Industrial Air Pollution by Metals Monitored by a Synthetic Fabric: A Case Study of a Community
Overview
Overview
Journal
Environ Monit Assess
Publisher
Springer
Specialty
Environmental Health
Date
2013 Nov 21
PMID
24253891
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Abstract
To supplement an epidemiological investigation into respiratory cancer, a synthetic fabric called tak was used to study the deposition of atmospheric metal pollution within the town of Armadale, central Scotland. Pollution maps showed high concentrations of several metals in areas close to the town's steel foundry and in a second area in the north of the town. Through further statistical analyses, those metals were identified which had probably been emitted by the foundry, and temporal variations in metal deposition patterns were examined. The advantages of this method of low technology sampling, which include the low cost and a high density of sampling sites, are described.
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