A human health risk assessment of rare earth elements in soil and vegetables from a mining area in Fujian Province, Southeast China

• Published in: Chemosphere (Oxford) Vol. 93; no. 6; pp. 1240 - 1246
• Main Authors: Li, Xiaofei, Chen, Zhibiao, Chen, Zhiqiang, Zhang, Yonghe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: adults; agricultural soils; Air. Soil. Water. Waste. Feeding; analysis; Biological and medical sciences; blood; chemistry; children; China; chronic exposure; Diet; Diet - statistics & numerical data; drinking water; Environment. Living conditions; Environmental Exposure; Environmental Exposure - analysis; Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data; Exposure; food contamination; Food Contamination - analysis; Food Contamination - statistics & numerical data; Hair; Hair - metabolism; Health risk assessment; households; human health; Humans; Medical sciences; metabolism; Metals, Rare Earth; Metals, Rare Earth - analysis; Metals, Rare Earth - metabolism; Mining; monitoring; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Rare earth elements; risk; Risk Assessment; Soil; Soil - chemistry; Soil Pollutants; Soil Pollutants - analysis; Soil Pollutants - metabolism; soil sampling; Southeast China; statistics & numerical data; Vegetable consumption; vegetables; Vegetables - chemistry; China; Asia; Far east; Vegetable consumption; Exposure; Rare earth elements; Southeast China; Health risk assessment; Biological fluid; Lanthanide; Vegetables; Mining zone; Cultivated soil; Soil pollution; Biological material; Blood; Biological monitoring; Hair (head); Water well; Adult; Child; Public health; Ground water; Human; Subtropical zone; Risk analysis; Contamination; Food intake; Residue; Health hazards; Water pollution

•REEs in cultivated soil and vegetables in vicinity of mining site has been studied.•Farmlands are contaminated seriously due to REEs mining production.•Accumulation levels of REEs differ significantly among vegetable species.•Elevated concentration of REEs in human hair and blood is associated with...