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Spatial Distribution, Sources Apportionment and Health Risk of Metals in Topsoil in Beijing, China

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  • Chunyuan Sun

    (Urban Environmental Process and Digital Modeling Laboratory, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China)

  • Wenji Zhao

    (Urban Environmental Process and Digital Modeling Laboratory, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China)

  • Qianzhong Zhang

    (Urban Environmental Process and Digital Modeling Laboratory, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China)

  • Xue Yu

    (Urban Environmental Process and Digital Modeling Laboratory, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China)

  • Xiaoxia Zheng

    (Urban Environmental Process and Digital Modeling Laboratory, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China)

  • Jiayin Zhao

    (College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China)

  • Ming Lv

    (Medical Engineering Department, The General Hospital of Chinese People’s Armed Police Forces, Beijing 100039, China)

Abstract

In order to acquire the pollution feature and regularities of distribution of metals in the topsoil within the sixth ring road in Beijing, a total of 46 soil samples were collected, and the concentrations of twelve elements (Nickel, Ni, Lithium, Li, Vanadium, V, Cobalt, Co, Barium, Ba, Strontium, Sr, Chrome, Cr, Molybdenum, Mo, Copper, Cu, Cadmium, Cd, Zinc, Zn, Lead, Pb) were analyzed. Geostatistics and multivariate statistics were conducted to identify spatial distribution characteristics and sources. In addition, the health risk of the analyzed heavy metals to humans (adult) was evaluated by an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency health risk assessment model. The results indicate that these metals have notable variation in spatial scale. The concentration of Cr was high in the west and low in the east, while that of Mo was high in the north and low in the south. High concentrations of Cu, Cd, Zn, and Pb were found in the central part of the city. The average enrichment degree of Cd is 5.94, reaching the standard of significant enrichment. The accumulation of Cr, Mo, Cu, Cd, Zn, and Pb is influenced by anthropogenic activity, including vehicle exhaustion, coal burning, and industrial processes. Health risk assessment shows that both non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risks of selected heavy metals are within the safety standard and the rank of the carcinogenic risk of the four heavy metals is Cr > Co > Ni > Cd.

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  • Chunyuan Sun & Wenji Zhao & Qianzhong Zhang & Xue Yu & Xiaoxia Zheng & Jiayin Zhao & Ming Lv, 2016. "Spatial Distribution, Sources Apportionment and Health Risk of Metals in Topsoil in Beijing, China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 13(7), pages 1-14, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:13:y:2016:i:7:p:727-:d:74309
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    1. Lei Yu & Jiemin Cheng & Jincheng Zhan & Aixia Jiang, 2016. "Environmental quality and sources of heavy metals in the topsoil based on multivariate statistical analyses: a case study in Laiwu City, Shandong Province, China," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 81(3), pages 1435-1445, April.
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