Multi-elemental profile and enviromagnetic analysis of moss transplants exposed indoors and outdoors in Italy and Belgium
| Autor: | Maria Cristina Sorrentino, Fiore Capozzi, Valentine K. Mubiana, Valeria Spagnuolo, Karen Wuyts, Roeland Samson, Steven Joosen, Simonetta Giordano |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Sorrentino, M. C., Wuyts, K., Joosen, S., Mubiana, V. K., Giordano, S., Samson, R., Capozzi, F., Spagnuolo, V. |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Pollution
Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject Air pollution Bryophyta Toxicology medicine.disease_cause Belgium medicine Humans Air quality index Biology Indoor pollution Open air media_common Pollutant Hypnum cupressiforme Air Pollutants biology Terrigenous sediment General Medicine biology.organism_classification Moss SIRM analysi Chemistry Moss bag Italy Air Pollutant Environmental chemistry Air metal pollution Environmental science Human Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Environmental pollution |
| ISSN: | 1873-6424 0269-7491 |
| Popis: | Air pollution represents one of the major concerns worldwide, fueled by the increasing urbanization and related PM production worsening air quality in open air as well as in confined environments. In the present work, exposure to atmospheric metal pollution was investigated in 20 paired indoor (I)-outdoor (O) sites located in two urban areas of Italy and Belgium, by chemical (ICP-MS) and magnetic (saturation isothermal remanent magnetization, SIRM) analyses of Hypnum cupressiforme moss exposed in bags. After 12 weeks, the elemental profiles of the moss material exposed in the two countries largely overlapped, except for some elements which specifically accumulated in Belgium (Ag, As, Cd, Mo, Pb and Sb) and in Italy (Ca, Mg, Co, Cr, Sr, Ti and U). Element concentrations were higher in moss exposed outdoors, with the Italian sites mostly showing a terrigenous footprint, and the Belgian sites mostly affected by elements of environmental concern (e.g., As, Pb, Sb). The Indoor/Outdoor ratios (mostly lower than 0.75) indicated indoor pollution as strongly affected by outdoor pollution, although specific elements could be of indoor origin or magnified in indoor environments (e.g., Al, Ag, Cd and Co). In line with the chemical analysis, the SIRM signal was significantly higher in outdoor than indoor moss material. A positive, significant correlation was observed between SIRM and several accumulated elements indicating SIRM analysis as a powerful tool to predict the level of metal pollution. Moss bags were confirmed as a useful and versatile tool to highlight metal contamination even in confined environments, an essential prerogative in the perspective of the evaluation of the total exposure risk for humans to these pollutants. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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