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A SURVEY OF DUST-BORNE LEAD CONCENTRATION IN BAGHDAD CITY | ||
| Iraqi Bulletin of Geology and Mining | ||
| Article 1, Volume 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1-12 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Khaldoun S. Al-Bassam; Nour N. Abdul Karim; Muthana A. Al-Umar | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A reconnaissance sampling of air-borne dust in Baghdad city has been carried out in 14 sampling stations in addition to streets dust in 12 stations. The analysis of these samples showed that Pb concentration in the former ranged between (14 – 95) ppm (mean 49 ppm) and in the latter between (24 – 280) ppm (mean 92 ppm) compared to about 7 ppm average Pb concentration of more than 20 000 samples of unpolluted soil samples collected from the dust source areas (Western and Southern Deserts of Iraq). These anomalously high concentrations of Pb in the air-borne dust are extremely hazardous for human health, being directly introduced to the respiratory system by unavoidable inhalation causing health defects and fatal diseases. The source of air-borne Pb-rich dust is obviously local and can be directly related to Pb pollutants in the city, especially Pb-additives to the gasoline, still used in Iraq, and to the illegal primitive Pb smelters. | ||
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