ArticleEnvironmental geochemistry and health2021
Fluorine enrichment of vegetables and soil around an abandoned aluminium plant and its risk to human health.
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- Researches and applications of pollution prevention and control technologies for carbon dross from electrolytic aluminium production: a review.RSC advances · 2025Review
- Rapamycin mitigates neurotoxicity of fluoride and aluminum by activating autophagy through the AMPK/mTOR/ULK1 pathway in hippocampal neurons and NG108-15 cells.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Effect of Fluoride on Cytotoxicity Involved in Mitochondrial Dysfunction: A Review of Mechanism.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Review
- Co-exposure of potentially toxic elements in wheat grains reveals a probabilistic health risk in Southwestern Guizhou, China.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Spatial distribution and risk assessment of fluorine and cadmium in rice, corn, and wheat grains in most karst regions of Guizhou province, China.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
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Abstract
In the process of electrolytic aluminium production, a large amount of fluoride is deposited into the surrounding environment. The growth of crops within these areas creates a state of high stress in plants that can easily result in excessive fluorine enrichment in agricultural products, which in turn poses a health threat to humans via the food chain. However, it is not clear what the degree of influence is or how long the impacts of fluorides in soil and agricultural products last for. In this study, 122 vegetable species and 36 surface soil samples were collected within 10 km of an aluminium plant that had been abandoned for five years. The single factor index and the geological accumulation index methods were used to evaluate the degree of fluorine pollution in vegetables and soil within the study area. The hazard index and the hazard quotient were used to assess vegetable and soil health risks, respectively. The results showed that the fluorine content of 89.26% of agricultural products exceeded the Chinese Maximum Levels of Contaminants in Foods and was higher than in other regions, indicating that the emissions of fluoride from the aluminium plant still had a significant effect on fluorine accumulation in vegetables. The total fluorine (F
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