Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Zibret, Gorazd

Titel

Impact of Dust Filter Installation in Ironworks and Construction on Brownfield Area on the Toxic Metal Concentration in Street and House Dust (Celje, Slovenia)

Ist Teil von

• Ambio, 2012-05, Vol.41 (3), p.292-301

Ort / Verlag

Dordrecht: Springer-Verlag

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This article presents the impact of the ecological investment in ironworks (dust filter installation) and construction works at a highly contaminated brownfield site on the chemical composition of household dust (HD) and street sediment (SS) in Celje, Slovenia. The evaluation is based on two sampling campaigns: the first was undertaken 1 month before the ecological investment became operational and the second 3 years later. The results show that dust filter installations reduced the content of Co, Cr, Fe, Mn, Mo, W and Zn on average by 58% in HD and by 51% in SS. No reduction was observed at sampling points in the upwind direction from the ironworks. By contrast, the impact of the construction works on the highly contaminated brownfield site was detected by a significant increase (on average by 37%) of elements connected to the brownfield contamination in SS. Such increase was not detected in HD.