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Assessment of heavy metal pollution and human health risks in urban soils around an electronics manufacturing facility.
Sci Total Environ. 2018 Jul 15; 630:53-61.ST

Abstract

Heavy metal pollution has pervaded many parts of the world, especially in developing countries. The purpose of this study was to determine the concentrations and health risks of heavy metals in urban soils around an electronics manufacturing site in the Hubei Province of China. Soils samples were collected from commercial, roadside, farmland, and residential areas around the electronics manufacturing facility. A total of 136 topsoil samples were collected, and these samples were analyzed for Cr, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Ni, and Pb. The geoaccumulation index (Igeo), pollution index (PI), and potential ecological risk index (PER) were calculated to assess the soil pollution levels. The hazard index (HI) was used to assess the human health risks posed by the presence of heavy metals. The total concentrations of the seven congeners (∑metals) ranged from 3738.86 to 5173.25mgkg-1, and the concentrations were highest in the commercial area followed (in decreasing order) by the roadside, farmland, and residential areas. The HI for children and adults descended in the order of Cr>As>Pb>Cd>Cu>Ni>Zn. The carcinogenic risks of two metals, namely, Cr and As, for children and adults were higher than 10-4, and children faced greater health risks.

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Wu W
School of Laboratory Medicine, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, 1 Huangjia Lake West Road, Wuhan 430065, China. Electronic address: wuwei@hbtcm.edu.cn.
Wu P
School of Laboratory Medicine, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, 1 Huangjia Lake West Road, Wuhan 430065, China.
Yang F
School of Laboratory Medicine, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, 1 Huangjia Lake West Road, Wuhan 430065, China.
Sun DL
School of Laboratory Medicine, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, 1 Huangjia Lake West Road, Wuhan 430065, China.
Zhang DX
School of Laboratory Medicine, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, 1 Huangjia Lake West Road, Wuhan 430065, China.
Zhou YK
MOE Key Laboratory of Environment & Health, Institute of Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.

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ChinaEnvironmental ExposureEnvironmental MonitoringEnvironmental PollutionHumansManufacturing and Industrial FacilitiesMetals, HeavyRisk AssessmentSoilSoil Pollutants

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Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

29475113

Citation

Wu, Wei, et al. "Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution and Human Health Risks in Urban Soils Around an Electronics Manufacturing Facility." The Science of the Total Environment, vol. 630, 2018, pp. 53-61.
Wu W, Wu P, Yang F, et al. Assessment of heavy metal pollution and human health risks in urban soils around an electronics manufacturing facility. Sci Total Environ. 2018;630:53-61.
Wu, W., Wu, P., Yang, F., Sun, D. L., Zhang, D. X., & Zhou, Y. K. (2018). Assessment of heavy metal pollution and human health risks in urban soils around an electronics manufacturing facility. The Science of the Total Environment, 630, 53-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.183
Wu W, et al. Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution and Human Health Risks in Urban Soils Around an Electronics Manufacturing Facility. Sci Total Environ. 2018 Jul 15;630:53-61. PubMed PMID: 29475113.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Assessment of heavy metal pollution and human health risks in urban soils around an electronics manufacturing facility. AU - Wu,Wei, AU - Wu,Ping, AU - Yang,Fang, AU - Sun,Dan-Ling, AU - Zhang,De-Xing, AU - Zhou,Yi-Kai, Y1 - 2018/02/20/ PY - 2017/12/02/received PY - 2018/02/14/revised PY - 2018/02/15/accepted PY - 2018/2/24/pubmed PY - 2018/6/23/medline PY - 2018/2/24/entrez KW - Electronics manufacturing facility KW - Health risk KW - Heavy metal pollution KW - Pollution index SP - 53 EP - 61 JF - The Science of the total environment JO - Sci Total Environ VL - 630 N2 - Heavy metal pollution has pervaded many parts of the world, especially in developing countries. The purpose of this study was to determine the concentrations and health risks of heavy metals in urban soils around an electronics manufacturing site in the Hubei Province of China. Soils samples were collected from commercial, roadside, farmland, and residential areas around the electronics manufacturing facility. A total of 136 topsoil samples were collected, and these samples were analyzed for Cr, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Ni, and Pb. The geoaccumulation index (Igeo), pollution index (PI), and potential ecological risk index (PER) were calculated to assess the soil pollution levels. The hazard index (HI) was used to assess the human health risks posed by the presence of heavy metals. The total concentrations of the seven congeners (∑metals) ranged from 3738.86 to 5173.25mgkg-1, and the concentrations were highest in the commercial area followed (in decreasing order) by the roadside, farmland, and residential areas. The HI for children and adults descended in the order of Cr>As>Pb>Cd>Cu>Ni>Zn. The carcinogenic risks of two metals, namely, Cr and As, for children and adults were higher than 10-4, and children faced greater health risks. SN - 1879-1026 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/29475113/Assessment_of_heavy_metal_pollution_and_human_health_risks_in_urban_soils_around_an_electronics_manufacturing_facility_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -