Author, as appears in the article.: Sánchez-Soberón F; Rovira J; Mari M; Sierra J; Nadal M; Domingo J; Schuhmacher M

Department: Enginyeria Química Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques

URV's Author/s: Domingo Roig, José Luis / Mari Marcos, Montserrat / Nadal Lomas, Martí / Rovira Solano, Joaquim / SÁNCHEZ SOBERÓN, FRANCISCO / Schuhmacher Ansuategui, Marta

Keywords: Particulate matter fractions Indoor/outdoor exposure Human risk assessment Cement

Abstract: © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Particulate matter (PM) is widely recorded as a source of diseases, being more harmful those particles with smaller size. PM is released to the environment as a consequence of different activities, being one of them cement production. The objective of this pilot study was to characterize PM of different sizes around cement facilities to have a preliminary approach of their origin, and evaluate their potential health risks. For that purpose, three fractions of PM (10, 2.5, and 1) were collected in the nearby area of two cement plants with different backgrounds (urban and rural) in different seasons. Subsequently, main components, outdoor and indoor concentrations, exposure, and human health risks were assessed. Greatest levels of PM1, organic matter, and metals were found in urban location, especially in winter. Consequently, environmental exposure and human health risks registered their highest values in the urban plant during wintertime. Exposure was higher for indoor activities, expressing some metals their peak values in the PM1 fraction. Non-carcinogenic risks were below the safety threshold (HQ < 1). Carcinogenic risks for most of the metals were below the limit of 10-5, except for Cr (VI), which exceeded it in both locations, but being in the range considered as assumable (10-6-10-4).

Thematic Areas: Saúde coletiva Química Meteorology & atmospheric sciences Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Matemática / probabilidade e estatística Interdisciplinar Geografía Geociências General environmental science Farmacia Environmental sciences Environmental science (miscellaneous) Environmental science (all) Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Biotecnología Biodiversidade Atmospheric science Astronomia / física

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 13522310

Author's mail: joaquim.rovira@urv.cat marti.nadal@urv.cat marta.schuhmacher@urv.cat montserrat.mari@urv.cat marti.nadal@urv.cat joseluis.domingo@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0003-4399-6138 0000-0002-0217-4827 0000-0003-4381-2490 0000-0001-8971-3856 0000-0002-0217-4827 0000-0001-6647-9470

Record's date: 2023-02-26

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1352231015302661?via%3Dihub

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Atmospheric Environment. 120 109-116

APA: Sánchez-Soberón F; Rovira J; Mari M; Sierra J; Nadal M; Domingo J; Schuhmacher M (2015). Main components and human health risks assessment of PM10, PM2.5, and PM1 in two areas influenced by cement plants. Atmospheric Environment, 120(), 109-116. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.08.020

Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.08.020

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2015

Publication Type: Journal Publications