Source Apportionment and Ecological Risk of Heavy Metals in Soil
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemoenvironment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 4163
Special Issue Editor
2. State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
Interests: source apportionment; geostatistics; spatial prediction
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Soil is the most important reservoir of pollutants in the terrestrial ecosystem. With rapid urbanization and industrialization, soil pollution has internationally recognized a global problem, with implications for global food security and human health. Among various pollutants in soils, heavy metals are particularly hazardous due to their cumulative toxicity and persistence, which are attracting more and more attention. The sources of heavy metals in soils are very complex, including natural and anthropogenic sources, leading to the spatial heterogeneity of heavy metals in soils. The heavy metals in soils may threaten human health through inhalation, ingestion, and dermal absorption. Although heavy metals in soils are monitored in most countries, the knowledge on source apportionment and ecological risk of heavy metals in soils needs to be enhanced in order to provide effective references for soil management and remediation. This Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) focuses on source apportionment, spatial prediction, human health risk assessment, and regulation strategies of heavy metals in soils.
Dr. Jianshu Lv
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- heavy metals in soils
- source apportionment
- spatial prediction
- ecological risk
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