Assessment of metals in agricultural soil of surrounding areas of Urmia Lake, northwest Iran: A preliminary ecological risk assessment and source identification

Mohammadi, Amir H.; Hajizadeh, Yaghoub; Taghipour, Hassan; Arani, Asghar Mosleh; Mokhtari, Mehdi; Fallahzadeh, Hossein

doi:10.1080/10807039.2018.1438173

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“…It is limited to Tabriz city and Urmia Lake from northwest and northeast respectively. The climate of study area is mostly semiarid and the minimum and maximum of temperature in the area are −14 °C in winter and +31 °C in summer, respectively [25,26].…”

Section: Case Survey: Shabestar Countymentioning

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First indoor radon mapping and assessment excess lifetime cancer risk in Iran

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First indoor radon mapping and assessment excess lifetime cancer risk in Iran

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“…Risk assessment determines possible positive and negative outcomes of various risk management measures on human health. Indeed, this method involves advanced high-level scientific processes and principles providing a suitable ground for usage of scientific data to assess and compare the possible complications of human exposure to different risks (risk sources) and the risks originating from managerial decisions with different interventions [30]. Risk assessment can significantly help in determining the priorities of risky pollutants as well as decision-making on proper controlling solutions to reduce people's exposure to pollutants and in turn mitigate the resulting health effects.…”

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Characterization, possible sources and health risk assessment of PM2.5-bound Heavy Metals in the most industrial city of Iran

Kermani

Jafari

Gholami

et al. 2021

J Environ Health Sci Engineer

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Air pollution associated with particulate matters results in different types of disease including allergy, lung destruction, heart failure, and related problems. This study has been designed and performed to examine the concentration of PM 2.5 -bound heavy metals, risk assessment, possible sources and effect of meteorological parameters on 17 sites of the air of the most industrial city of Iran (Karaj) in 2018-19. For this purpose, four samples were taken from every point of Karaj air over one year using a pump (Leland Legacy (SKC)) with flow rate of 3 L/min on PTFE filter for 24 h. Overall, 68 samples of PM 2.5 -bound heavy metals were collected. Note that during the sampling, atmospheric parameters including temperature, pressure, humidity, and wind speed were regularly recorded using PHB318 portable device. In examining the chemical composition of these particles, the concentration of metals (Al-Zn-Ar-Cd-Cr-Cu-Fe-Hg-Mn-Ni-Pb) was determined after digestion of the collected samples and through injection into ICP-OEC device. The results indicated that the mean annual concentration of PM 2.5 particles range from 21.84 to 72.75 µg/m 3 . The mean concentration of heavy metals lied within the range of 25.63 to 336.27 ng/m 3 . Among heavy metals, the maximum concentration belonged to aluminum (277.95 ng/m 3 ) and iron (336.27 ng/m 3 ), which are known as elements with a ground source (sources such as car fuels, exhaust gases, decorative materials, batteries, indoor smoking, the paint used for painting walls, erosion and corrosion of rubber of cars). Meanwhile, there was a positive relationship between heavy metals and temperature(r: 0.418, p < 0.019), pressure (r: 0.184, p < 0.0.402), as well as wind speed (r: 0.38, p < 0.017), while an inverse relationship was observed with relative humidity (r: -0.219, p < 0.018). The ecological risk of the metals calculated was very notable, with the maximum environmental risk being related to cadmium in children (6.61) and manganese in adults (0.82). The largest HQ in children and adults was associated with Cr. Finally, ILCR values for cadmium in both children (1.19 E-04) and adult (4.81 E-04) groups indicated high risk of developing cancer in humans.

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“…Hakanson proposed the potential ecological risk index, which combines heavy metal properties based on sedimentology [47]. Such index is generally used to evaluate the metal contamination degree in soil [48][49][50].…”

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Source apportionment of soil contamination based on multivariate receptor and robust geostatistics in a typical rural–urban area, Wuhan city, middle China

Zhu

et al. 2020

Open Chemistry

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AbstractIn this study topsoil samples were collected from 57 sites of Dongxihu District which is a typical Chinese urban–rural combination area, to analyze the causes and effects of 6 heavy elements. (Ni, Pb, As, Cu, Cd, and Hg) Pollution of Enrichment factor, multivariate statistics, geostatistics were adopted to study the spatial pollution pattern and to identify the priority pollutants and regions of concern and sources of studied metals. Most importantly, the study area was creatively divided into central urban, semi-urbanized, and rural areas in accordance with the characteristics of urban development and land use. The results show that the pollution degree of potential ecological risk assessment is Hg>Ni>Cu>As>Cd>Pb, and semi-urban regions> city center> rural areas. Results based on the proposed integrated source identification method indicated that As was probably sourced from agricultural sources (33.99%), Pb was associated with atmospheric deposition (50.11%), Cu was related to industrial source 1 (45.97%), Cd was mainly derived from industrial source 2 (42.97%) and Hg come mainly from industrial source 3 (56.22%). The pollution in semi-urban areas in urbanization need more attention.

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Assessment of metals in agricultural soil of surrounding areas of Urmia Lake, northwest Iran: A preliminary ecological risk assessment and source identification

Cited by 36 publications

References 44 publications

First indoor radon mapping and assessment excess lifetime cancer risk in Iran

First indoor radon mapping and assessment excess lifetime cancer risk in Iran

Characterization, possible sources and health risk assessment of PM2.5-bound Heavy Metals in the most industrial city of Iran

Source apportionment of soil contamination based on multivariate receptor and robust geostatistics in a typical rural–urban area, Wuhan city, middle China

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