Fractions, Contamination and Health Risk of Cadmium in Alpine Soils on the Gongga Mountain, Eastern Tibetan Plateau

• Published in: Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology Vol. 106; no. 1; pp. 86 - 91
• Main Authors: Wang, Zhiguo, Bing, Haijian, Zhu, He, Wu, Yanhong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.01.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: altitude; Anthropogenic factors; Aquatic Pollution; Cadmium; Cadmium - analysis; carcinogenicity; Carcinogens; Child; China; Contamination; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecosystem; ecosystems; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental Monitoring; Health risk assessment; Health risks; Humans; Metals, Heavy - analysis; Mobility; Mountains; Organic matter; Pollution; risk; Soil; Soil contamination; Soil organic matter; Soil Pollutants - analysis; Soil Science & Conservation; Soils; Tibet; Toxicity; toxicology; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Tibet; Tibetan Plateau; China; Fraction composition; Mountain soils; Contamination assessment; Heavy metal; Health risk

Anthropogenic cadmium (Cd) in alpine soils is mainly from long-range atmospheric transport. Because of the high toxicity and mobility, whether the accumulation of Cd in the soils threats to ecosystem safety remains unclear. The fractions of soil Cd along three altitudinal transects on Gongga Mountai...