Contamination and health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in soils of different kinds of land use in Lithuania

• Autorzy: Valskys Vaidotas , Ignatavičius Gytautas , Wołkowicz Stanisław , Satkūnas Jonas , Hassan Howlader Rahidul

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.7306/gq.1699

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Using the case of five different kinds of land use from different territories of Lithuania, this study assesses the level of contamination and human health risk assessment of arsenic (As), and heavy metals (HMs) such as cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn) and chromium (Cr) in the surface soil of the study areas. Geo-accumulation index (I_geo) analysis indicated that heavy Cd contamination occurred in agricultural territory (AT), while for As, no contamination to mild contamination occurred in all territories. For living territory (LT), green territory (GT) and technical territory (TT), I_geo readings for Cu showed no pollution to moderate pollution, while there was no pollution for natural territory (NT) and AT. For AT, there is no contamination from Zn or Cr. By contrast, I_geo values for Zn and Cu represent minimal to no pollution in the remaining territories. As in LT and Cd in AT, two of the HMs discovered, were deemed to be of medium risk, whereas other components fell into the permitted range. Among three different routes to exposure, it was discovered that the ingestion pathway was the main health risk. The Hazard quotient (HQ) and hazard index (HI) values for As, Cd, Cu, Zn, and Cr were lower than the suggested limit (HI = 1), indicating minimal non-carcinogenic risk to inhabitants in the study regions. The carcinogenic risk values for As (1.12E-04 children), Cd (2.20E-04 children), and Cr (2.35E-04 children) in AT pose a risk to children's health when ingested. The GT's carcinogenic readings for Cr (1.02 E+00 adult), put adults at risk of developing cancer, whereas As (1.89E-04) and Cr (2.28E-04) in LT put children at risk of cancer and for TT, both adults and children were at risk due to Cr's higher carcinogenic values (1.93E-04 for adults and 5.21E-04 for children).

Słowa kluczowe

EN

heavy metals; contamination; soil; health risk assessment

• Wydawca: Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
• Czasopismo: Geological Quarterly
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 67, No. 3
• Strony: art. no. 29
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 38 po., map., tab., wykr

Twórcy

autor

Valskys Vaidotas

• Vilnius University, Institute of Biosciences, Life Sciences Center, Saulėtekio Ave. 7, 10257 Vilnius, Lithuania
• Nature Research Centre, Laboratory of Climate and Water Research, Akademijos 2, 08412, Vilnius, Lithuania

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8229-6276+

autor

Ignatavičius Gytautas

• Vilnius University, Institute of Biosciences, Life Sciences Center, Saulėtekio Ave. 7, 10257 Vilnius, Lithuania

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5852-6935

autor

Wołkowicz Stanisław

• Polish Geological Institute - National Research Institute, Rakowiecka 4, Warszawa, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2239-6539

autor

Satkūnas Jonas

• Nature Research Centre, Laboratory of Climate and Water Research, Akademijos 2, 08412, Vilnius, Lithuania

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9086-8038

autor

Hassan Howlader Rahidul

• Vilnius University, Institute of Biosciences, Life Sciences Center, Saulėtekio Ave. 7, 10257 Vilnius, Lithuania

• https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4825-8596

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