Heavy metal pollution characteristics and health risk assessment of PM 2.5 in spring road dust in Tianjin
To study the heavy metal pollution characteristics and health risks of PM2.5 in spring road dust in Tianjin, dust samples were collected from both sides of Tianjin's main, secondary, branch, and expressway roads using a dust collector from March 22 to May 23, 2015. The resuspension system was used to suspend PM2.5 in road dust onto the filter membrane, The mass fractions of seven heavy metals (Ni, Pb, Cd, As, Mn, Cu, and Zn) in PM2.5 were determined using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The results showed that the average mass fractions of Ni, Pb, Cd, As, Mn, Cu, and Zn in PM2.5 were 37.05, 82.50, 1.73, 25.65, 380.18, 201.08, and 736.43 mg/kg, respectively; Igeo (Earth Accumulation Index) shows that Cd belongs to strong pollution, Zn and Cu belong to medium to strong pollution, Pb belongs to moderate pollution, As belongs to mild pollution, and Ni and Mn belong to no pollution; The health risk assessment shows that hand to mouth intake is the main pathway for heavy metals in road dust PM2.5 to enter the human body. Children's exposure dose and non carcinogenic risk are higher than adults, and the total non carcinogenic risk order is As>Pb>Mn>Cu>Zn>Cd>Ni. Among them, the exposure risk quotient (HQing) and non carcinogenic total risk (HI) of children's hand to mouth route As are 1.23, which is greater than the limit value (1), indicating a non carcinogenic risk for children; The total non carcinogenic risk of other heavy metals is below the limit, and there is no non carcinogenic risk to the human body; Ni, As, and Cd in road dust PM2.5 have no carcinogenic risk to humans through respiratory pathways