Soil heavy metal pollution and food safety in China: Effects, sources and removing technology

G Qin, Z Niu, J Yu, Z Li, J Ma, P Xiang - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil plays a fundamental role in food safety and the adverse effects of contaminants like
heavy metal (loid) s on crop quality have threatened human health. Therefore, it is important …

A global meta-analysis of heavy metal (loid) s pollution in soils near copper mines: Evaluation of pollution level and probabilistic health risks

L Chen, M Zhou, J Wang, Z Zhang, C Duan… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of the mining industry, the pollution of heavy metal (loid) s in
soils near copper (Cu) mining sites is a significant concern worldwide. However, the …

Health risk assessment of heavy metal (loid) s in park soils of the largest megacity in China by using Monte Carlo simulation coupled with Positive matrix factorization …

J Huang, Y Wu, J Sun, X Li, X Geng, M Zhao… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban Parks are important places for residents to engage in outdoor activities, and whether
heavy metal (loid) s (HMs) in park soils are harmful to human health has aroused people's …

Heavy metal pollution in coastal wetlands: A systematic review of studies globally over the past three decades

C Li, H Wang, X Liao, R Xiao, K Liu, J Bai, B Li… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Coastal wetlands are ecosystems lying between land and ocean and are subject to inputs of
heavy metals (HMs) from terrestrial, oceanic and atmospheric sources. Although the study …

A combined method for human health risk area identification of heavy metals in urban environments

Y Li, Z Ye, Y Yu, Y Li, J Jiang, L Wang, G Wang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Multi-medium heavy metals pollution is a crucial pathway to destroy the urban
environmental resources cycle. In this study, Nanjing of China, a typical mega city, was …

Ecological-health risks assessment and source apportionment of heavy metals in agricultural soils around a super-sized lead-zinc smelter with a long production …

Y Zhou, D Jiang, D Ding, Y Wu, J Wei, L Kong… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Smelting activities are considered as the primary cause of heavy metal (HM) accumulation in
soils, and the human health around the smelter has been a great concern worldwide. In this …

Determination of priority control factors for the management of soil trace metal (loid) s based on source-oriented health risk assessment

J Sun, M Zhao, J Huang, Y Liu, Y Wu, B Cai… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Trace metal (loid) s (TMs) in soils can seriously threaten the ecological environment and
human health. With the limitation of resources and costs, determining priority control factor is …

A Monte Carlo simulation-based health risk assessment of heavy metals in soils of an oasis agricultural region in northwest China

Z Liu, Q Du, Q Guan, H Luo, Y Shan, W Shao - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, heavy metal contamination of soils has been increasing, posing a major
threat to food security, human health, and soil ecosystems. This study analyzed the spatial …

Heavy metal (loid) s in agricultural soil from main grain production regions of China: Bioaccessibility and health risks to humans

CC Wang, QC Zhang, SG Kang, MY Li… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Unintentional ingestion of metal-contaminated soils may pose a great threat to human
health. To accurately evaluate the health risks of heavy metal (loid) s in soils, their …

Bioavailability and health risk of toxic heavy metals (As, Hg, Pb and Cd) in urban soils: a Monte Carlo simulation approach

Q Yang, L Zhang, H Wang, JD Martín - Environmental research, 2022 - Elsevier
Toxic heavy metals pollution in urban soil has become a major global issue due to its
adverse effects on the environment and human health. In this paper, 26 soil samples were …