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First Assessment of Metals Contamination in Road Dust and Roadside Soil of Suva City, Fiji.
Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 2019 Aug; 77(2):249-262.AE

Abstract

Studies have claimed that road dust and roadside soil are potential banks of pollutants generally in urban areas. Thus, quantifying the concentrations of metals in an urban area is a prerequisite for assessing pollution and their health effects. Hence, this study reports the concentration of the metals, such as Cd, Co, Cr, Ni, Cu, Pb, Zn, and Fe, in the road dust and the roadside soil of Suva City. A total number of 45 road dust and 36 roadside soil samples were collected at 18 different locations around Suva City with potential traffic influence and analysed. The respective metals concentration in the road dust and roadside soil samples of Suva City were Cd (3.7 and 3.1 mg/kg), Co (35.0 and 33.2 mg/kg), Cr (40.0 and 34.0 mg/kg), Ni (54.3 and 32.4 mg/kg), Cu (172.3 and 265.7 mg/kg), Pb (71.0 and 59.3 mg/kg), Zn (685.0 and 507.0 mg/kg), and Fe (41,010.4 and 39,525.5 mg/kg) and showed the decreasing order as Fe > Zn > Cu > Pb > Ni > Cr > Co > Cd and Fe > Zn > Cu > Pb > Cr > Co > Ni > Cd for road dust and roadside soil, respectively. Furthermore, the mean values of the metals surpassed their background levels, except for Fe, whereas the mean values of Cd, Ni, Cu, and Zn have exceeded their permissible limits in road dust. Similarly, Cd, Cu, and Zn have exceeded their permissible limit in roadside soil except for Ni. The geo-accumulation index (Igeo) assessment of Suva City road dust thus indicated nonpolluted to moderate pollution by Ni and Cu and moderate pollution by Zn. The Igeo assessment of the roadside soil showed moderately polluted by Cu and Zn but no pollution from the remaining studied metals. Overall, the study indicated that the sampling locations at an industrial site of Suva City is highly predominated with almost all of the studied metals and is a concern to the general public who live and work within the vicinity of Walu Bay industrial area.

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Maeaba W
School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment, The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji.
Prasad S
School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment, The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji. prasad_su@usp.ac.fj.
Chandra S
School of Medical and Applied Sciences, Building 6, Central Queensland University, Bruce Highway, North Rockhampton, QLD, 4702, Australia.

MeSH

CitiesDustEnvironmental MonitoringFijiIndustryMetalsSoil Pollutants

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

31069416

Citation

Maeaba, Wilson, et al. "First Assessment of Metals Contamination in Road Dust and Roadside Soil of Suva City, Fiji." Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol. 77, no. 2, 2019, pp. 249-262.
Maeaba W, Prasad S, Chandra S. First Assessment of Metals Contamination in Road Dust and Roadside Soil of Suva City, Fiji. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 2019;77(2):249-262.
Maeaba, W., Prasad, S., & Chandra, S. (2019). First Assessment of Metals Contamination in Road Dust and Roadside Soil of Suva City, Fiji. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 77(2), 249-262. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-019-00635-8
Maeaba W, Prasad S, Chandra S. First Assessment of Metals Contamination in Road Dust and Roadside Soil of Suva City, Fiji. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 2019;77(2):249-262. PubMed PMID: 31069416.
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TY - JOUR T1 - First Assessment of Metals Contamination in Road Dust and Roadside Soil of Suva City, Fiji. AU - Maeaba,Wilson, AU - Prasad,Surendra, AU - Chandra,Shaneel, Y1 - 2019/05/08/ PY - 2018/09/26/received PY - 2019/04/23/accepted PY - 2019/5/10/pubmed PY - 2019/9/19/medline PY - 2019/5/10/entrez SP - 249 EP - 262 JF - Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology JO - Arch Environ Contam Toxicol VL - 77 IS - 2 N2 - Studies have claimed that road dust and roadside soil are potential banks of pollutants generally in urban areas. Thus, quantifying the concentrations of metals in an urban area is a prerequisite for assessing pollution and their health effects. Hence, this study reports the concentration of the metals, such as Cd, Co, Cr, Ni, Cu, Pb, Zn, and Fe, in the road dust and the roadside soil of Suva City. A total number of 45 road dust and 36 roadside soil samples were collected at 18 different locations around Suva City with potential traffic influence and analysed. The respective metals concentration in the road dust and roadside soil samples of Suva City were Cd (3.7 and 3.1 mg/kg), Co (35.0 and 33.2 mg/kg), Cr (40.0 and 34.0 mg/kg), Ni (54.3 and 32.4 mg/kg), Cu (172.3 and 265.7 mg/kg), Pb (71.0 and 59.3 mg/kg), Zn (685.0 and 507.0 mg/kg), and Fe (41,010.4 and 39,525.5 mg/kg) and showed the decreasing order as Fe > Zn > Cu > Pb > Ni > Cr > Co > Cd and Fe > Zn > Cu > Pb > Cr > Co > Ni > Cd for road dust and roadside soil, respectively. Furthermore, the mean values of the metals surpassed their background levels, except for Fe, whereas the mean values of Cd, Ni, Cu, and Zn have exceeded their permissible limits in road dust. Similarly, Cd, Cu, and Zn have exceeded their permissible limit in roadside soil except for Ni. The geo-accumulation index (Igeo) assessment of Suva City road dust thus indicated nonpolluted to moderate pollution by Ni and Cu and moderate pollution by Zn. The Igeo assessment of the roadside soil showed moderately polluted by Cu and Zn but no pollution from the remaining studied metals. Overall, the study indicated that the sampling locations at an industrial site of Suva City is highly predominated with almost all of the studied metals and is a concern to the general public who live and work within the vicinity of Walu Bay industrial area. SN - 1432-0703 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/31069416/First_Assessment_of_Metals_Contamination_in_Road_Dust_and_Roadside_Soil_of_Suva_City_Fiji_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -