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Soil and plant contamination by potentially toxic and emerging elements and the associated human health risk in some Egyptian environments

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ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH
卷 45, 期 2, 页码 359-379

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DOI: 10.1007/s10653-021-01097-5

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Environmental pollution; Toxic metal(loid)s; Emerging contaminants; Sequential extraction; Bioavailability; Risk assessment

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The aim of this study was to assess the origins, mobility, bioavailability, and potential health risks of certain elements in the terrestrial environment of Egypt. The study found moderate contamination in some urban and industrial soils, with selenium and antimony being the main contributors to pollution. Cadmium showed a high bioaccumulation factor in leafy and fruiting plants, indicating preferential plant uptake.
The aim of this work was to assess the origins, mobility, bioavailability and potential health risks of V, Cr, Co, As, Se, Mo, Cd, Sn and Sb, which are not sufficiently studied in the terrestrial environment of Egypt. This has been carried out by employing a combination of chemical fractionation, plants uptake, mathematical modeling and risk assessment approaches on a wide range of soils and plants sampled from industrial, urban and agricultural locations across Egypt. The contents of As, Cd, Sn and Sb were elevated in the soils of some urban and industrial locations within Cairo, although their soil geo-accumulation (I-geo) indices remained <= 2, indicating only moderate contamination. Selenium showed moderate to heavy contamination levels (I-geo up to 4.7) in all sampling locations, and Sb was highly elevated (I-geo = 7.1; extreme contamination) in one industrial location. Therefore, Se was the most important contributor to the pollution load followed by Sb and Cd. Both principle component analysis (of total content) and geochemical fractionation (by sequential extraction) suggested that V, Cr and Co are mostly of geogenic origin, while Se and Sb contents appear to be highly influenced by anthropogenic inputs. The most mobile and bioavailable element was Cd with a large non-residual fraction in all soils (76% of total Cd). The bio-concentration factors of Cd in leafy and fruiting plants were 50 times larger than other elements (except Mo) indicating preferential systematic plant uptake of Cd. Risk assessment models showed an overall low noncarcinogenic and carcinogenic risks to the population of Egypt due to the studied elements with only a few anomalies.

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