Soil Chromium Accumulation in Industrial Regions across China: Pollution and Health Risk Assessment, Spatial Pattern, and Temporal Trend (2002–2021)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Collection
2.2. Geochemical Accumulation Index (Igeo)
2.3. Monomial Potential Ecological Risk Index (E)
2.4. Health Risk Assessment
2.5. Monte Carlo Simulation
3. Results
3.1. Soil Cr Levels in Industrial Regions across China
3.2. Pollution and Ecological Risk Assessment
3.3. Health Risk Assessment
3.4. Spatial Distribution Pattern
3.5. Temporal Trend of Soil Cr Concentrations in Industrial Regions
4. Discussion
4.1. Priority Control Industries and Comparison with Other Studies
4.2. Priority Control Areas and Potential Future Focus
4.3. Interpretations of the Temporal Trend
4.4. Comparison with Existing Studies
4.5. Limitations
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Li, Y.; Pan, S.; Wang, L.; Jia, F.; Lu, F.; Shi, J. Soil Chromium Accumulation in Industrial Regions across China: Pollution and Health Risk Assessment, Spatial Pattern, and Temporal Trend (2002–2021). Toxics 2023, 11, 363. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11040363
Li Y, Pan S, Wang L, Jia F, Lu F, Shi J. Soil Chromium Accumulation in Industrial Regions across China: Pollution and Health Risk Assessment, Spatial Pattern, and Temporal Trend (2002–2021). Toxics. 2023; 11(4):363. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11040363
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Yifan, Siyi Pan, Lubin Wang, Fei Jia, Feiyu Lu, and Jiyan Shi. 2023. "Soil Chromium Accumulation in Industrial Regions across China: Pollution and Health Risk Assessment, Spatial Pattern, and Temporal Trend (2002–2021)" Toxics 11, no. 4: 363. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11040363