Pollution and health risk assessment of heavy metals in soils of Guizhou, China
Mining of minerals in Guizhou, China, where it is enriched with reserves, may lead to soil contamination with heavy metals. We assessed the risk of eight typical heavy metals in Guizhou soils by collecting province-wide data available in the literature and using the geo-accumulation index method, th...
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| description | Mining of minerals in Guizhou, China, where it is enriched with reserves, may lead to soil contamination with heavy metals. We assessed the risk of eight typical heavy metals in Guizhou soils by collecting province-wide data available in the literature and using the geo-accumulation index method, the ecological risk assessment method, and the USEPA health risk assessment model. The concentrations of eight heavy metals, except for Pb and Cr, were above the background levels. Soil heavy metal pollution evaluation results showed that As, Cu, Zn, Pb, Cr, Cd, and Ni reached the pollution levels, while Hg fell into the category of moderate contamination. As, Cu, Zn, Pb, Cr, and Ni posed low potential ecological risk, while Cd and Hg demonstrated a considerable or a very high potential ecological risk. Totally, the integrated potential ecological risk was ranked “very high” . Regarding to health risk, the non-carcinogenic risks caused by heavy metals were insignificant, but the carcinogenic risk caused by As was significant. Consequently, there appeared serious soil contamination of Hg and As, with the latter also being the greatest potential risk to human health. Both Hg and As should stay at the highest priory for remediation efforts in Guizhou soils. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6dc912aab2f7412f8aa5d218776137182023-09-02T16:52:17ZengAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Ecosystem Health and Sustainability2332-88782021-01-017110.1080/20964129.2020.18599481859948Pollution and health risk assessment of heavy metals in soils of Guizhou, ChinaGao Yu0Fen Chen1Hongli Zhang2Zuhua Wang3Tongren UniversityTongren UniversityGeo-Compass Information Technology Company, LTDTongren UniversityMining of minerals in Guizhou, China, where it is enriched with reserves, may lead to soil contamination with heavy metals. We assessed the risk of eight typical heavy metals in Guizhou soils by collecting province-wide data available in the literature and using the geo-accumulation index method, the ecological risk assessment method, and the USEPA health risk assessment model. The concentrations of eight heavy metals, except for Pb and Cr, were above the background levels. Soil heavy metal pollution evaluation results showed that As, Cu, Zn, Pb, Cr, Cd, and Ni reached the pollution levels, while Hg fell into the category of moderate contamination. As, Cu, Zn, Pb, Cr, and Ni posed low potential ecological risk, while Cd and Hg demonstrated a considerable or a very high potential ecological risk. Totally, the integrated potential ecological risk was ranked “very high” . Regarding to health risk, the non-carcinogenic risks caused by heavy metals were insignificant, but the carcinogenic risk caused by As was significant. Consequently, there appeared serious soil contamination of Hg and As, with the latter also being the greatest potential risk to human health. Both Hg and As should stay at the highest priory for remediation efforts in Guizhou soils.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20964129.2020.1859948heavy metalsgeo-accumulation indexpotential ecological riskhuman health risk |
| spellingShingle | Gao Yu Fen Chen Hongli Zhang Zuhua Wang Pollution and health risk assessment of heavy metals in soils of Guizhou, China Ecosystem Health and Sustainability heavy metals geo-accumulation index potential ecological risk human health risk |
| title | Pollution and health risk assessment of heavy metals in soils of Guizhou, China |
| title_full | Pollution and health risk assessment of heavy metals in soils of Guizhou, China |
| title_fullStr | Pollution and health risk assessment of heavy metals in soils of Guizhou, China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pollution and health risk assessment of heavy metals in soils of Guizhou, China |
| title_short | Pollution and health risk assessment of heavy metals in soils of Guizhou, China |
| title_sort | pollution and health risk assessment of heavy metals in soils of guizhou china |
| topic | heavy metals geo-accumulation index potential ecological risk human health risk |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20964129.2020.1859948 |
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