Abstract:Heavy metal(loid) (HM) pollution in urban topsoil seriously endangers the health of urban residents and urban sustainable development. Compared with large cities, the research on the HM pollution of topsoil in emerging medium-sized industrial cities is quite limited. This study focuses on topsoil HM contamination in Mianyang, which is a representative moderate emerging industrial city in Southwest China. The results indicate that Ba, Cr, Cu, and Zn in the samples were much higher than their background values. … Show more
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