wAbstract
@A total of 96 street dusts and 96 roadside soils have been sampled
from three different localities (urban, industrial, peripheral
) of the city of Kavala (Greece) and analyzed for Pb, Cu, Zn,
Ni, Cr, Cd, As and Hg using the atomic absorption spectrophotometric
method. Results showed that dust and soil samples from the urban
and industrial area contained significant levels of the metals
studied compared to the values from the control site. The mean
values for Pb, Cu, Zn, Ni, Cr, Cd, As and Hg in street dust were
300.9, 123.9, 271.6, 57.5,196.0, 0.2, 16.7 and 0.1สg g-1
respectively, whereas for roadside soil they were 359.4, 42.7,
137.8, 58.2, 193.2, 0.2, 62.3 and 0.1 สg g-1. Street
dust distribution patterns are almost similar to those found for
roadside soils. The obtained results indicate, that urban and
industrial street dust samples contain high levels of Pb, Cu,
Zn, and As, as well as remarkable levels of Cd and Hg whose primary
contributors appear to be vehicular local traffic and the nearby
phosphoric fertilizer and petrochemcal industry plants.
Keywords: Heavy metals; Pollution; Street dust; Roadside soil;
Greecex
1. Introduction
2. Materials and methods
@2.1. The sampling and analysis
@2.2. The statistics
3. Results and discussion
@3.1. Street dust
@3.2. Soil
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References