The aim of our study is to determine the hyperaccumulatory properties by examining heavy metal accumulation (Co, Ni, Fe) in endemic Anchusa leptophlla subsp. tomentosa, Alyssum pateri pateri, Glaucium acutidentatum and non Erysimum uncinatifolium species collected from a copper mining area Elazığ Maden district. All are hyperaccumulator according their Bioconcentration Factor (BCF) values Co el...

This study evaluated the concentration of toxic elements in soil samples from agricultural fields districts Sachaca, Socabaya, Hunter, Quequeña, Yarabamba, Characato and Tiabaya city Arequipa, Peru. The ecological risk, enrichment factor (EF), geo-accumulation index (Igeo) integrated risk (RI) were estimated, while health was determined with hazard coefficient (HQ) (HI) values. Seven collected ...

Risk of metals in urban soils is less studied, compared to that in other types of soils, hindering accurate assessment of human exposure to metals. In this study, the concentrations of five metals (As, Cd, Cr, Pb, and Hg) were analyzed in 167 surface soil samples collected from Suzhou city and their potential ecological and human health risks were assessed. The mean concentrations of As, Cd, Pb...

Xi’an-Baoji Highway is one of the oldest and most important highways in northwest China. In this study, the concentrations (0-20 cm) of Pb, Zn, Cu and Cr at 5-1000 m distances in the roadside soils along Xi’an-Baoji Highway were experimentally determined to analyze their spatial distribution and evaluate their contamination levels. The spatial distribution (mg·kg) of Pb, Zn, Cu and Cr at 5-1000...

Heavy metals in road dust pose a significant threat to human health. This study investigated the concentrations, patterns, and sources of eight hazardous heavy (Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Pb, Hg) street Zhengzhou city PR China. Fifty-eight samples were analyzed based on three methods risk assessment, i.e., Geo-Accumulation Index (Igeo), Potential Ecological Risk Assessment (RI), Nemerow Synthetic ...

in this study, the concentrations of heavy metals (ca, zn, cu, fe, mn, ni) in thesediment of shavoor river in khuzestan province in iran has been investigated. after the library studies and field studies, six samples of water and sediment were taken from the river in order to evaluate heavy metal pollution in sediments. to determine the geochemical phases of metals in sediment samples the 5-ste...

The chemical speciation of heavy metals (arsenic, chromium, copper, lead, zinc and tin) in the sediments of former tin mining catchment Bestari Jaya, Peninsular Malaysia was determined by using the latest version of the Community Bureau of Reference, usually called the BCR 3-step sequential extraction procedure. Furthermore, a fourth step was introduced for digestion and analysis of the residue...