A Monte Carlo simulation-based health risk assessment of heavy metals in soils of the tropical region in southern China

• Published in: Environmental geochemistry and health Vol. 46; no. 7; p. 234
• Main Authors: Huang, Haoran, Su, Hang, Li, Xiang, Li, Yan, Jiang, Yujie, Liu, Ke, Xie, Xuefeng, Jia, Zhenyi, Zhang, Huanchao, Wang, Genmei, Ye, Zi, Cheng, Xinyu, Wen, Jiale, Li, Ning, Yu, Ye
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.07.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Cadmium; Carcinogens; Child; Children; China; Chromium; Contaminants; Copper; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecological risk assessment; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental Monitoring - methods; Environmental risk; Geochemistry; Health risk assessment; Health risks; Heavy metal content; Heavy metals; Humans; Manganese; Metals, Heavy - analysis; Monte Carlo Method; Monte Carlo simulation; Nickel; Original Paper; Pollutants; Pollution; Pollution control; Pollution sources; Public Health; Risk Assessment; Soil; Soil - chemistry; Soil Pollutants - analysis; Soil pollution; Soil Science & Conservation; Soils; Terrestrial Pollution; Tropical Climate; Tropical environment; Tropical environments; Zinc; China; Ecological risk; APCS-MLR model; Source apportionment; Monten-Carlo model; Heavy metal; Health risk

The disturbance of ecological stability may take place in tropical regions due to the elevated biomass density resulting from heavy metal and other contaminant pollution. In this study, 62 valid soil samples were collected from Sanya. Source analysis of heavy metals in the area was carried out using...