Pollution and public health in urban habitats: heavy metals in road sediments of Bogota, Colombia

Contaminación y salud pública en hábitats urbanos: metales pesados en sedimentos viales de Bogotá, Colombia

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Pollution and public health in urban habitats: heavy metals in road sediments of Bogota, Colombia. (2020). Revista EIA, 17(33), 33001 pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.24050/reia.v17i33.1247
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Carlos Zafra-Mejía
Ingeniería Ambiental, docente titular de la Facultad de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Director Grupo de Investigación en Ingeniería Ambiental, Ingeniería Ambiental, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia
Julio Beltrán Vargas
Maestría en Desarrollo Sustentable y Gestión Ambiental, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia
Yolanda Hernández Peña
Maestría en Desarrollo Sustentable y Gestión Ambiental, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia.
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Carlos Zafra-Mejía,

Ingeniero Civil, PhD. Ingeniería Ambiental, docente titular de la Facultad de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Director Grupo de Investigación en Ingeniería Ambiental, Ingeniería Ambiental, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia.

Julio Beltrán Vargas,

Biólogo, PhD. Ciencias, docente titular de la Facultad de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Director Grupo de Investigación INDESOS, Maestría en Desarrollo Sustentable y Gestión Ambiental, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia

Yolanda Hernández Peña,

Ingeniera Catastral, PhD. Geografía, docente titular de la Facultad de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Maestría en Desarrollo Sustentable y Gestión Ambiental, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia

Research agencies in urban planning, environment, and public health report the growing interest of studying the pollution by heavy metals (HMs) in urban habitats. A descriptive observational study of the HM concentrations in road sediments of an urban habitat in Latin America is displayed: Bogota-Colombia. There was a coincidence between the HM concentrations reported worldwide and those observed in Bogota. Concentrations in Bogota tended to be lower than those reported in cities of North America, Europe, and Asia. The most critical element was Pb. The concentrations of Pb exceeded between 1.02-4.30 times the legislative limit most demanding for ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact (Catalonia-Spain: 60 mg/kg). During climatic periods of dry time there were increases in HM concentrations (between 1.31-2.11 times). The findings are a point of reference during the development of strategies for the protection of the public health and environment in urban habitats.

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