Risk assessment of potentially toxic element pollution in soils and rice ( Oryza sativa) in a typical area of the Yangtze River Delta

• Published in: Environmental pollution (1987) Vol. 157; no. 8; pp. 2542 - 2549
• Main Authors: Hang, Xiaoshuai, Wang, Huoyan, Zhou, Jianmin, Ma, Chengling, Du, Changwen, Chen, Xiaoqin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Accumulation; Air. Soil. Water. Waste. Feeding; analysis; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; bioaccumulation; Biological and medical sciences; Brackish; cadmium; Changshu City; chemistry; China; copper; Diet; Diet - statistics & numerical data; dietary exposure; Distribution; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Environment. Living conditions; Environmental Exposure; Environmental Exposure - analysis; Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data; food contamination; Freshwater; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Heavy metals; human health; Humans; lead; Medical sciences; mercury; metabolism; Metals, Heavy; Metals, Heavy - metabolism; Oryza; Oryza - metabolism; Oryza sativa; Potential health risk; public health risk; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; rice; Risk Assessment; Rivers; Soil; Soil - chemistry; Soil Pollutants; Soil Pollutants - metabolism; soil pollution; spatial distribution; statistics & numerical data; zinc; China; China, People's Rep., Changjiang R; Accumulation; Changshu City; Heavy metals; Distribution; Potential health risk; Monocotyledones; Toxicity; Urban area; Oryza sativa; Pollution; Health and environment; Gramineae; Risk assessment; Angiospermae; Public health; Ecotoxicology; Risk analysis; Heavy metal; Trace element; Pollutant; Soils; Delta; Health hazards; Environment; Spermatophyta

Soil pollution with potentially toxic elements (PTEs) resulting from rapid industrial development has caused major concerns. Selected PTEs and their accumulation and distribution in soils and rice ( Oryza sativa) collected from Changshu, east China, were analyzed to evaluate the potential health ris...