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Title: Risk assessment of heavy metals pollution in agricultural soils of siling reservoir watershed in Zhejiang province, China
Authors: Naveedullah, Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Hashmi, M.Z
Yu, C
Shen, H 
Duan, D
Shen, C
Lou, L
Chen, Y
Keywords: cadmium
chromium
copper
lead
zinc
heavy metal
article
China
cluster analysis
concentration (parameters)
controlled study
ensiling
maximum permissible dose
principal component analysis
reservoir
risk assessment
seasonal variation
soil pollution
summer
water supply
watershed
winter
chemistry
human
isolation and purification
pollution
water pollution
Chemistry, Agricultural
China
Environmental Pollution
Humans
Metals, Heavy
Risk Assessment
Water Pollution, Chemical
Issue Date: 2013
Citation: Naveedullah, Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China, Hashmi, M.Z, Yu, C, Shen, H, Duan, D, Shen, C, Lou, L, Chen, Y (2013). Risk assessment of heavy metals pollution in agricultural soils of siling reservoir watershed in Zhejiang province, China. BioMed Research International 2013 : 590306. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/590306
Rights: Attribution 4.0 International
Abstract: Presence of heavy metals in agriculture soils above the permissible limit poses threats to public health. In this study, concentrations of seven metals were determined in agricultural soils from Yuhang county, Zhejiang, China. Multivariate statistical approaches were used to study the variation of metals in soils during summer and winter seasons. Contamination of soils was evaluated on the basis of enrichment factor (EF), geoaccumulation index (I geo), contamination factor (C f), and degree of contamination (C deg). Heavy metal concentrations were observed higher in winter as compared to summer season. Cr and Cd revealed random distribution with diverse correlations in both seasons. Principal component analysis and cluster analysis showed significant anthropogenic intrusions of Zn, Cd, Pb, Cr, and Cu in the soils. Enrichment factor revealed significant enrichment (EF > 5) of Zn, Cd, and Pb, whereas geoaccumulation index and contamination factor exhibited moderate to high contamination for Zn, Cr, Cd, and Pb. In light of the studied parameters, permissible limit to very high degree of contamination (C deg > 16) was observed in both seasons. © 2013 Naveedullah et al.
Source Title: BioMed Research International
URI: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/183195
ISSN: 23146133
DOI: 10.1155/2013/590306
Rights: Attribution 4.0 International
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