title: Impact of dust filter installation in ironworks and construction on brownfield area on the toxic metal concentration in street and house dust (Celje, Slovenia).
abstract: This article presents the impact of the ecological investment in ironworks (dust filter installation) and construction works at a highly contaminated brownfield site on the chemical composition of household dust (HD) and street sediment (SS) in Celje, Slovenia. The evaluation is based on two sampling campaigns: the first was undertaken 1 month before the ecological investment became operational and the second 3 years later. The results show that dust filter installations reduced the content of Co, Cr, Fe, Mn, Mo, W and Zn on average by 58% in HD and by 51% in SS. No reduction was observed at sampling points in the upwind direction from the ironworks. By contrast, the impact of the construction works on the highly contaminated brownfield site was detected by a significant increase (on average by 37%) of elements connected to the brownfield contamination in SS. Such increase was not detected in HD.
authors.affiliation: Geological Survey of Slovenia, Department of Mineral Resources, Ljubljana, Slovenia. gorazd.zibret@geo-zs.si
authors.forename: Gorazd
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zibret
mesh_terms: D004391:Dust / Q000032:analysis*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry*; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control; D005374:Filtration / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006798:Housing; D008669:Metallurgy; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D017524:Slovenia
chemical_list: D004391:Dust; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D008670:Metals