Autor segons l'article: Shomar, Basem; Sankaran, Rajendran; Solano, Joaquim Rovira
Departament: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
Autor/s de la URV: Rovira Solano, Joaquim
Paraules clau: Trace elements; Topsoil; Soil pollutants; Soil; Risk assessment; Rare-earth-elements; Qatar; Metals, heavy; Humans; Human health risks; Environmental pollution; Environmental monitoring; Ecological risks; Arid areas; topsoil; soil properties; pcdd/fs; human health risks; gis; ecological risks; contamination; arid areas
Resum: Soil is the incubator of human activities. Mapping of soil contaminants needs to be constantly updated. It is fragile in arid regions, especially if it accompanies dramatic and successive industrial and urban activities in addition to the climate change. Contaminants affecting soil are changing due to natural and anthropogenic influences. Sources, transport and impacts of trace elements including toxic heavy metals need continuous investigations. We sampled soil in accessible sites in the State of Qatar. An inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) and an inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) were used to determine the concentrations of Ag, Al, As, Ba, C, Ca, Ce, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Dy, Er, Eu, Fe, Gd, Ho, K, La, Lu, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Nd, Ni, Pb, Pr, S, Se, Sm, Sr, Tb, Tm, U, V, Yb and Zn. The study also presents new maps for the spatial distribution of these elements using the World Geodetic System 1984 (projected on UTM Zone 39N) which is based on socio-economic development and land use planning. The study assessed the ecological risks and human health risks of these elements in soil. The calculations showed no ecological risks associated with the tested elements in soil. However, the contamination factor (CF) for Sr (CF > 6) in two sampling locations calls for further investigations. More important, human health risks were not detected for population living in Qatar and the results were within the acceptable range of the international standards (hazard quotient HQ < 1 and Cancer risk between 10-5 and 10-6). Soil remains a critical component with water and food nexus. In Qatar and arid regions, fresh water is absent and soil is very poor. Our findings enhance the establishment of scientific strategies for investigating soil pollution and potential risks to achieve food security.Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier Inc.
Àrees temàtiques: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros; Saúde coletiva; Química; Public, environmental & occupational health; Public health, environmental and occupational health; Psicología; Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia; Odontología; Medicina iii; Medicina ii; Medicina i; Materiais; Interdisciplinar; Geociências; General medicine; General environmental science; Farmacia; Environmental sciences; Environmental science (miscellaneous); Environmental science (all); Ensino; Engenharias iii; Engenharias ii; Engenharias i; Enfermagem; Educação física; Direito; Ciências biológicas iii; Ciências biológicas ii; Ciências biológicas i; Ciências ambientais; Ciências agrárias i; Ciência de alimentos; Biotecnología; Biodiversidade; Biochemistry; Astronomia / física
Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: joaquim.rovira@urv.cat
Data d'alta del registre: 2025-02-18
Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Enllaç font original: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935123002487?via%3Dihub
URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Referència a l'article segons font original: Environmental Research. 225 115456-115456
Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Shomar, Basem; Sankaran, Rajendran; Solano, Joaquim Rovira (2023). Mapping of trace elements in topsoil of arid areas and assessment of ecological and human health risks in Qatar. Environmental Research, 225(), 115456-115456. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115456
DOI de l'article: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115456
Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Any de publicació de la revista: 2023
Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications
Repositori URV