NDLI: Impacts of Traffic-Induced Lead Emissions on Air, Soil and Blood Lead Levels in Beirut

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Author	Hashisho, Z. El Fadel, M.
Copyright Year	2004
Abstract	Lead is a purely toxic heavy metal which induces a wide variety of adverse physiologic effects. Nevertheless, it has been mined and used for more than 8,000 years. Among the different contemporary sources of lead pollution, traffic-induced emissions from the combustion of leaded gasoline is of particular concern, as it can constitute more than 90 percent of total lead emissions into the atmosphere in congested urban areas where no phase-out activities have been adopted. Gasoline lead content and traffic volume are strongly correlated with concentrations of lead in various environmental media. In the absence of policies to reduce the use of lead in gasoline or to favor the use of unleaded gasoline, leaded gasoline remains the predominant grade in many countries. This paper assesses the status of lead pollution from the combustion of leaded gasoline in Beirut based on field measurements of lead in air and roadside dust of urban and rural/suburban areas and recent data on soil and blood lead levels. Average atmospheric lead concentrations was about 1.86 μg m-3 at urban locations and 0.147 μg m-3 at suburban locations. The analysis of roadside dust revealed an average lead level of 353 μg g-1 along urban streets and 125 μg g-1 along rural/suburban roadsBlood lead levels were also relatively high in comparison to countries where leaded gasoline has been phased-out.
Starting Page	185
Ending Page	202
Page Count	18
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01676369
Journal	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Volume Number	93
Issue Number	1-3
e-ISSN	15732959
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2004-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Ecology Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution Environmental Management Monitoring/Environmental Analysis/Environmental Ecotoxicology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Pollution Medicine Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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