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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A-TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Volume 48, Issue 6, Pages 629-640Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2013.731808
Keywords
Bioaccessibility; arsenic; soil; near infrared
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- NERC [bgs04003] Funding Source: UKRI
- Natural Environment Research Council [bgs04003] Funding Source: researchfish
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The human ingestion bioaccessibility of As was measured on 50 representative samples of soils selected from a 281-soil-sample geochemical survey of Northampton. The major and trace element content, pH and near infrared (NIR) spectra of the 281 soils were determined. A multiple linear regression (MLR) model using total As, major element composition and pH identified total As, pH and P to be the significant predictor variables for bioaccessible As (R2 = 0.72, median standard error of prediction = 1.5mg kg1 bioaccessible As). When spectral components (SC) derived from chemometric analysis of the NIR spectra were also included in the MLR, total As, pH, Mg and two NIR spectral components were found to be significant predictor variables (R2 = 0.84, median standard error of prediction = 1.2mg kg1 bioaccessible As). Correlation analysis of the SC with major element data suggested that the two NIR SC in the second model were related to different forms of Fe oxides in the soil. When plotted over a geological map of Northampton interpolated predictions of bioaccessible As showed clear geological control. The median total As concentration of the soils in Northampton was 30.2mg kg1 and the median bioaccessible As was 3.0mg kg1.
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