Pollution characteristics and health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in soils around China’s gold mines: a meta-analysis

• Published in: Environmental geochemistry and health Vol. 44; no. 11; pp. 3765 - 3777
• Main Authors: Chen, Li, Wang, Jingzhe, Guo, Xuetao, Wu, Hao, He, Haoran, Fang, Linchuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.11.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Cadmium; carcinogenicity; Carcinogens; China; Chromium; Contamination; Copper; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecological effects; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Geochemistry; Gold; health effects assessments; Health risk assessment; Health risks; human health; Lead; Mercury; Mercury (metal); Meta-analysis; Mines; Nickel; Pollution; Pollution control; Pollution levels; Public Health; Review Paper; Risk; Risk assessment; Soil; Soil contamination; Soil pollution; Soil Science & Conservation; Soils; Terrestrial Pollution; Zinc; China; Ecological risk; Gold mines; Pollution assessment; China; Potentially toxic elements; Health risk

Since toxic element pollution is widespread in soils near gold mines due to increasing mining activities, the adverse effects of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in the soils on ecological systems and human health cannot be ignored. However, assessments of PTE pollution in soils and their ecologica...