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ReviewEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2025

Urban soil pollution in Türkiye: a review of potentially toxic elements, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and microplastics in major cities.

Gülfem Çayır, Abdulmannan Rouhani, Karim Suhail Al Souki, Lidia Błażałek, Robert Ato Newton, Fatma Zehra Şükür, Valentina Pidlisnyuk

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Review in Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Gülfem ÇayırDepartment of Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering Faculty, Davutpasa Mah. YTU Davutpasa Campus, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, 34220, Türkiye.
Abdulmannan RouhaniDepartment of Environment, Faculty of Environment, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Pasteurova 15, 400 96, Czech Republic. abdulmannan.rouhani@ujep.cz.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1964-1970
Karim Suhail Al SoukiDepartment of Environmental Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Environment, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Pasteurova 15, 400 96, Czech Republic.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2919-8762
Lidia BłażałekDepartment of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Banacha Str. 12/16, 90-237, Lodz, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-8364-0865
Robert Ato NewtonDepartment of Environmental Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Environment, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Pasteurova 15, 400 96, Czech Republic.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4525-793X
Fatma Zehra ŞükürDepartment of Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering Faculty, Davutpasa Mah. YTU Davutpasa Campus, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, 34220, Türkiye.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-9963-421X
Valentina PidlisnyukDepartment of Environmental Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Environment, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Pasteurova 15, 400 96, Czech Republic.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1489-897X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rapid urban development and industrialization have led to severe soil pollution, which has become a major global environmental problem, further intensified by population growth and land-use changes. In urban soils, pollution from past anthropogenic activities can still be detected through its harmful effects on soil quality, ecosystems and human health. This review summarizes the status of potentially toxic elements (PTEs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and microplastics (MPs) in Türkiye's urban soils. Across cities, Cd and Pb frequently exceeded national soil-quality thresholds, with industrial hubs and traffic corridors emerging as hotspots. PAH burdens often reached the 'heavily contaminated' category (> 1000 µg kg⁻

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Environmental MonitoringMicroplasticsPolycyclic Aromatic HydrocarbonsSoil PollutantsTrace ElementsCitiesEnvironmental PollutionSoilTurkeyMicroplasticsPolycyclic Aromatic HydrocarbonsSoilSoil PollutantsTrace ElementsAnthropogenic activitiesPollution monitoringTürkiyeUrbanizationUrban soil contamination

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PMID41284079
PMCPMC12644175

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