Seasonal comparison of Zinc health risk in atmospheric dust in Tehran, Iran
Subject Areas :
Air Pollution
maryam samani
1
,
ahmad golchin
2
,
hosseinali alikhani
3
,
ahmad bybordi
4
1 - PHD Student, Soil Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran. *(Corresponding Author)
2 - Prof., Soil Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran.
3 - Prof., Soil Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
4 - Assistant Prof., soil and water Research Department, East Azerbaijan Agriculture and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Tabriz, Iran.
Received: 2020-11-04
Accepted : 2020-11-28
Published : 2021-11-22
Keywords:
Atmospheric dust fall,
Heavy Metals,
Tehran,
Health risk assessment,
Abstract :
Background and objective: The aim of this study was to determine the concentration of zinc metal in atmospheric dust and to assess its health risk during the winter of 1397 to the fall of 1398 in areas 9, 10, 11 and 12 of Tehran Municipality.Material and Methodology: For this purpose, two points in the west and east of region 9 and one point in the east of regions 11, 10 and 12 (the western parts of regions 10, 11 and 12 were adjacent to the east of the adjacent region) were determined and atmospheric dust was collected monthly for one year. A factorial experiment was performed in a completely randomized design with three replications. Experimental factors included sampling location and sampling time (seasons). The concentration of zinc was determined after extraction with hydrochloric acid and concentrated nitric acid (3: 1 ratio). Finding: The results showed that the lowest concentration of zinc metal in winter and at point 9W (Tehransar) and 558.23 and the highest concentration of zinc metal in autumn and at point 11E (Vahdat-e-Islami Street) was 1835.3 mg / kg. The concentration of zinc and the amount of atmospheric dust increased from west to east and with the passage of winter to autumn. The health risk assessment was based on the US Environmental Protection Agency's EPA development method.Discussion and Conclusion: The results showed that swallowing atmospheric dust was the main route of exposure to zinc, and more than 90% of the risk index for non-cancerous zinc metal diseases was related to HQ (ingestion risk equation). In winter, the amount of HQ and HI (cumulative risk index for non-cancerous diseases) was lower than safe level for zinc and for adults and children, and did not pose a health risk.
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