Health risk assessment of heavy metals on PM2.5 in Tehran air, Iran
Anoushiravan MohseniBandpi,
Akbar Eslami,
Mansour Ghaderpoori,
Abbas Shahsavani,
Ali Khani Jeihooni,
Afshin Ghaderpoury,
Abdolazim Alinejad
Affiliations
Anoushiravan MohseniBandpi
Environmental and Occupational Hazards Control Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Akbar Eslami
Environmental and Occupational Hazards Control Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Mansour Ghaderpoori
Nutritional Health Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran; Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health and Nutrition, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran; Corresponding author at: Nutritional Health Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
Abbas Shahsavani
Environmental and Occupational Hazards Control Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Ali Khani Jeihooni
Department of Public Health, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran
Afshin Ghaderpoury
Students Research Committee, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abdolazim Alinejad
Department of Public Health, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran; Corresponding author.
The general goal of this study was to measure the concentration of heavy metals on suspended particles and evaluate the health-risk assessment of these metals on human health. In this study, the concentration of heavy metals adsorbed on suspended particles less than 2.5 μm was determined. For determining of health-risk assessment, the developed method of USEPA was used. The health-risk assessment of carcinogen and non- carcinogen of suspended particles were evaluated in three main paths include oral ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact. The average annual concentrations of Al, Fe, As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, V, and Zn were 1.77, 1.14, 0.03, 0.02, 0.07, 0.15, 0.06, 0.03, 0.1, 0.04, and 0.14 μg/m3, respectively. Between different stations, the order for the heavy metals was followed as urban>traffic>suburban. The average risk of carcinogenic at urban stations in the spring for As, Cd, and Cr was 2.25*10−9, 2.09*10–12, and 2.05*10–11, respectively. Keywords: Air pollution, Health risk assessment, Heavy metals, Tehran
