Author(s)

Xiaopeng Zhang ^1,2, Zhenru Niu ^1,2, Ting Yuan ^1,2, Wang Qian ^1,2, Youjun Zhang ^1,2, Weigui Qu ^1,2

Affiliation(s)

¹ Tianjin North China Geological Exploration General Institute, Tianjin, 300170, PR China
² Tianjin North China Geological Exploration General Institute Co., Ltd., Tianjin, 300170, PR China

Corresponding Author

Xiaopeng Zhang

ABSTRACT

Taking an abandoned concentrator as an example, the characteristics of heavy metal pollution in the soil of this site was explored, and the carcinogenic risk and harm quotient of heavy metal pollution to human body was evaluated. The results showed that: 1) the carcinogenic risk and hazard quotient of three heavy metals (As, Sb, Cd) in the soil of the plot were unacceptable; 2) The risk of lead (Pb) pollutants in the soil of the plot to human body is unacceptable. Combined with the plot development and utilization planning, the actual needs of pollution prevention and control, and the economic and environmental benefits, a risk control scheme aimed at preventing the spread of pollution was proposed, and the benefits of risk control were analyzed.

KEYWORDS

Mineral processing, Soil, Heavy metals, Contaminated plots, Health risk assessment, Risk control

CITE THIS PAPER

Xiaopeng Zhang, Zhenru Niu, Ting Yuan, Wang Qian, Youjun Zhang, Weigui Qu, Health Risk Assessment and Control Countermeasures of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soil in an Abandoned Concentrator in Guangxi. Environment, Resource and Ecology Journal (2022) Vol. 6: 86-93. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/erej.2022.060413.

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