Zbornik Matice srpske za prirodne nauke 2019 Issue 137, Pages: 33-41
https://doi.org/10.2298/ZMSPN1937033N
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Mercury content and distribution in household dust and soil in the town of Šid
Nedić Aleksandra B. (Municipality of Šid, Inspection Department, Šid, Serbia)
Pucarević Mira M. (University of Educons, Faculty of Environmental Protection, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia)
Ninkov Jordana M. (Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Laboratory for Soil and Agroecology, Novi Sad, Serbia)
Stojić Nataša S. (University of Educons, Faculty of Environmental Protection, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia)
Milić Dubravka M. (University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, Novi Sad, Serbia)
Mercury (Hg) and potentially toxic elements (PTEs) are components of
household dust and are a risk for human health. The aim of this study was to
determine the concentrations of Hg and PTEs in household dust in individual
housing facilities in the town of Šid, Serbia and their correlation to the
content of the elements found in the surrounding garden soil. Total of 64
samples of household dust were collected from 16 locations of individual
housing facilities on 4 occasions. Samples of surrounding yard and garden
soil were simultaneously collected. None of the 64 analysed soil samples
exceeded the threshold limit (TL) prescribed by law for non-agricultural
soil, which is 0.3 mg kg-1 DM. Content of Hg in household dust was much
higher than in the surrounding soil and ranged from 0.005 to 1.566 mg kg-1
DM. The resulting values of PTEs (As, B, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn) in
household dust had a significantly higher range than in the soil. Contents
of Hg, B, Cu, and Zn were much higher in household dust than in the soil.
According to the results of correlations of the analysed elements in
household dust and surrounding soil, and according to the analysed
locations, direct effect of Hg and PTEs contents on the content of the same
elements in household dust was not confirmed.
Keywords: mercury, potentially toxic elements PTEs, household dust, soil, Šid