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Source-specific health risks apportionment of soil potential toxicity elements combining multiple receptor models with Monte Carlo simulation.

Authors :
Lei M
Li K
Guo G
Ju T
Source :
The Science of the total environment [Sci Total Environ] 2022 Apr 15; Vol. 817, pp. 152899. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jan 10.
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

Understanding the source-specific human health risk of soil potential toxicity elements (PTEs) for human is beneficial for pollution control and risk prevention. Multivariate statistics, absolute principal component score/multiple linear regression (APCS/MLR) model, positive matrix factorization (PMF) model, and GIS mapping were used to identify and apportion the sources of soil PTEs in typical mining and industrial area, southwestern China. Furthermore, source-specific health risks were apportioned by combining source apportionment with probabilistic health risk assessment based on Monte Carlo simulation which can define the probability that the risk exceed the guideline threshold value. The pollution factor and geo-accumulation index indicated that the soils were polluted by soil PTEs to different degrees. In particular, As and Cd were the primary pollutants. Mixed sources, agricultural activities, mining activities, and As-related smelting activities represented the potential sources of soil PTEs, with the contribution of 30.13%, 25.78%, 22.93%, and 21.16%, respectively. Source-specific probabilistic health risks indicated that As-related smelting activities contributed the most to non-carcinogenic risks (adults: 59.03%, children: 57.20%) and carcinogenic risks (adults: 81.82%; children 92.33%), despite the observation that it contributed the least to the accumulation of soil PTEs (21.16%). Non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risk showed similar trend for children and adults. Therefore, As-related smelting activities were regarded as the priority source of soil PTEs, and corresponding prevention and control strategies should be implemented to protect human health.<br />Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest 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.<br /> (Copyright © 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1879-1026
Volume :
817
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
The Science of the total environment
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
35026255
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152899