Human health risk assessment of groundwater nitrogen pollution in Jinghui canal irrigation area of the loess region, northwest China

• Published in: Environmental earth sciences Vol. 77; no. 7; pp. 1 - 12
• Main Authors: Zhang, Yuting, Wu, Jianhua, Xu, Bin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.04.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adults; Ammonia; Ammonium nitrogen; Area; bicarbonates; Biogeosciences; Calcium; Calcium ions; Canals; carbonates; Children; China; chlorides; Drinking water; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Environmental Science and Engineering; Evaporation; exposure pathways; Geochemistry; Geology; Groundwater; Groundwater chemistry; Groundwater pollution; health effects assessments; Health risk assessment; Health risks; human health; hydrochemistry; Hydrology/Water Resources; ions; Irrigation; Loess; Magnesium; nitrate nitrogen; nitrates; nitrite nitrogen; nitrites; Nitrogen; Nitrogen dioxide; Pollution; potassium; risk; Risk assessment; Shallow wells; Skin; sodium; Statistical analysis; Statistical methods; sulfates; Sulphates; Terrestrial Pollution; Thematic Issue; Total dissolved solids; Water analysis; Water hardness; Water in Loess; Water intake; Water intakes; Water pollution; Water quality; Water sampling; Weathering; wells; China; Loess area; Nitrogen pollution; Human activity; Health risk assessment; Water quality

Nitrogen pollution of groundwater is becoming more and more serious due to intense and extensive industrial and agricultural activities. This may exert great influence on human health. In this paper, human health risk due to groundwater nitrogen pollution in Jinghui canal irrigation area in Shaanxi...