Pollution and health risk assessment of rare earth elements in Citrus sinensis growing soil in mining area of southern China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Analyzing the pollution and health risk of rare earth elements (REEs) in crop-growing soils around rare earth deposits can facilitate the improvement of REE mining-influenced area. In this study, pollution status, fraction and anomaly, plant accumulation characteristics, and potential risks of REEs (including heavy and light rare earth elements, HREEs and LREEs) in C. sinensis planting soil near ion-adsorption deposits in southern Ganzhou were analyzed. The influence of the soil environment on REEs in soil and fruit of C. sinensis was also explored.

Methods

The geo-accumulation index (I_geo) and ecological risk index(RI) were used to analyze the pollution potential and ecological risks of REEs in soils, respectively. Health risk index and t

SUBMITTER: Lai J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10252884 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature