Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
College/Unit
School of Medicine
Department/Program/Center
Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience
Abstract
Galvanic manufacturing is widely employed and can be found in nearly every average city in Russia. The release and accumulation of different metals (Me), depending on the technology used can be found in the vicinities of galvanic plants. Under the environmental protection act in Russia, the regulations for galvanic manufacturing do not include the regulations and safety standards for ambient ultrafine and nanosized particulate matter (PM). To assess whether Me nanoparticles (NP) are among environmental pollutants caused by galvanic manufacturing, the level of Me NP were tested in urban snow samples collected around galvanic enterprises in two cities. Employing transmission electronic microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and a laser diffraction particle size analyzer, we found that the size distribution of tested Me NP was within 10–120 nm range. This is the first study to report that Me NP of Fe, Cr, Pb, Al, Ni, Cu, and Zn were detected around galvanic shop settings.
Digital Commons Citation
Golokhvast, Kirill S. and Shvedova, Anna A., "Galvanic Manufacturing in the Cities of Russia: Potential Source of Ambient Nanoparticles" (2014). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 2481.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/2481
Source Citation
Golokhvast KS, Shvedova AA (2014) Galvanic Manufacturing in the Cities of Russia: Potential Source of Ambient Nanoparticles. PLoS ONE 9(10): e110573. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110573
Comments
© 2014 Golokhvast, Shvedova. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.