Health risks of thallium in contaminated arable soils and food crops irrigated with wastewater from a sulfuric acid plant in western Guangdong province, China

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-81

  Wang, Chunlin ^a   Chen, Yongheng ^b   Liu, Juan ^b   Wang, Jin ^b   Li, Xiangping ^b   Zhang, Yongbo ^a   Liu, Yimin ^a  

^a Guangdong Provincial Academy of Environmental Science   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crop uptake; Health risk; Soil contamination; Thallium; Wastewater irrigation

Indexed keywords

SULFURIC ACID; THALLIUM;

ARABLE LAND; CONTAMINATED LAND; CROP; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; IRRIGATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SULFURIC ACID; THALLIUM; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NONHUMAN; SOIL POLLUTION; SOYBEAN; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SULFURIC ACIDS; THALLIUM; WASTE WATER;

CHINA; GUANGDONG;

EID: 84874280385     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.12.014     Document Type: Article

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