Determination of potentially toxic metals and natural radionuclides in airborne pollens produced different urban environments in Turkey and health risk assessment.

Air pollutants are associated with potentially toxic metals (PTMs) and natural and/or artificial radionuclides, which can pose a major threat to human and environmental health. Pollens can be utilized as a bioindicator to determine the level of air pollution in urban areas. In this study, the concen...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Environmental Health Research Vol. 35; no. 5; pp. 1296 - 1314
Autores principales: Turhan, Şeref, Çeter, Talip, Altuner, Ergin Murat, Karabıcak, Serhat, Çeter, Selin, Bıyıklıoğlu, Oktay, Aktaş, Şeymanur, Kurnaz, Aslı
Formato: equations & formulas pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd May2025
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          Turhan, Şeref
          Çeter, Talip
          Altuner, Ergin Murat
          Karabıcak, Serhat
          Çeter, Selin
          Bıyıklıoğlu, Oktay
          Aktaş, Şeymanur
          Kurnaz, Aslı
        affil: Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, Türkiye
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          Air Pollutants Adverse Effects
          Air Pollutants Analysis
          Pollen Adverse Effects
          Pollen Analysis
          Metals Adverse Effects
          Radioisotopes Adverse Effects
          Health Status
          Environmental Health
          Risk Assessment
          Urban Areas Turkiye
          Human
          Turkiye
          Air Pollution Evaluation
          Spectrum Analysis
          One-Way Analysis of Variance
          Post Hoc Analysis
          Kruskal-Wallis Test
          Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test
          Pearson's Correlation Coefficient
          Data Analysis Software
      ab: Air pollutants are associated with potentially toxic metals (PTMs) and natural and/or artificial radionuclides, which can pose a major threat to human and environmental health. Pollens can be utilized as a bioindicator to determine the level of air pollution in urban areas. In this study, the concentrations of PTMs and natural radionuclides in 35 airborne pollen samples of 22 species belonging to Pinaceae, Cupressaceae, Araucariaceae, Betulaceae, Salicaceae, and Oleaceae families grown in different urban areas in Turkey were determined using an energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. For the first time, non-carcinogenic and radiologic health risk assessments for adults were done, estimating hazard index (HI) and annual effective dose (AED), respectively. The concentrations of Fe, Mn, Zn, Ti, Sr, Cu, Ni, Co, Cr, V and Pb analyzed in airborne pollen samples varied from 52.1 to 3078.0, 26.1 to 159.6, 15.6 to 199.7, 9.1 to 282.2, 1.0 to 128.4, 5.0 to 40.1, 5.4 to 23.6, <LD to 11.3, 1.6 to 26.6, <LD to 11.1 and <LD to 5.7 mg/kg, respectively. The average concentrations of K (2%), Th (1.3 mg/kg) and U (1.0 mg/kg) were converted into the activity concentrations (in Bq/kg) of 40K (595.8), 232Th (5.2) and 238U (11.8), respectively. All HI and AED values revealed a very low non-carcinogenic and radiological health risk due to exposure to all PTMs and radionuclides in the pollen samples studied.
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