ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Heavy Metal Characterization and Health Risk Assessment in Agricultural Soils from an Agate Dyeing Village
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Jia Fu 1
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Key Lab of Eco-Restoration of Regional Contaminated Environment, Ministry of Education, Shenyang University, Shenyang 110044 China
 
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Liaoning Academy for Environmental Planning Co., Ltd., EIA Department of Transportation, Shenyang 110037 China
 
 
Submission date: 2022-10-05
 
 
Final revision date: 2022-10-27
 
 
Acceptance date: 2022-11-11
 
 
Online publication date: 2023-01-13
 
 
Publication date: 2023-02-23
 
 
Corresponding author
Quanguo Cheng   

Key Lab of Eco-Restoration of Regional Contaminated Environment, Ministry of Education, Shenyang University, Shenyang, China
 
 
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2023;32(2):1393-1404
 
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The pollution of heavy metals in agricultural soil poses a dangerous health risk to nearby residents. This study presents a method to assess the health risks of heavy metal pollution using Monte Carlo simulations. Soil samples from an agate dyeing village were collected and their heavy metal contents were analyzed. The results indicate the contamination of heavy metals in the study area soil, the singlefactor index values of Pb, Cu, Cr, and Ni were found to indicate mild pollution, and the Nemerow complex index values of all investigated metals were ranked at level IV, indicating moderate pollution. The health assessment indicates an unacceptable total carcinogenic risk for adults and children and noncarcinogenic hazard quotient for adults. Oral ingestion was found to be the main exposure pathway, and the most sensitive factors were the adherence factor, soil ingestion rate, and body weight.
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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
 
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