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Estimation of the fraction of soil-borne particulates in indoor air by PMF and its impact on health risk assessment of soil contamination in Guangzhou, China

The fraction of soil-borne particulates in indoor air (fspi), a principal exposure factor in health risk assessment of soil, is used to calculate the inhaled dose of contaminants in air particulates (PM10) from soil. To investigate the fspi, consecutive 24-h PM10 samples (n?=?180) of indoor ambient were collected from September 2019 to January 2020 in Guangzhou main urban areas, China. The concentrations of twenty-six metal elements, five anions, organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) in samples were measured. The sources of indoor ambient PM10 and the value of fspi were identified by the method of Positive Matrix Factor analysis (PMF). Results showed that the main sources contributing to indoor PM10 content were combustion sources (50.53%) and vehicular sources (28.17%). The soil sources (the local fspi) were 19.96%. The soil contents of indoor PM10 in Guangzhou main urban areas were in accordance with those in similar monsoon climate regions, such as Malaysia. The health risks of the inhalation route were dropped by about 62% for some common brownfield contaminants (Cr (VI), Ni, Be and Cd) with the investigated local fspi in Guangzhou main urban areas, compared with using the fspi (0.8) recommended by the C-RAG model in China. The results supplied a new effective methodology for estimation of the local fspi value in health risk assessment of soil contamination in urban areas.

» Author: Zi-Jie Xu, Huan-Bin Zhu, Li-Yun Shu, Xiao-Xia Lai, Wei Lu, Lei Fu, Bin Jiang, Tao He, Fo-Peng Wang, Qu-Sheng Li

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