Ecotoxicology of Heavy
Metal(loid)-Enriched Particulate Matter:
Foliar Accumulation by Plants and Health
Impacts
Muhammad Shahid, Natasha, Camille Dumat, Nabeel Khan Niazi,
Tian Tian Xiong, Abu Bakr Umer Farooq, and Sana Khalid
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
2 Atmospheric Contamination by PM-Bound Metal(loid)s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
2.1
Sources of PM-Bound Metal(loid)s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
2.2
Concentration Range of PM-Bound Metal(loid)s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
2.3
Speciation of PM-Bound Metal(loid)s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
2.4
Atmospheric Deposition of PM-Bound Metal(loid)s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
3 Soil Contamination Due to Atmospheric Deposition of Metal-PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
4 Plant Contamination Due to Atmospheric Deposition of Metal-PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
5 Health Risks Associated with Metal(loid) Accumulation by Vegetables via Foliar
Deposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
M. Shahid (*) · Natasha · A. B. U. Farooq · S. Khalid
Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
e-mail: muhammadshahid@ciitvehari.edu.pk; shahidzeeshan@gmail.com;
natasha564ag@gmail.com; abubakar@ciitvehari.edu.pk; sanakhalid@ciitvehari.edu.pk
C. Dumat (*)
Centre d’Etude et de Recherche Travail Organisation Pouvoir (CERTOP), UMR5044,
Université J. Jaurès – Toulouse II, Toulouse, Cedex 9, France
Université de Toulouse, INP-ENSAT, Auzeville-Tolosane, France
Association Réseau-Agriville, Toulouse, France
e-mail: camille.dumat@ensat.fr
N. K. Niazi
Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad,
Pakistan
School of Civil Engineering and Surveying, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba,
QLD, Australia
e-mail: nabeelkniazi@gmail.com
T. T. Xiong
School of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
e-mail: xiongtiantiann@gmail.com
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
P. de Voogt (ed.), Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology,
Volume 253, Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Volume 253,
https://doi.org/10.1007/398_2019_38
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