Luiz Henrique Vieira Lima, Fernando Bruno Vieira da Silva, Paula Renata Muniz Araújo, Alfredo Montero Alvarez, Kátia Cavalcanti Pôrto, Clístenes Williams Araújo do Nascimento
The continuous expansion of the global vehicle fleet poses a growing threat to environmental quality through heavy metal contamination. In this scenario, monitoring to safeguard public health in urban areas is necessary. Our study involved the collection of 36 street dust and 29 moss samples from roads of a Brazilian metropolis (Recife) with varying traffic intensities as follows: natural reserve (0 vehicles per day), low (< 15,000 vehicles per day), medium (15,000-30,000 vehicles per day), and high (> 30,000 vehicles per day)...
April 29, 2024: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment