Publication detail

Potential Ecological Risk and Human Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution in Industrial Affected Soils by Coal Mining and Metallurgy in Ostrava, Czech Republic

DOLEŽALOVÁ WEISSMANNOVÁ, H. MIHOČOVÁ, S. CHOVANEC, P. PAVLOVSKÝ, J.

Original Title

Potential Ecological Risk and Human Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution in Industrial Affected Soils by Coal Mining and Metallurgy in Ostrava, Czech Republic

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The purpose of this detailed research was to determine the actual status of heavy metal pollution of soils and an assessment of heavy metal pollution in a highly industrialized city, Ostrava, with a history of long-term impacts from the metallurgy industry and mining. The ecological risks to the area was subsequently also assessed. The heavy metals Cd, Hg, Cu, Mn, Pb, V, Zn, Cr and Fe were determined in top-soils (0–20 cm) using atomic absorption spectrometry (F AAS, GF AAS) from three areas with different anthropogenic loads. The obtained data expressed as mean metal concentrations were very varied among the sampled soils and values of all analyzed metal concentrations were higher than its background levels. To identify the ecological risk and assessment of soil pollution, various pollution indices were calculated, such as single pollution indices (Igeo, CF, EF, PI) and total complex indices (IPI, PLI, PINemerow, Cdeg, mCdeg, Er and PERI). The identification of pollution sources was assessed using Pearson’s correlation analysis and multivariate methods (HCA, PCA/FA). The obtained results confirmed three major groups of metals (Fe–Cr, Pb–Cu and Mn–V). A human health risk was identified in the case of Pb, Cd and Cr, and the HI value of V for children also exceeded

Keywords

heavy metals; soils; pollution assessment; ecological risk; human health risk

Authors

DOLEŽALOVÁ WEISSMANNOVÁ, H.; MIHOČOVÁ, S.; CHOVANEC, P.; PAVLOVSKÝ, J.

Released

14. 11. 2019

Publisher

MDPI

Location

Switzerland

ISBN

1660-4601

Periodical

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Year of study

16

Number

22

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

1

Pages to

19

Pages count

19

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/22/4495

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/181130

BibTex

@article{BUT160149,
  author="Helena {Doležalová Weissmannová} and Silvie {Mihočová} and Petr {Chovanec} and Jiří {Pavlovský}",
  title="Potential Ecological Risk and Human Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution in Industrial Affected Soils by Coal Mining and Metallurgy in Ostrava, Czech Republic",
  journal="International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health",
  year="2019",
  volume="16",
  number="22",
  pages="1--19",
  doi="10.3390/ijerph16224495",
  issn="1660-4601",
  url="https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/22/4495"
}