Ecological Risk Assessment for Occurrence of Toxic Elements in Various Land Use Types in Vietnamese Mekong Delta Province

• Autorzy: Nhien Huynh Thi Hong , Mi Le Thi Diem , Giao Nguyen Thanh

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12911/22998993/149527

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

A total of 316 soil samples in the An Giang province were collected from the industrial zone (48 samples), mining (40 samples), farming (112 samples), landfills (88 samples) and cemeteries (28 a samples) to analyze toxic elements, including Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd and As. The geoaccumulation index (I_geo), pollutant load index (PLI) and potential ecological risk index (RI) were used to assess pollution levels and ecological risks. The results showed that the concentrations of heavy metals were almost still within the allowable limits of national standards. Cd was not detected. Heavy metals were detected in the soil in the following order: As < Pb < Cu < Zn, mining < industrial < landfill < cultivation < cemetery areas. The heavy metals contributing to soil environmental variability were similarly identified in the cemetery with industry and landfill with farming. The value of I_geo shows that As has a high potential to accumulate in soil in all land uses. The ranges of PLI values presented that the soil in industrial, farming, mining and landfills areas were classified moderate, while the cemetery areas has been rated at a high level. The RI values identified very high, high, and moderate ecological risks for cemetery, industrial and farming land and landfill, mining, respectively. The combination of PLI and RI indices showed that the cemetery areas were at the highest levels of pollution and risk. The results of this study provide scientific information on pollution level and ecological risks in various land use types supporting environmental zoning and managing strategies in the An Giang province.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

An Giang; ecological risk; heavy metals; land use type; pollution index

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej ; Lublin University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Journal of Ecological Engineering
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Vol. 23, nr 7
• Strony: 121--130
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 35 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Nhien Huynh Thi Hong

• College of Environment and Natural Resources, Can Tho University, Campus II, 3/2 Street, Xuan Khanh ward, Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho City 900000, Vietnam

autor

Mi Le Thi Diem

• College of Environment and Natural Resources, Can Tho University, Campus II, 3/2 Street, Xuan Khanh ward, Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho City 900000, Vietnam

autor

Giao Nguyen Thanh

• College of Environment and Natural Resources, Can Tho University, Campus II, 3/2 Street, Xuan Khanh ward, Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho City 900000, Vietnam

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5916-4710

Bibliografia

• 1. Ajah K.C., Ademiluyi J., Nnaji C.C. 2015. Spatiality, seasonality and ecological risks of heavy metals in the vicinity of a degenerate municipal central dumpsite in Enugu, Nigeria. Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering, 13(1), 0–14.
• 2. Amuno S.A. 2013. Potential ecological risk of heavy metal distribution in cemetery soils. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 224(2).
• 3. Bo X., Guo J., Wan R., Jia Y., Yang Z., Lu Y., Wei M. 2022. Characteristics, correlations and health risks of PCDD/Fs and heavy metals in surface soil near municipal solid waste incineration plants in South-west China. Environmental Pollution, 298, 118816.
• 4. Chabukdhara M., Munjal A., Nema A.K., Gupta S.K., Kaushal R.K. 2016. Heavy metal contamination in vegetables grown around peri-urban and urban-industrial clusters in Ghaziabad, India. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 22(3), 736–752.
• 5. Fan W., Zhou J., Zhou Y., Wang S., Du J., Chen Y., Zeng Y., Wei X. 2021. Heavy metal pollution and health risk assessment of agricultural land in the Southern Margin of Tarim Basin in Xinjiang, China. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 31(7), 835–847.
• 6. Guan Q., Zhao R., Pan N., Wang F., Yang Y., Luo H. 2019. Source apportionment of heavy metals in farmland soil of Wuwei, China: Comparison of three receptor models. Journal of Cleaner Production, 237, 117792.
• 7. Ha H.H. 2018. Heavy metals pollution of the soil environment by landfill sites: a case of Kieu Ky landfill, Gia Lam, Hanoi. VNU Science Journal: Earth and Environmental Sciences, 34(2), 86–94.
• 8. Hakanson L. 1980. An ecological risk index for aquatic pollution control.a sedimentological approach. Water Research, 14(8), 975–1001.
• 9. Hu Y., Liu X., Bai J., Shih K., Zeng E.Y., Cheng H. 2013. Assessing heavy metal pollution in the surface soils of a region that had undergone three decades of intense industrialization and urbanization. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 20, 6150–6159.
• 10. Huang Y., Wang L., Wang W., Li T., He Z., Yang X. 2019. Current status of agricultural soil pollution by heavy metals in China: A meta-analysis. Science of the Total Environment, 651, 3034–3042.
• 11. Hung P.Q., Thom T.T.H. 2016. Assessment of soil properties and contamination soil in Nhue river basin in Duy Tien district, Ha Nam province.Vietnam J. Agri. Sci., 14(11), 1741–1752.
• 12. Islam M.S., Ahmed M.K., Al-Mamun M.H., Islam S.M.A. 2019. Sources and ecological risks of heavy metals in soils under different land uses in Bangladesh. Pedosphere, 29(5), 665–675.
• 13. Jiang F., Ren B., Hursthouse A., Deng R., Wang Z. 2019. Distribution, source identification, and ecological-health risks of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in soil of thallium mine area (southwestern Guizhou, China). Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res., 26, 16556–16567.
• 14. Jonker C., Olivier J. 2012. Mineral contamination from cemetery soils: Case study of Zandfontein Cemetery, South Africa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 9(2), 511–520.
• 15. Kabata-Pendias A., Pendias H., 2001. Trace Metals in Soils and Plants, 2nd ed. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla, USA.
• 16. Khalid S., Shahid M., Niazi N.K., Murtaza B., Bibi I., Dumat C. 2017. A comparison of technologies for remediation of heavy metal contaminated soils. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 182, 247–268.
• 17. Klinsawathom T., Songsakunrungrueng B., Pattanamahakul P. 2017. Heavy metal concentration and risk assessment of soil and rice in and around an open dumpsite in Thailand. EnvironmentAsia, 10(2), 53–64.
• 18. Kowalska J.B., Mazurek R., Gąsiorek M., Zaleski T. 2018. Pollution indices as useful tools for the comprehensive evaluation of the degree of soil contamination–A review. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 40(6), 2395–2420.
• 19. Krishna A.K, Mohan, K.R. 2016. Distribution, correlation, ecological and health risk assessment of heavy metal contamination in surface soils around an industrial area, Hyderabad, India. Environ Earth Sci, 75, 411.
• 20. Long Z., Huang Y., Zhang W., Shi Z., Yu D., Chen Y., Liu C., Wang R. 2021. Effect of different industrial activities on soil heavy metal pollution, ecological risk, and health risk. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 193(1), 193.
• 21. Ma L., Yang Z., Li L., Wang L. 2016. Source identification and risk assessment of heavy metal contaminations in urban soils of Changsha, a mine-impacted city in southern China. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res., 23, 17058–17066.
• 22. Mamat Z., Yimit H., Ji R.Z.A., Eziz M. 2014. Source identification and hazardous risk delineation of heavy metal contamination in Yanqi basin, northwest China. Science of the Total Environment, 493, 1098–1111.
• 23. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment 2015. National technical regulation on the allowable limits of heavy metals in the soils (QCVN 03-MT:2015/BTNMT). MoNRE, Hanoi, Vietnam.
• 24. Ministry of Science and Technology 2005. National standard 7538-2:2005 (ISO 10381-2:2002) on soil quality-sampling-part 2: guidance on sampling techniques. Ministry of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam.
• 25. Ministry of Science and Technology 2009. National standard TCVN 8246:2009 (EPA Method 7000B) on soil quality – flame atomic absorption spectro-photometry. Ministry of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam.
• 26. Mordhorst A., Zimmermann I., Fleige H., Horn R. 2022. Environmental risk of (heavy) metal release from urns into cemetery soils. Science of the Total Environment, 817, 152952.
• 27. Olawoyin R., Oyewole S.A., Grayson R.L. 2012. Potential risk effect from elevated levels of soil heavy metals on human health in the Niger delta. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 85, 120–130.
• 28. Quang T.D., Trang N.T.K 2018. Current status and some technical and environmental solutions in the exploitation of stone building materials in An Giang Province. Journal of Science and Technology Mining-Geology, 59(5), 77–84.
• 29. Solgi E., Abbas E.S., Alireza R.B., Hadipour M. 2012. Soil contamination of metals in the three industrial estates, Arak, Iran. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 88(4), 634–638.
• 30. Sun Y. 2017. Ecological risk evaluation of heavy metal pollution in soil based on simulation. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 26(4), 1693–1699.
• 31. Thongyuan S., Khantamoon T., Aendo P., Binot A., Tulayakul P. 2020. Ecological and health risk assessment, carcinogenic and noncarcinogenic effects of heavy metals contamination in the soil from municipal solid waste landfill in Central, Thailand. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, 21(4), 876–897.
• 32. Trinh L.T., Trang K.T.T., Trung N.T., Linh N.K., Tham T.T. 2018. Heavy metal accumulation and potential ecological risk assessment of surface sediments from Day river downstream. VNU Journal of Science: Earth and Environmental Sciences, 34(4), 140–147.
• 33. Wei B., Yang L. 2010. A review of heavy metal contaminations in urban soils, urban road dusts and agricultural soils from China. Microchemical Journal, 94(2), 99–107.
• 34. Wu Q., Hu W., Wang H., Liu P., Wang X., Huang B. 2021. Spatial distribution, ecological risk and sources of heavy metals in soils from a typical economic development area, Southeastern China. Science of The Total Environment, 780, 146557.
• 35. Zhang X.Y., Lin F.F., Wong M.T.F., Feng X.L., Wang K. 2009. Identification of soil heavy metal sources from anthropogenic activities and pollution assessment of Fuyang County, China. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 154(1–4), 439–449.