Original scientific paper

MONITORING OF METALS IN FINE PARTICULATE MATTER IN ZAGREB AIR

Vladimira Vađić ; Institut za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Silva Žužul ; Institut za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Jasmina Rinkovec ; Institut za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Gordana Pehnec ; Institut za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

Monitoring of metals lead, cadmium and manganese in total suspended particulate matter started in 1971 in Zagreb and continued until 2005. Monitoring of lead in PM10 particles started in 1999 at one measuring site in the northern part of the city as an independent research project.
In correspondence with the Croatian Air Protection Acts, monitoring of lead, cadmium and manganese in PM10 particles in Zagreb started at the beginning of 2006, while monitoring of nickel and arsenic started at the beginning of 2007, as a part of the official air quality monitoring network. Monitoring was carried out at five measuring sites located in the city centre and in the northern, southern, western and eastern parts of the city. Since 2011 monitoring of lead, cadmium, manganese, arsenic and nickel in PM10, PM2,5 and PM1 particles has been going on as an independent research project. Monitoring is conducted at one measuring site in the northern part of the city.
The paper also presents the preliminary results of metal monitoring in PM10, PM2.5 and PM1 particles from January to February 2011.

Keywords

lead; cadmium; manganese; nickel; arsenic

Hrčak ID:

99564

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/99564

Publication date:

4.4.2013.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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