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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 255, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113138
Keywords
Aerosol pollution; Trace metals; Terrestrial biogeochemical cycles; Atmospheric dry and wet deposition; Foliar uptake; Crop food safety
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- Natural Science Foundation of China [NSFC 41471418, 41977349, 91543205]
- Distinguished Talents of Six Domains in Jiangsu Province, China [2014-NY-016]
- Startup Foundation for Introducing Talent of NUIST, China [2017r001]
- STS supporting project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Fujian province, China [2018T3016]
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Atmospheric particulate matter (PM) pollution and soil trace metal (TM) contamination are binary environmental issues harming ecosystems and human health, especially in the developing China with rapid urbanization and industrialization. Since PMs contain TMs, the air-soil nexus should be investigated synthetically. Although the PMs and airborne TMs are mainly emitted from urban or industrial areas, they can reach the rural and remote mountain areas owing to the ability of long-range transport. After dry or wet deposition, they will participate in the terrestrial biogeochemical cycles of TMs in various soil-plant systems, including urban soil-greening trees, agricultural soil-food crops, and mountain soil-natural forest systems. Besides the well-known root uptake, the pathway of leaf deposition and foliar absorption contribute significantly to the plant TM accumulation. Moreover, the aerosols can also exert climatic effects by absorption and scattering of solar radiation and by the cloud condensation nuclei activity, thereby indirectly impact plant growth and probably crop TM accumulation through photosynthesis, and then threat health. In particular, this systematic review summarizes the interactions of PMs-TMs in soil-plant systems including the deposition, transfer, accumulation, toxicity, and mechanisms among them. Finally, current knowledge gaps and prospective are proposed for future research agendas. These analyses would be conducive to improving urban air quality and managing the agricultural and ecological risks of airborne metals. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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