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Lead smelting effects heavy metal concentrations in soils, wheat, and potentially humans.
Environ Pollut. 2020 Feb; 257:113641.EP

Abstract

Cadmium, Cu, Pb and Zn concentrations and distribution in soil, wheat, and the potential for human heavy metal accumulation near a Pb smelting affected area were investigated. Farm land soil, wheat grain and scalp hair samples were collected from three villages (named QD, GF and BS) with increasing distance from a large Pb smelter in China. Soil Cd and Pb concentrations exceeded national standards 46-100% of the time, depending on location. Soil and wheat grain Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn concentrations increased as distance to the smelter decreased. Similarly, greater Cd, Cu and Pb concentrations were present in human scalp hair for those residents living closest to the smelter. Decreasing trends existed for hair-to-wheat grain ratios for Cd and Pb as distance to the smelter increased. Results suggest that as distance to the smelter decreases, human heavy metal absorption via the consumption of metal-contaminated food products (e.g., wheat) increases.

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Li L
School of Chemistry and the Environment, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China. Electronic address: li_liping@yahoo.com.
Zhang Y
School of Chemistry and the Environment, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China.
Ippolito JA
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523-1170, USA.
Xing W
School of Chemistry and the Environment, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China.
Qiu K
Key Laboratory for Monitoring and Remediation of Heavy Metal Polluted Soils of Henan Province, Jiyuan, Henan, 459000, China.
Yang H
School of Chemistry and the Environment, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China.

MeSH

ChinaEnvironmental MonitoringHairHumansMetallurgyMetals, HeavySoilSoil PollutantsTriticum

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Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

31767230

Citation

Li, Liping, et al. "Lead Smelting Effects Heavy Metal Concentrations in Soils, Wheat, and Potentially Humans." Environmental Pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), vol. 257, 2020, p. 113641.
Li L, Zhang Y, Ippolito JA, et al. Lead smelting effects heavy metal concentrations in soils, wheat, and potentially humans. Environ Pollut. 2020;257:113641.
Li, L., Zhang, Y., Ippolito, J. A., Xing, W., Qiu, K., & Yang, H. (2020). Lead smelting effects heavy metal concentrations in soils, wheat, and potentially humans. Environmental Pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 257, 113641. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113641
Li L, et al. Lead Smelting Effects Heavy Metal Concentrations in Soils, Wheat, and Potentially Humans. Environ Pollut. 2020;257:113641. PubMed PMID: 31767230.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Lead smelting effects heavy metal concentrations in soils, wheat, and potentially humans. AU - Li,Liping, AU - Zhang,Yuqing, AU - Ippolito,James A, AU - Xing,Weiqin, AU - Qiu,Kunyan, AU - Yang,Hao, Y1 - 2019/11/18/ PY - 2019/08/18/received PY - 2019/11/08/revised PY - 2019/11/16/accepted PY - 2019/11/27/pubmed PY - 2020/4/3/medline PY - 2019/11/27/entrez KW - Heavy metals KW - Scalp hair KW - Smelting KW - Soil KW - Wheat SP - 113641 EP - 113641 JF - Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) JO - Environ Pollut VL - 257 N2 - Cadmium, Cu, Pb and Zn concentrations and distribution in soil, wheat, and the potential for human heavy metal accumulation near a Pb smelting affected area were investigated. Farm land soil, wheat grain and scalp hair samples were collected from three villages (named QD, GF and BS) with increasing distance from a large Pb smelter in China. Soil Cd and Pb concentrations exceeded national standards 46-100% of the time, depending on location. Soil and wheat grain Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn concentrations increased as distance to the smelter decreased. Similarly, greater Cd, Cu and Pb concentrations were present in human scalp hair for those residents living closest to the smelter. Decreasing trends existed for hair-to-wheat grain ratios for Cd and Pb as distance to the smelter increased. Results suggest that as distance to the smelter decreases, human heavy metal absorption via the consumption of metal-contaminated food products (e.g., wheat) increases. SN - 1873-6424 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/31767230/Lead_smelting_effects_heavy_metal_concentrations_in_soils_wheat_and_potentially_humans_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -