Arsenic in vegetables poses a health risk in the vicinity of a mining area in the southern Hunan Province, China

A field survey was conducted to determine the pollution grade, sources, potential ecological risk, and health risk of soil potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in Xikuangshan Mine (XKS), the largest antimony (Sb) deposit in the world. A total of 106 topsoil samples were collected from 6 sites in XKS to measure the concentrations of PTEs Cr, Zn, Cd, Pb, As, Hg, and Sb. The results show that the average concentrations of these elements at all six sites were generally greater than their corresponding background values in Hunan province, especially Sb, Hg, and As. Correlation and principal component analyses suggested that Cd, Zn, Pb, Hg, and Sb were primarily released from mining and other industrial and human activities, while Cr and As were mainly impacted by the parent material from pedogenesis. A risk index analysis showed that, overall, sites were at very high ecological risk, and Sb is the highest ecological risk factor, followed by Cd and Hg. According to health risk assessment, oral ingestion is the main non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risk exposure route. The higher potentially non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risks happen to the local children who live in the vicinity of mining area. It revealed that the mining and smelting processes of XKS have negatively influenced the local people, therefore, we should pay increasing attention to this practical issue and take effective measures to protect the ecology of XKS.

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Distribution of radon and risk assessment of its radiation dose in groundwater drinking for village people nearby the W-polymetallic metallogenic district at Dongpo in southern Hunan province, China

Applied Radiation and Isotopes ◽

10.1016/j.apradiso.2019.05.008 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 151 ◽

pp. 39-45 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Wanyu Tan ◽

Yongmei Li ◽

Kaixuan Tan ◽

Yanshi Xie ◽

Shili Han ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Radiation Dose ◽

Hunan Province ◽

Village People ◽

Southern Hunan ◽

Southern Hunan Province

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Mineralogy, geochemistry and ore genesis of the Dawan uranium deposit in southern Hunan Province, South China

Journal of Geochemical Exploration ◽

10.1016/j.gexplo.2013.12.009 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 138 ◽

pp. 59-71 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Kui-Dong Zhao ◽

Shao-Yong Jiang ◽

Wei-Feng Chen ◽

Pei-Rong Chen ◽

Hong-Fei Ling

Keyword(s):

South China ◽

Uranium Deposit ◽

Hunan Province ◽

Ore Genesis ◽

Southern Hunan ◽

Southern Hunan Province

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Analysis for Enterprise Financial Distress in Southern Hunan Province and Its Countermeasures ---Case Study on Jingui Silver Industry and Hunan Chendian International

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Management, Education, Information and Control (MEICI 2017) ◽

10.2991/meici-17.2017.84 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Xiao Yuann ◽

Zhou Likun ◽

Zeng Hui

Keyword(s):

Financial Distress ◽

Hunan Province ◽

Southern Hunan ◽

Southern Hunan Province

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Research on Thermal Behavior Sustainable Design of Chinese Traditional Dwellings in Southern Hunan Province

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.753-755.529 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 753-755 ◽

pp. 529-533

Author(s):

Jian He Xu ◽

Jian Mei He

Keyword(s):

Thermal Behavior ◽

Physical Environment ◽

Sustainable Design ◽

Modern Technology ◽

Hunan Province ◽

Direct Influence ◽

Field Assessment ◽

Construction Experience ◽

Southern Hunan ◽

Southern Hunan Province

The paper focuses on studying thermal behavior of the historical dwellings in southern Hunan. The field assessment was conducted based on the analysis of the space temperature, comparing the physical environment in different locations, as well as researching the sunshade of lanes and eaves. The results show that the thermal behaviors of the historical dwellings are meet ecological standards. The technology can be regarded as an excellent construction experience and it has a direct influence on local building environment. By assessing our traditional village with modern technology, we can know of the builders wisdom on how to work with nature and save resources.

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Middle to late Jurassic felsic and mafic magmatism in southern Hunan province, southeast China: Implications for a continental arc to rifting

Lithos ◽

10.1016/j.lithos.2008.10.006 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 107 (3-4) ◽

pp. 185-204 ◽

Cited By ~ 234

Author(s):

Yao-Hui Jiang ◽

Shao-Yong Jiang ◽

Bao-Zhang Dai ◽

Shi-Yong Liao ◽

Kui-Dong Zhao ◽

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Keyword(s):

Late Jurassic ◽

Hunan Province ◽

Southeast China ◽

Mafic Magmatism ◽

Continental Arc ◽

Southern Hunan ◽

Southern Hunan Province

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Soil from an Abandoned Manganese Mining Area (Hunan, China): Significance of Health Risk from Potentially Toxic Element Pollution and Its Spatial Context

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17186554 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (18) ◽

pp. 6554 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Xin Luo ◽

Bozhi Ren ◽

Andrew S. Hursthouse ◽

Jonathan R. M. Thacker ◽

Zhenghua Wang

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Health Risk ◽

Ecological Risk ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Risk Index ◽

Mining Area ◽

Carcinogenic Risk ◽

Toxic Element ◽

Hunan Province ◽

Potentially Toxic Element

This study assessed the significance and potential impact of potentially toxic element (PTE) (i.e., Mn, Pb, Cu, Zn, Cr, Cd, and Ni) pollution in the surface soil from an abandoned manganese mining area in Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, China, on the health of residents. The risks were sequentially evaluated using a series of protocols including: the geo-accumulation index (Igeo), pollution load index (PLI), potential ecological risk index (RI), and implications for human health from external exposures using the hazard quotient (HQ), hazard index (HI) and carcinogenic risk (CR). The results revealed that Mn and Cd were the major pollutants in the soil samples. The ecological risk assessment identified moderate risks, which were mainly derived from Cd (82.91%). The results of the health risk assessment revealed that generally across the area, the non-carcinogenic risk was insignificant, and the carcinogenic risk was at an acceptable level. However, due to local spatial fluctuation, some of the sites presented a non-carcinogenic risk to children. The soil ingestion pathway is the main route of exposure through both non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risks, with Mn being the major contributor to non-carcinogenic risk, with Cr and Cd the major contributors to carcinogenic risk. In addition, three pollution sources were identified through the Pearson correlation coefficient and principal component analysis (PCA), which included: a. mining activities and emissions from related transportation; b. natural background; c. agricultural management practices and municipal sewage discharge. The study provides information on the effects of spatial variation for the development of the abandoned mining areas and a useful approach to the prioritization of locations for the development and utilization of soil in these areas in China.

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