Journal
ACS OMEGA
Volume 7, Issue 41, Pages 36457-36467Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c04261
Keywords
-
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
By reviewing the soil concentrations of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in Turkey, it was found that certain PTEs pose chronic toxic and carcinogenic risks to human health, especially in younger age groups and females.
Countrywide surface soil concentrations of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in Turkey were reviewed in the Web of Science database. A total of 93 papers were investigated to compose a PTE dataset for determining spatial variations and estimating exposure and health risks. Al, As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn were selected as PTEs in surface soil. A compiled PTE concentration dataset was used to estimate chronic toxic risks (CTRs) and carcinogenic risks (CRs) according to the deterministic and probabilistic approaches. While the CTR and CR levels of age and sex groups were estimated using a deterministic approach, population risks were estimated using a probabilistic approach. CTR and CR levels in lower age groups and female sex groups were estimated to be higher than those in higher age groups and associated male sex groups. The average CTR levels of the nondietary ingestion of As-containing soil in <11 year age groups were near/just above the threshold level, while As-associated average CR levels of adults and other age groups were estimated to be in the acceptable risk range (10-6 < CR < 10-5) and low priority risk range (10-5 < CR < 10-4), respectively. As-, Cr(VI)-, and Pbassociated upper-bound CR levels of the Turkish population were simulated to be 5.14 x 10-4, 6.23 x 10-5, and 2.34 x 10-6, respectively. Health risk models show the significance of As in both chronic toxic and carcinogenic effects.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available