PMID- 37493982 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231030 LR - 20231030 IS - 1573-2983 (Electronic) IS - 0269-4042 (Linking) VI - 45 IP - 11 DP - 2023 Nov TI - Pollution characteristics, associated risks, and possible sources of heavy metals in road dust collected from different areas of a metropolis in Vietnam. PG - 7889-7907 LID - 10.1007/s10653-023-01696-4 [doi] AB - Road dust samples were collected from different areas in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)-the largest city in Vietnam to explore pollution characteristics, ecological and human health risks, and sources of heavy metals (HMs). Results revealed the level of HMs found in the samples from residential and industrial zones of HCMC in the order of Mn > Zn > Cu > Cr > Pb > Ni > Co > As > Cd, Zn > Mn > Cu > Cr > Pb > Ni > Co > As > Cd. Due to the high enrichment of Cu, Zn in residential areas and Cu, Pb, Zn in industrial areas, the HM contamination in these areas remained moderate to severe. The findings also revealed a rising trend in the level of HMs in road dust from the east to the west of HCMC, and a heavy metal contamination hotspot in the west. In addition, industrial areas were more contaminated with HMs, posing greater associated risks than residential areas. Children living in urban areas of HCMC were found to be exposed to unacceptable health risks. Meanwhile, adults living in industrial areas face intolerable cancer risk. Among the nine HMs, Cd, Pb, and Cu posed the greatest ecological risk, while Cr and As were the main culprits behind health risks. HMs in road dust might derive from non-exhaust vehicular emissions, crustal materials, and industrial activities. The results suggested that industrial areas to the west of HCMC should focus more on reducing and controlling severe pollution of HMs. CI - (c) 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. FAU - Dat, Nguyen Duy AU - Dat ND AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5965-2060 AD - Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Thu Duc, Ho Chi Minh, 700000, Viet Nam. datnd@hcmute.edu.vn. FAU - Nguyen, Ly Sy Phu AU - Nguyen LSP AD - Faculty of Environment, University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City, 700000, Viet Nam. AD - Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, 700000, Viet Nam. FAU - Vo, Thi-Dieu-Hien AU - Vo TD AD - Faculty of Environmental and Food Engineering, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, 700000, Viet Nam. FAU - Van Nguyen, Truc AU - Van Nguyen T AD - Department of Environmental Sciences, Saigon University, Ho Chi Minh City, 700000, Viet Nam. FAU - Do, Thi Thuy Linh AU - Do TTL AD - Institute for Environment and Resources (IER), Ho Chi Minh City, 700000, Viet Nam. AD - Department of Science and Technology, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, 700000, Viet Nam. FAU - Tran, Anh Thi Kim AU - Tran ATK AD - Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Thu Duc, Ho Chi Minh, 700000, Viet Nam. FAU - Hoang, Nhung Thi-Tuyet AU - Hoang NT AD - Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Thu Duc, Ho Chi Minh, 700000, Viet Nam. LA - eng GR - T2022-116/Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230726 PL - Netherlands TA - Environ Geochem Health JT - Environmental geochemistry and health JID - 8903118 RN - 0 (Dust) RN - 00BH33GNGH (Cadmium) RN - 2P299V784P (Lead) RN - 0 (Metals, Heavy) SB - IM MH - Child MH - Adult MH - Humans MH - *Dust/analysis MH - Cadmium MH - Environmental Monitoring/methods MH - Vietnam/epidemiology MH - Lead MH - Risk Assessment MH - *Metals, Heavy/toxicity/analysis MH - Cities MH - China OTO - NOTNLM OT - Contamination level OT - Ecological risk OT - Health risks OT - Heavy metals OT - Pollution indices OT - Street dust EDAT- 2023/07/26 13:07 MHDA- 2023/10/30 06:46 CRDT- 2023/07/26 11:22 PHST- 2023/03/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/07/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/10/30 06:46 [medline] PHST- 2023/07/26 13:07 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/07/26 11:22 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s10653-023-01696-4 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s10653-023-01696-4 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Environ Geochem Health. 2023 Nov;45(11):7889-7907. doi: 10.1007/s10653-023-01696-4. Epub 2023 Jul 26.