Health risk assessment of heavy metals in soils and maize (Zea mays L.) from Yushu, Northeast China

R Yu, Y Wang, C Wang, Y Yu, Z Cui… - Human and Ecological …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
To investigate heavy metal accumulation in soils and evaluate health risk through maize
consumption, a total of 196 soils and 55 maize samples were collected from Yushu, China …

Ecological and health risk assessment of heavy metals in agricultural soils from northern China

J Liu, Q Zheng, S Pei, J Li, L Ma, L Zhang, J Niu… - Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
Soil pollution by heavy metals can cause continuing damage to ecosystems and the human
body. In this study, we collected nine fresh topsoil samples and 18 maize samples (including …

Comprehensive assessment of heavy metals pollution of farmland soil and crops in Jilin Province

J Peng, F Li, J Zhang, Y Chen, T Cao, Z Tong… - … geochemistry and health, 2020 - Springer
As a major agricultural province in China, it is necessary to study the content of heavy metals
in farmland soil and crop in Jilin Province and to evaluate the risks to ecology and human …

Contamination features and health risk of heavy metals in suburban vegetable soils, Yanbian, Northeast China

L Liu, Z Cui, Y Wang, Y Rui, Y Yang… - Human and Ecological …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, heavy metal contamination in suburban vegetable soils calls for significant
concerns due to the rapid urbanization and industrialization. In present study, 110 suburban …

Bioconcentrations and health risk assessment of heavy metals in crops in the Naoli River Basin agricultural area, Sanjiang Plain, China

T Song, Y An, G Cui, S Tong, J He - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2021 - Springer
Ingesting crop grains contaminated with heavy metals is the most urgent problem related to
food security and human health. Additionally, an overall analysis of heavy metal …

Health risk assessment of heavy metals in agricultural soils and identification of main influencing factors in a typical industrial park in northwest China

R Zhang, T Chen, Y Zhang, Y Hou, Q Chang - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
The accumulation of heavy metals (HMs) in the soil poses a threat to human health. In this
study, 62 pairs of topsoil and wheat grain samples were collected from a typical industrial …

Distribution characteristics, source analysis and health risk assessment of heavy metals in farmland soil in Shiquan County, Shaanxi Province

M Wei, A Pan, R Ma, H Wang - Process Safety and Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil heavy metal pollution can cause irreversible harm to the ecological environment and
human health. A total of 678 surface soil samples and 60 crop samples were collected to …

Investigation and evaluation of soil heavy metals in a wheat-maize cropping system in upland China.

P Li, H Zhang, L Xu, H Li, F Hu, J Jiao - 2022 - cabidigitallibrary.org
The purpose of this study was to conduct a targeted investigation and systematic evaluation
of soil heavy metal pollution in 150 fields in a regional scale wheat-maize cropping system …

Heavy metal contamination and health risk assessment in soil-rice system near Xinqiao mine in Tongling city, Anhui province, China

Y Li, F Fang, M Wu, Y Kuang, H Wu - Human and Ecological Risk …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, paddy soil and rice grain samples were collected from the vicinity around the
Xinqiao mine in Tongling, China to test for the presence of heavy metals (Cd, Ni, Cr, Cu, Zn …

Prediction and risk assessment of five heavy metals in maize and peanut: A case study of Guangxi, China

Q Gu, T Yu, Z Yang, J Ji, Q Hou, L Wang, X Wei… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
To assess the contamination levels and health risk of cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), mercury
(Hg), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn) to human beings, the concentrations of these heavy metals in …