Soil pollution indices and health risk assessment of metal(loid)s in the agricultural soil of pistachio orchards

Abstract Elevated levels of metal(loid)s in soil may pose potential threats to the ecosystem and can be harmful for human health. The concentrations of As, Cd, Pb, Cr and Ni were determined in agricultural soil collected from 45 pistachio orchards around Feizabad city, Khorasan Razavi province, Iran...

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Main Authors: Mahmoud Taghavi, Khadije Bakhshi, Ahmad Zarei, Edris Hoseinzadeh, Abdolmajid Gholizadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-59450-4