Heavy Metal Contamination and Risk Assessment in Soil-Wheat/Corn Systems near Metal Mining Areas in Northwestern China.

Shenghui Xu, Mingyang Yun, Yan Wang, Kaiwang Liu, Ao Wu, Shuning Li, Yanfang Su, Shengli Wang, Hongmei Kang

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Article in Biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Shenghui XuSchool of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou 730050, China.

Mingyang YunSchool of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou 730050, China.

Yan WangSchool of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou 730050, China.

Kaiwang LiuSchool of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou 730050, China.

Ao WuSchool of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou 730050, China.

Shuning LiSchool of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou 730050, China.

Yanfang SuKey Laboratory of Industrial Waste(s) Recycling and Regulation, Gansu Academy of Eco-Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou 730030, China.

Shengli WangGansu Key Laboratory for Environmental Pollution Prediction and Control, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Tianshui South Road 222, Lanzhou 730000, China.

Hongmei KangInstitute of Biology, Gansu Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.

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Abstract

Heavy metals in farmland soils pose severe threats to agricultural productivity and food safety. To investigate contamination in the soil-wheat/corn system, 24 sets of adjacent farmland soil, wheat, and corn plant samples were collected near metal smelting facilities in Jinchang City, a typical urban oasis in northwestern China. Concentrations of Ni (nickel), Cu (copper), and Co (cobalt) were measured. Results indicated mean soil concentrations of 143.66 mg kg

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farmland soilsheavy metal contaminationrisk assessmentspatial distributionurban oasis

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PMID41300268

DOI10.3390/biology14111475

PMCPMC12649880

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