2019
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-019-00434-z
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Environmental and human health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in soil, sediments, and ore-processing wastes from a mining area of southwestern Tunisia

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“…High concentrations of PTE in the environment are a concern due to their toxicity, persistence, and bioaccumulation, which threaten the health of all living systems [ 28 ]. For example, PTE in soil affects the key microbial processes, decreases soil microorganism diversity and activity [ 29 ], and impacts the food chain systems in the environment [ 30 ]. Health issues associated with PTE are associated with respiration, hand-mouth ingestion, and direct skin contact [ 31 ].…”
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“…High concentrations of PTE in the environment are a concern due to their toxicity, persistence, and bioaccumulation, which threaten the health of all living systems [ 28 ]. For example, PTE in soil affects the key microbial processes, decreases soil microorganism diversity and activity [ 29 ], and impacts the food chain systems in the environment [ 30 ]. Health issues associated with PTE are associated with respiration, hand-mouth ingestion, and direct skin contact [ 31 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Health issues associated with PTE are associated with respiration, hand-mouth ingestion, and direct skin contact [ 31 ]. Excessive intake can lead to digestive disorders, respiratory diseases, abdominal pain, vomiting, anorexia, burnout, hemolysis, liver, and gallbladder damage [ 30 ]. Since urban green spaces are places where local populations can rest, play, and socialize, they often serve as family gathering sites after work [ 32 ].…”
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“…Unlike the A. Tessier et al scheme, a shorter set of chemical fractions is isolated by the BCR: F1acid-soluble (exchangeable and bound to carbonates), F2-reducible (bound to Fe/Mn oxides), F3-oxidizable (bound to organic matter and sulfides), F4-residual (metals within lithogenic minerals) fraction. BCR is also applied in some modifications to assess the ratio of HM forms in mangrove soils [47], soils in mining [9,48], industrial [49], and urban [5] areas; soils amended with waste composts or bio-sorbent materials [50,51]; airborne suspended particles [52]; river suspended sediments [53], soakaway sediments [54]; road dust in megacities [55], on various types of roads [56], and from industrial areas [57]; sewage sludge [58]; fly ash from wood biomass [59], and municipal waste incineration [10]; mining wastes [12], and ore-processing wastes [60]. For the sequential extraction of HMs from bottom sediments, the schemes according to M. Kersten and U. Förstner [61], H. Zeien and G.W.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Soil contamination around dismissed mines has been recently described throughout the world, e.g. in Tunisia (Khelifi et al 2019), France (Courtin-Nomade et al 2016), Spain (García-Carmona et al 2017), Czech Republic (Weissmannová et al 2019), Colombia (González-Martínez et al 2019) and China (Li et al 2014;Zhu et al 2019). Apart from monitoring soil quality, a growing concern on the potential risk to human health has led to a large number of studies assessing the risk to inhabitants and to the ecosystems around mining sites.…”
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confidence: 99%