ArticleHeliyon2024
Systematic assessment of source identification and ecological and probabilistic health risks of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in soils of a typical coal mining area in Guanzhong region.
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- Heavy metals in mining and agricultural ecotone: vertical distribution, ecological risks, and health implications.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Source identification and probabilistic health risk systematic assessment of soil metals and metalloids pollution in a typical coal-industrial city in Weibei, China.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Source identification and risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in surface soil of townships in the northwest Hebei region.PloS one · 2026Article
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Abstract
Mining activities may cause the accumulation of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in surrounding soils, posing ecological threats and health dangers to the local population. Therefore, a comprehensive assessment using multiple indicators was used to quantify the level of risk in the region. The results showed that the mean values of the nine potentially toxic elements in the study area were lower than the background values only for Cr, and the lowest coefficient of variation was 17.1 % for As, and the spatial distribution characteristics of the elements indicate that they are enriched by different factors. The elements Hg and Cd, which have substantial cumulative features, are the key contributors to ecological risk in the study region, which is overall at moderate risk. APCS-MLR model parses out 4 possible sources: mixed industrial, mining and transportation sources (53.98 %), natural sources (24.56 %), atmospheric deposition sources (12.60 %), and agricultural production sources (8.76 %). The probabilistic health risks show that children are more susceptible to health risks than adults; among children, the safety criteria (HI < 1 and CR < 10
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