Study of air pollution in the proximity of a waste incinerator

Montale is a small town in Tuscany characterised by high PM10 levels. Close to the town there is a waste incinerator plant. There are many concerns in the population and in the press about the causes of the high levels of pollution in this area. Daily PM10 samples were collected for 1year by the FAI...

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Published in:Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 2015-11, Vol.363, p.112-118
Main Authors: Barrera, V., Calzolai, G., Chiari, M., Lucarelli, F., Nava, S., Giannoni, M., Becagli, S., Frosini, D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerosols
Air pollution
Atmospheric aerosol
Biomass burning
Hydra
Incinerators
Level (quantity)
PIXE
Positive Matrix Factorization
Samplers
Speciation
Towns
Wastes
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Summary:Montale is a small town in Tuscany characterised by high PM10 levels. Close to the town there is a waste incinerator plant. There are many concerns in the population and in the press about the causes of the high levels of pollution in this area. Daily PM10 samples were collected for 1year by the FAI Hydra Dual sampler and analysed by different techniques in order to obtain a complete chemical speciation (elements by PIXE and ICP-MS, ions by Ion Chromatography, elemental and organic carbon by a thermo-optical instrument); hourly fine (
ISSN:0168-583X
1872-9584
DOI:10.1016/j.nimb.2015.08.015