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Multiple Evaluation of Typical Heavy Metals Pollution in Surface Soil and Road Dust from Beijing and Hebei Province, China

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Soil and road dust are important receptors of heavy metals in the environment. Meanwhile, heavy metal could transfer to the atmosphere through resuspension. Due to the serious consequences and atmospheric haze in Jing-Jin-Ji area, it’s important to evaluate the pollution level, particle size distribution and sources of heavy metals. For heavy metals in soil samples, similar concentrations to the background values and no obvious pollution or low-level pollution was presented. Higher concentration of Cu (78.9 mg/kg) and Zn (261 mg/kg) were found in road dust. The source appointment results showed that Mn, Co, Cr, Ni, Zn and Pb in soils and Cr, Co and Mn in road dust were mainly from the natural sources, while traffic source contributed to most of Cu, Zn and Pb in road dust. Different particle size distribution patterns were found in soils and road dusts, and the finest particles presented the highest heavy metal concentrations.

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This work was financially support by Key Deployment Projects of CAS (ZDRW-CN-2018-1), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Numbers: 111875266, U1832212, 91643206, U1932103) and Institute of High Energy Physics Foundation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (E0546BU20B).

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  1. Beijing Engineering Research Center of Radiographic Techniques and Equipment, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China

    Yang Shao, Min Luo, Diandou Xu & Lingling Ma

  2. Department of Radiation Chemistry, Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki University, 66-1 Hon-cho, 036-8564, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan

    Yang Shao, Guosheng Yang, Hirofumi Tazoe & Masatoshi Yamada

  3. Center for Advanced Radiation Emergency Medicine, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 4-9-1 Anagawa, 263-8555, Inage, Chiba, Japan

    Guosheng Yang

  4. Central Laboratory Marine Ecology Research Institute (MERI), 299- 5105, Iwawada, Onjuku, Chiba, Japan

    Masatoshi Yamada

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Shao, Y., Yang, G., Luo, M. et al. Multiple Evaluation of Typical Heavy Metals Pollution in Surface Soil and Road Dust from Beijing and Hebei Province, China. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 109, 317–322 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-022-03537-z

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