Characteristics and Risk Assessments of Mercury Pollution Levels at Domestic Garbage Collection Points Distributed within the Main Urban Areas of Changchun City

The mercury that is released from the centralized treatment of municipal solid waste is an important source of atmospheric mercury. We chose the main urban area of Changchun as a representative area. Environmental factors such as total mercury content, temperature, wind speed, and other factors were...

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Autores principales:	Zhaojun Wang, Yangjie Zhang, Lei Wang, Xu Li, Xuhang Zhou, Xiangyun Li, Mengping Yan, Qiuming Lu, Zhanhui Tang, Gang Zhang, Deli Wang
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8c240eab6e9740cf8140a3d7863f0e4e2021-11-25T19:08:18ZCharacteristics and Risk Assessments of Mercury Pollution Levels at Domestic Garbage Collection Points Distributed within the Main Urban Areas of Changchun City10.3390/toxics91103092305-6304https://doaj.org/article/8c240eab6e9740cf8140a3d7863f0e4e2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/9/11/309https://doaj.org/toc/2305-6304The mercury that is released from the centralized treatment of municipal solid waste is an important source of atmospheric mercury. We chose the main urban area of Changchun as a representative area. Environmental factors such as total mercury content, temperature, wind speed, and other factors were measured in samples from the trash cans of two types of collection points (trash cans and garbage stations), the topsoil under the selected trash cans, and the ambient air above the selected trash cans. The potential ecological risks of mercury pollution were evaluated. The results showed that the mercury content levels of all sample types in the refuse transfer station were higher than the garbage cans and there were no significant differences observed between soil surface mercury and garbage cans. The mercury content levels in the atmosphere and the surface soil at the garbage collection points were found to increase along the cascade relationship of the garbage collection. However, there were no correlations observed between the atmospheric mercury content levels and the surface soil mercury content levels with the attachments and the sum of the former two. There were no correlations observed between surface soil and the attachments, or among the attachments, surface soil, and the atmospheric mercury content levels. The mercury content levels in the attachments, surface soil, and atmosphere of the garbage collection points in the study area were negatively correlated with the loop lines. Meanwhile, the potential ecological risk indexes of the garbage cans and garbage stations were found to be high. The chronic non-carcinogenic risks of mercury to children and adults were determined to be very low. The risks of mercury to children were higher when compared with adults. The highest non-carcinogenic risks of mercury pollution were determined to be within the central area of Changchun.Zhaojun WangYangjie ZhangLei WangXu LiXuhang ZhouXiangyun LiMengping YanQiuming LuZhanhui TangGang ZhangDeli WangMDPI AGarticlemercurydomestic wastesoilchildrenrisk indexesChemical technologyTP1-1185ENToxics, Vol 9, Iss 309, p 309 (2021)
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spellingShingle	mercury domestic waste soil children risk indexes Chemical technology TP1-1185 Zhaojun Wang Yangjie Zhang Lei Wang Xu Li Xuhang Zhou Xiangyun Li Mengping Yan Qiuming Lu Zhanhui Tang Gang Zhang Deli Wang Characteristics and Risk Assessments of Mercury Pollution Levels at Domestic Garbage Collection Points Distributed within the Main Urban Areas of Changchun City
description	The mercury that is released from the centralized treatment of municipal solid waste is an important source of atmospheric mercury. We chose the main urban area of Changchun as a representative area. Environmental factors such as total mercury content, temperature, wind speed, and other factors were measured in samples from the trash cans of two types of collection points (trash cans and garbage stations), the topsoil under the selected trash cans, and the ambient air above the selected trash cans. The potential ecological risks of mercury pollution were evaluated. The results showed that the mercury content levels of all sample types in the refuse transfer station were higher than the garbage cans and there were no significant differences observed between soil surface mercury and garbage cans. The mercury content levels in the atmosphere and the surface soil at the garbage collection points were found to increase along the cascade relationship of the garbage collection. However, there were no correlations observed between the atmospheric mercury content levels and the surface soil mercury content levels with the attachments and the sum of the former two. There were no correlations observed between surface soil and the attachments, or among the attachments, surface soil, and the atmospheric mercury content levels. The mercury content levels in the attachments, surface soil, and atmosphere of the garbage collection points in the study area were negatively correlated with the loop lines. Meanwhile, the potential ecological risk indexes of the garbage cans and garbage stations were found to be high. The chronic non-carcinogenic risks of mercury to children and adults were determined to be very low. The risks of mercury to children were higher when compared with adults. The highest non-carcinogenic risks of mercury pollution were determined to be within the central area of Changchun.
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author	Zhaojun Wang Yangjie Zhang Lei Wang Xu Li Xuhang Zhou Xiangyun Li Mengping Yan Qiuming Lu Zhanhui Tang Gang Zhang Deli Wang
author_facet	Zhaojun Wang Yangjie Zhang Lei Wang Xu Li Xuhang Zhou Xiangyun Li Mengping Yan Qiuming Lu Zhanhui Tang Gang Zhang Deli Wang
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title	Characteristics and Risk Assessments of Mercury Pollution Levels at Domestic Garbage Collection Points Distributed within the Main Urban Areas of Changchun City
title_short	Characteristics and Risk Assessments of Mercury Pollution Levels at Domestic Garbage Collection Points Distributed within the Main Urban Areas of Changchun City
title_full	Characteristics and Risk Assessments of Mercury Pollution Levels at Domestic Garbage Collection Points Distributed within the Main Urban Areas of Changchun City
title_fullStr	Characteristics and Risk Assessments of Mercury Pollution Levels at Domestic Garbage Collection Points Distributed within the Main Urban Areas of Changchun City
title_full_unstemmed	Characteristics and Risk Assessments of Mercury Pollution Levels at Domestic Garbage Collection Points Distributed within the Main Urban Areas of Changchun City
title_sort	characteristics and risk assessments of mercury pollution levels at domestic garbage collection points distributed within the main urban areas of changchun city
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/8c240eab6e9740cf8140a3d7863f0e4e
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Characteristics and Risk Assessments of Mercury Pollution Levels at Domestic Garbage Collection Points Distributed within the Main Urban Areas of Changchun City

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