Evaluating Heavy Metals Contamination in Campus Dust in Wuhan, the University Cluster in Central China: Distribution and Potential Human Health Risk Analysis

作     者：Liu, Shan Zhang, Xihao Zhan, Changlin Zhang, Jiaquan Xu, Jun Wang, Anglv Zhang, Huidi Xu, Jiangyan Guo, Jianlin Liu, Xianli Xing, Xinli Cao, Junji Xiao, Yulun 

作者机构：School of Environmental Science and Engineering Hubei Polytechnic University Huangshi435003 China Hubei Key Laboratory of Mine Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Hubei Polytechnic University Huangshi435003 China School of Resource and Environmental Engineering Wuhan University of Science and Technology Wuhan430081 China Huangshi Ecological Environmental Monitoring Center Department of Ecology Environment of Hubei Province Hubei Huangshi435000 China School of Environmental Studies China University of Geosciences Wuhan430074 China Institute of Atmospheric Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing100029 China 

出 版 物：《Research Square》 (Research Square)

年 卷 期：2021年

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主　　题：Risk assessment 

摘      要：The potential health risk of heavy metals (HMs) in campus dust may threaten the health of thousands of students, teachers, and their families in Wuhan, the university cluster in Central China every day. In this research, the pollution characteristics and health risk with HMs was the first time presented in campus dust from the canteen, playground, dormitory, and school gate to date. The average HMs concentration in campus dusts ranked Pb (83.5 mg kg-1) Cu (70.2 mg kg-1) Zn (47.2 mg kg-1) Cr (46.0 mg kg-1) Ni (22.7 mg kg-1) As (15.2 mg kg-1) Cd (3.38 mg kg-1). The HMs would more likely to accumulate in dormitory dust and canteen dust. In the downtown area, Zn, As, and Cd had been preliminarily identified from fossil fuel combustion and natural geochemical processes. Cu and Pb would source from cooking and traffic transportation. Ni and Cr would likely reflect the contributions of natural soil weathering. Although, no significant non-carcinogenic health risks were found to students or teachers from campus dust. Their children would more likely to exposure health risks when eating in the canteen, playing on the playground, or walking around the school gate. While the incremental lifetime cancer risk values revealed respiratory intake of HMs does not pose a carcinogenic risk on the campus. © 2021, CC BY.