Abdoreza Pour Gholam Khabaz; Maryam Velayatzadeh
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Background and Purpose: This study aimed to investigate Pb pollution levels in the urban area of Shush City, utilizing dominant tree species as biological tracers.Materials and Methods: Sampling was conducted over one year, targeting two tree species, Albizia lebbeck and Eucalyptus microtheca, at four ...
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Background and Purpose: This study aimed to investigate Pb pollution levels in the urban area of Shush City, utilizing dominant tree species as biological tracers.Materials and Methods: Sampling was conducted over one year, targeting two tree species, Albizia lebbeck and Eucalyptus microtheca, at four locations with varying traffic levels in the urban area. Soil samples were collected from zero to 30 cm where the trees were situated, and leaves were gathered from 2 meters above the ground, covering four cardinal directions and performed in triplicate. 120 leaf and soil samples were transported to the laboratory for chemical analysis.Results: The highest average concentration of Pb in the winter of 2018 was recorded as 1183.2±4.6 mg/kg in the soil beneath the trees at the high-traffic station and 95.1±2.4 mg/kg in the unwashed leaves of Albizia lebbeck at the low-traffic station. During the summer season of 2019, Pb concentrations were 1056±2.7±3.3 mg/kg in the soil beneath the trees at the high-traffic station and 95.3±1.4 mg/kg in the unwashed leaves of the Albizia lebbeck tree at the low-traffic station.Conclusion: With bioaccumulation coefficients in all samples remaining below 1, it can be concluded that neither Albizia lebbeck nor Eucalyptus microtheca species possess a significant capacity for transferring heavy metals from the soil to their aerial organs. Additionally, they do not appear to absorb the available lead within their growth environment, making them unsuitable as bio-tracer plants
Nayereh Sadat Hosseini; Soheil Sobhan Ardakani
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Background and Aim: Road transportation is one of the most important and main sources of metal pollution, which has turned roadside ecosystems into metal sensitive areas. Therefore, this study was conducted to analysis and source identification of Zn, Pb, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, and Ni in the surface soils ...
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Background and Aim: Road transportation is one of the most important and main sources of metal pollution, which has turned roadside ecosystems into metal sensitive areas. Therefore, this study was conducted to analysis and source identification of Zn, Pb, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, and Ni in the surface soils along some roads in Hamedan Township in 2019.Materials & Methods: In this study, a total of 63 surface soil samples were collected along 700 m from a 9 km section of Goltepe (G), Razan (R) and Kermanshah (K) roads. After preparing soil samples, the contents of elements were determined using ICP-OES. The enrichment contamination severity index (CSI) was also calculated. All statistical analyses of the obtained data were performed using SPSS software.Results: The highest amounts of all the analyzed elements were found in the samples collected from the R site with 122, 0.320, 1.92, 17.3, 334 and 22.2 mg/kg for Zn, Cd, Co, Cr, Mn, and Ni, respectively, and from K site with 26.4 and 25.0 mg/kg for Pb and Cu, respectively, showing the effect of traffic volume. The values of the CSI index showed the acceptable quality of the soil in the studied sites. Also, the results of multivariate statistical analyzes (PCC, PCA and HCA) showed that Mn in roadside soils is probably caused by soil raw materials and exhaust emissions. While the origin of Zn, Pb, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu and Ni emission was mainly from non-exhaust sources (such as wear of brakes, tires, engines and lubricating oil).Conclusion: The findings were indicated the impact of traffic activities on soil contamination with heavy metal in the study areas; therefore, regular and periodic monitoring of soil samples is recommended to control of emission sources of pollutants in order to maintain the health of ecosystems and humans.