Assessment of health risk and geo-accumulation of toxic heavy metals in side-road dust from urban areas of Baghdad city
Introduction Environmental contamination has become a severe problem as a result of urbanization and industrialization, particularly because of the release of heavy metals which have drawn a lot of attention due to their harmful effects, persistence, and bioaccumulation in the environment. Methods...
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| description | Introduction
Environmental contamination has
become a severe problem as a result of urbanization and
industrialization, particularly because of the release of
heavy metals which have drawn a lot of attention due to
their harmful effects, persistence, and bioaccumulation in
the environment.
Methods
The present study, which was conducted from
July to October 2019, provides the spatial distribution,
contamination levels, and health risks assessment for four
heavy metals, Pb, Zn, Cr and Ni, in the urban area within
Baghdad city, depending on the type of activity and the
nature of land use.
Results
The results show that the average value of the
contamination levels for the four heavy metals were within
the reference values of soil in Baghdad city. The pollution
assessment indices geo-accumulation index (Igeo) and
integrated pollution index (IPI), carcinogenic and noncarcinogenic
health index (HI), and hazard quotient (HQ)
were studied. The results of Igeo and IPI in Sheikh Omar
(industrial area), Baghdad Al-Jadida (commercial area), and
Sadr City (high population density) were relatively greater
than in the other areas. The IPI value ranged from 1.51 in
Sheikh Omar to 0.75 in Taji (agricultural area).
Conclusions
The values of the health risk assessment indices
(HI and HQ) indicate that the levels of the four heavy metals
in the studied sites were within the safe limits (<1) and had
no significant health risk for the inhabitants. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4e321709679f46a8a2e85bd5eb65a6822023-02-28T13:27:53ZengEuropean PublishingPublic Health and Toxicology2732-89292022-09-012311010.18332/pht/153466153466Assessment of health risk and geo-accumulation of toxic heavy metals in side-road dust from urban areas of Baghdad cityAzhar Haleem0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5462-1935Sahar Amin1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9321-9698Rawnaq Mahdi2Environment Research Center, University of Technology, Baghdad, IraqEnvironment Research Center, University of Technology, Baghdad, IraqMaterials Engineering Department, University of Technology, Baghdad, IraqIntroduction Environmental contamination has become a severe problem as a result of urbanization and industrialization, particularly because of the release of heavy metals which have drawn a lot of attention due to their harmful effects, persistence, and bioaccumulation in the environment. Methods The present study, which was conducted from July to October 2019, provides the spatial distribution, contamination levels, and health risks assessment for four heavy metals, Pb, Zn, Cr and Ni, in the urban area within Baghdad city, depending on the type of activity and the nature of land use. Results The results show that the average value of the contamination levels for the four heavy metals were within the reference values of soil in Baghdad city. The pollution assessment indices geo-accumulation index (Igeo) and integrated pollution index (IPI), carcinogenic and noncarcinogenic health index (HI), and hazard quotient (HQ) were studied. The results of Igeo and IPI in Sheikh Omar (industrial area), Baghdad Al-Jadida (commercial area), and Sadr City (high population density) were relatively greater than in the other areas. The IPI value ranged from 1.51 in Sheikh Omar to 0.75 in Taji (agricultural area). Conclusions The values of the health risk assessment indices (HI and HQ) indicate that the levels of the four heavy metals in the studied sites were within the safe limits (<1) and had no significant health risk for the inhabitants.http://www.publichealthtoxicology.com/Assessment-of-health-risk-and-geo-accumulation-of-toxic-nheavy-metals-in-side-road,153466,0,2.htmlheavy metalshealth risk assessmenturban areasgeo-accumulation index |
| spellingShingle | Azhar Haleem Sahar Amin Rawnaq Mahdi Assessment of health risk and geo-accumulation of toxic heavy metals in side-road dust from urban areas of Baghdad city Public Health and Toxicology heavy metals health risk assessment urban areas geo-accumulation index |
| title | Assessment of health risk and geo-accumulation of toxic
heavy metals in side-road dust from urban areas of
Baghdad city |
| title_full | Assessment of health risk and geo-accumulation of toxic
heavy metals in side-road dust from urban areas of
Baghdad city |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of health risk and geo-accumulation of toxic
heavy metals in side-road dust from urban areas of
Baghdad city |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of health risk and geo-accumulation of toxic
heavy metals in side-road dust from urban areas of
Baghdad city |
| title_short | Assessment of health risk and geo-accumulation of toxic
heavy metals in side-road dust from urban areas of
Baghdad city |
| title_sort | assessment of health risk and geo accumulation of toxic heavy metals in side road dust from urban areas of baghdad city |
| topic | heavy metals health risk assessment urban areas geo-accumulation index |
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