Dispersion of Natural Airborne TiO2 Fibres in Excavation Activity as a Potential Environmental and Human Health Risk
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Rock and Airborne Sample Preparation
2.2. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analysis
- C = particle concentration
- Nf = total number of fibres counted
- a = field area at 2000× (mm2)
- Nc = total number of fields examined on the filter
- Af = effective collecting area of filter (mm2)
- V = the volume of sampled air (L)
2.3. Micro-Raman Spectroscopy
3. Results
3.1. TiO2-EMPs in Massive Rock Samples
3.2. TiO2-EMPs in Airborne Sample
3.2.1. Meta-basalts
3.2.2. Shales
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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La Maestra, S.; D’Agostini, F.; Sanguineti, E.; Yus González, A.; Annis, S.; Militello, G.M.; Parisi, G.; Scuderi, A.; Gaggero, L. Dispersion of Natural Airborne TiO2 Fibres in Excavation Activity as a Potential Environmental and Human Health Risk. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 6587. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126587
La Maestra S, D’Agostini F, Sanguineti E, Yus González A, Annis S, Militello GM, Parisi G, Scuderi A, Gaggero L. Dispersion of Natural Airborne TiO2 Fibres in Excavation Activity as a Potential Environmental and Human Health Risk. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(12):6587. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126587
Chicago/Turabian StyleLa Maestra, Sebastiano, Francesco D’Agostini, Elisa Sanguineti, Adrián Yus González, Samanta Annis, Gaia M. Militello, Giovanni Parisi, Alberto Scuderi, and Laura Gaggero. 2021. "Dispersion of Natural Airborne TiO2 Fibres in Excavation Activity as a Potential Environmental and Human Health Risk" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 12: 6587. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126587