Multi-hazard exposure in public schools of a medium-sized city: outdoor road dust contamination, and indoor Rn risk.

Lara Almeida, Fernando Rocha, Alcides Pereira, Cristina Sequeira, Carla Candeias

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Article in Environmental geochemistry and health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Lara AlmeidaGeoBioTec Research Unit, Department of Geosciences, University of Aveiro., Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8089-0482

Fernando RochaGeoBioTec Research Unit, Department of Geosciences, University of Aveiro., Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3636-3933

Alcides PereiraInstitute D. Luiz, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3030-299, Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7392-2255

Cristina SequeiraGeoBioTec Research Unit, Department of Geosciences, University of Aveiro., Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2404-7110

Carla CandeiasGeoBioTec Research Unit, Department of Geosciences, University of Aveiro., Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal. candeias@ua.pt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6664-8545

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia UIDB/04035/2025; https://doi.org/10.54499/UID/04035/2025

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Road dust is a major carrier of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in urban environments. This study characterizes road dust samples collected in the vicinity of public schools (n = 17) to assess their physicochemical properties, mineralogy, chemical composition, magnetic susceptibility, particle morphology, contamination indices, and gastric bioaccessibility of some PTEs (< 250 µm fraction). Samples were mainly composed of quartz, with feldspars, Σphyllosilicates, carbonates, and magnetite-maghemite, revealing geogenic and anthropogenic sources, e.g., tire wear, brake abrasion, and resuspended pavement debris. The fraction < 106 µm was enriched in PM

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Air PollutantsAir Pollution, IndoorDustEnvironmental ExposureSchoolsCitiesEnvironmental MonitoringHumansRisk AssessmentAir PollutantsDustHuman healthIndoor RnOutdoor road dustPublic schoolsRisk assessment

Identifiers

PMID42371190

DOI10.1007/s10653-026-03313-6

PMCPMC13315333

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