Hazardous Elements in Asbestos Tremolite from the Basilicata Region, Southern Italy: A First Step
In this paper, we report the quantification of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) hosted into two tremolite asbestos from Episcopia and San Severino Lucano villages (Basilicata region, Southern Italy). Micro X-ray fluorescence and Inductively Coupled Plasma spectroscopy with Optical Emission Spectrom...
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| author | Claudia Ricchiuti Dolores Pereira Rosalda Punturo Eugenia Giorno Domenico Miriello Andrea Bloise |
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| description | In this paper, we report the quantification of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) hosted into two tremolite asbestos from Episcopia and San Severino Lucano villages (Basilicata region, Southern Italy). Micro X-ray fluorescence and Inductively Coupled Plasma spectroscopy with Optical Emission Spectrometry techniques were used to quantify the concentration of major, minor (Si, Mg, Ca, Al, Fe, Mn) and trace elements (As, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Li, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sb, Sn Sr, Ti, Te, V, W, Zn, Zr), with the aim of providing available data useful for the determination of the asbestos fibers toxicity. Results show that in the two studied samples there exist high concentrations of Fe, Mn, Cr and Ni which could lead to the high toxicity of the mineral fibers. By considering the pseudo-total PTEs amounts in each tremolite asbestos, it is possible to affirm that one of the samples is more enriched in toxic elements than the other one (3572 ppm versus 1384 ppm). These PTEs can represent a source of risk to human health since they may be transported away from the geological outcrops, through asbestos in the air, water and soils and thus encountering the human body. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-57ff8e3f9e98411db2045b677ba017dc2023-11-22T07:36:33ZengMDPI AGFibers2079-64392021-08-01984710.3390/fib9080047Hazardous Elements in Asbestos Tremolite from the Basilicata Region, Southern Italy: A First StepClaudia Ricchiuti0Dolores Pereira1Rosalda Punturo2Eugenia Giorno3Domenico Miriello4Andrea Bloise5Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, 95129 Catania, ItalyCHARROCK Research Group, University of Salamanca, Plaza de los Caídos s/n, 37008 Salamanca, SpainDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, 95129 Catania, ItalyMAT-INLAB-Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, CS, ItalyDepartment of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (DiBest), University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, CS, ItalyDepartment of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (DiBest), University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, CS, ItalyIn this paper, we report the quantification of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) hosted into two tremolite asbestos from Episcopia and San Severino Lucano villages (Basilicata region, Southern Italy). Micro X-ray fluorescence and Inductively Coupled Plasma spectroscopy with Optical Emission Spectrometry techniques were used to quantify the concentration of major, minor (Si, Mg, Ca, Al, Fe, Mn) and trace elements (As, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Li, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sb, Sn Sr, Ti, Te, V, W, Zn, Zr), with the aim of providing available data useful for the determination of the asbestos fibers toxicity. Results show that in the two studied samples there exist high concentrations of Fe, Mn, Cr and Ni which could lead to the high toxicity of the mineral fibers. By considering the pseudo-total PTEs amounts in each tremolite asbestos, it is possible to affirm that one of the samples is more enriched in toxic elements than the other one (3572 ppm versus 1384 ppm). These PTEs can represent a source of risk to human health since they may be transported away from the geological outcrops, through asbestos in the air, water and soils and thus encountering the human body.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6439/9/8/47potentially toxic elementstremolite asbestostrace elementsBasilicata regionsouthern Italy |
| spellingShingle | Claudia Ricchiuti Dolores Pereira Rosalda Punturo Eugenia Giorno Domenico Miriello Andrea Bloise Hazardous Elements in Asbestos Tremolite from the Basilicata Region, Southern Italy: A First Step Fibers potentially toxic elements tremolite asbestos trace elements Basilicata region southern Italy |
| title | Hazardous Elements in Asbestos Tremolite from the Basilicata Region, Southern Italy: A First Step |
| title_full | Hazardous Elements in Asbestos Tremolite from the Basilicata Region, Southern Italy: A First Step |
| title_fullStr | Hazardous Elements in Asbestos Tremolite from the Basilicata Region, Southern Italy: A First Step |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hazardous Elements in Asbestos Tremolite from the Basilicata Region, Southern Italy: A First Step |
| title_short | Hazardous Elements in Asbestos Tremolite from the Basilicata Region, Southern Italy: A First Step |
| title_sort | hazardous elements in asbestos tremolite from the basilicata region southern italy a first step |
| topic | potentially toxic elements tremolite asbestos trace elements Basilicata region southern Italy |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6439/9/8/47 |
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