Heavy Metal Pollution in the Floor Dust of Yazd Battery Repairing Workshops in 2014
Background and Objectives: The presence of industrial workshops has increased urban pollution. This study aimed to investigate the heavy metal pollutants of Yazd battery repairing workshops and to identify the ecological and environmental effects resulted. Materials and Methods: This descriptive cr...
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| description | Background and Objectives: The presence of industrial workshops has increased urban pollution. This study aimed to investigate the heavy metal pollutants of Yazd battery repairing workshops and to identify the ecological and environmental effects resulted.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in Yazd. In this regard, the city was divided into three parts on the basis of geographical features. Then, 30 workshops were selected from each part through stratified random sampling method. Heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Cr, Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn) in the floor were measured using atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS). The impacts assessment of heavy metals was evaluated using environmental potential risk index (RI), cumulative pollution index (IPI), pollution coefficient factor (Cf), and the degree of modified contamination (mCd) and Pearson’s correlation statistical test.
Results: The trend of heavy metals concentrations in floor dust particles of workshops was as Fe>Cu>Pb>Zn>Mn>Cr>Cd. Therefore, the average concentrations of Fe and Cd in the samples were 27011.52 ±4721.05 and 78.25±21.07 mg/kg respectively. The results of the RI showed that heavy metal of floor dust had very high danger (2816.29). The mCd value was as 63.35 indicating these workshops were at severe contamination class. The value of Cf was as 304.17 revealing that these workshops were at very severe contamination class.
Conclusions: This research showed that the high concentration of heavy metals in battery repairing workshops is due to the interaction of heavy metals of industrial wastes components, including electrical wastes and battery with the dust having mankind origin. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-15e29226e86d47bfb1dd3db21445465c2022-12-21T21:55:08ZfasTehran University of Medical Sciencesسلامت و محیط2008-20292008-37182016-06-0191127138Heavy Metal Pollution in the Floor Dust of Yazd Battery Repairing Workshops in 2014M Sabouhi0F Nejadkoorki1H.R Azimzadeh2M.S Ali Taleshi3 MSc in Environmental Engineering, Department of Environment, Faculty of Natural Resources,Yazd University, Yazd, Iran Associate Professor of Environment, Department of Environment, Faculty of Natural Resources,Yazd University, Yazd, Iran Associate Professor of Environment, Department of Environment, Faculty of Natural Resources,Yazd University, Yazd, Iran PhD. Student of Environmental Pollution Engineering, Department of Environment, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. Background and Objectives: The presence of industrial workshops has increased urban pollution. This study aimed to investigate the heavy metal pollutants of Yazd battery repairing workshops and to identify the ecological and environmental effects resulted. Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in Yazd. In this regard, the city was divided into three parts on the basis of geographical features. Then, 30 workshops were selected from each part through stratified random sampling method. Heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Cr, Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn) in the floor were measured using atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS). The impacts assessment of heavy metals was evaluated using environmental potential risk index (RI), cumulative pollution index (IPI), pollution coefficient factor (Cf), and the degree of modified contamination (mCd) and Pearson’s correlation statistical test. Results: The trend of heavy metals concentrations in floor dust particles of workshops was as Fe>Cu>Pb>Zn>Mn>Cr>Cd. Therefore, the average concentrations of Fe and Cd in the samples were 27011.52 ±4721.05 and 78.25±21.07 mg/kg respectively. The results of the RI showed that heavy metal of floor dust had very high danger (2816.29). The mCd value was as 63.35 indicating these workshops were at severe contamination class. The value of Cf was as 304.17 revealing that these workshops were at very severe contamination class. Conclusions: This research showed that the high concentration of heavy metals in battery repairing workshops is due to the interaction of heavy metals of industrial wastes components, including electrical wastes and battery with the dust having mankind origin.http://ijhe.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-765-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1Battery repairing workshops Heavy metals Environmental risk Yazd |
| spellingShingle | M Sabouhi F Nejadkoorki H.R Azimzadeh M.S Ali Taleshi Heavy Metal Pollution in the Floor Dust of Yazd Battery Repairing Workshops in 2014 سلامت و محیط Battery repairing workshops Heavy metals Environmental risk Yazd |
| title | Heavy Metal Pollution in the Floor Dust of Yazd Battery Repairing Workshops in 2014 |
| title_full | Heavy Metal Pollution in the Floor Dust of Yazd Battery Repairing Workshops in 2014 |
| title_fullStr | Heavy Metal Pollution in the Floor Dust of Yazd Battery Repairing Workshops in 2014 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Heavy Metal Pollution in the Floor Dust of Yazd Battery Repairing Workshops in 2014 |
| title_short | Heavy Metal Pollution in the Floor Dust of Yazd Battery Repairing Workshops in 2014 |
| title_sort | heavy metal pollution in the floor dust of yazd battery repairing workshops in 2014 |
| topic | Battery repairing workshops Heavy metals Environmental risk Yazd |
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