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See Latest ArticlesCharacterizing Mineral Dusts and Other Aerosols from the Middle East—Part 1: Ambient Sampling
Inhalation Toxicology, 02/25/09
Engelbrecht JP et al. - This study shows the three main air pollutant types to be geological dust, smoke from burn pits, and heavy metal condensates. Non-dust storm events resulted in elevated trace metal concentrations in Baghdad, Balad, and Taji in Iraq. Scanning-electron-microscopy secondary electron images of individual particles revealed no evidence of freshly fractured quartz grains. In all instances, quartz grains had rounded edges and mineral grains were generally coated by clay minerals and iron oxides.
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