Risk-based assessment of multimetallic soil pollution in the industrialized peri-urban area of Huelva, Spain

• Published in: Environmental geochemistry and health Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 123 - 139
• Main Author: Fernández-Caliani, J. C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.02.2012; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acidic wastes; analysis; Anthropogenic factors; arsenic; atmospheric deposition; chemistry; Cities; drainage; Earth and Environmental Science; effluents; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Exposure; Environmental Health; Geochemistry; Hazardous wastes; Health risks; human health; Humans; Industrial Waste; Industrial Waste - analysis; Industrial wastes; industrialization; Legislation; Metals; Metals - analysis; Neutron Activation Analysis; Original Paper; Pollution; Public Health; Pyrite; radionuclides; risk; Risk Assessment; Soil; Soil - analysis; Soil - chemistry; Soil contamination; Soil Pollutants; Soil Pollutants - analysis; Soil pollution; Soil Science & Conservation; Soil surfaces; Spain; Spectrophotometry, Atomic; Terrestrial Pollution; toxic substances; toxicity; Trace elements; Urban areas; Huelva Spain; Spain; Huelva; Trace elements; Soil pollution; Peri-urban area; Risk-based assessment

The peri-urban soils of Huelva, one of the first industrial cities in Spain, are subject to severe pollution problems primarily due to past poor management of industrial wastes and effluents. In this study, soil cores were collected in seven sites potentially contaminated with toxic chemicals arisin...