 1 indicating no significant non-cancer risk to the people from exposure to these heavy metals at present.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2022.133654.5894

Keywords

public health, Heavy metals, toxic metal, Hazard quotient

Authors

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Mostafa

Last Name

Mostafa

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Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Minia, 61519, Egypt

Email

mostafa.youness@mu.edu.eg

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First Name

Amer

Last Name

Mohamed

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Affiliation

Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Minia, 61519, Egypt

Email

amer.mohamed@mu.edu.eg

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First Name

Mona

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

Moustafa

Affiliation

Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Minia, 61519, Egypt

Email

mona.mustafa@mu.edu.eg

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Hanfi

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Affiliation

Ural Federal University, Mira St 19, Ekaterinburg, 620002, Russia

Email

m.nuc2012@gmail.com

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First Name

Abdelrhman

Last Name

Ahmed

MiddleName

A

Affiliation

Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Minia, 61519, Egypt

Email

abdelrahman.eid@mu.edu.eg

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First Name

Hyam

Last Name

Khalaf

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-

Affiliation

Minia university, Faculty of science, Physics department

Email

hayamnazme@mu.edu.eg

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Volume

66

Article Issue

4

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40820

Issue Date

2023-04-01

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2022-04-15

Publish Date

2023-04-01

Page Start

9

Page End

14

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_251892.html

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=251892

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251,892

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297

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Health Risks Assessment of Heavy Metals in Indoor and Outdoor Air Measured with x-ray Fluorescence

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Created At

30 Dec 2024