Contamination and risk of heavy metals in soils and sediments from a typical plastic waste recycling area in North China

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 122, Issue , 2015, Pages 343-351

  Tang, Zhenwu ^a   Zhang, Lianzhen ^a   Huang, Qifei ^b   Yang, Yufei ^b   Nie, Zhiqiang ^b   Cheng, Jiali ^c   Yang, Jun ^d   Wang, Yuwen ^a   Chai, Miao ^a  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Heavy metal; Plastic waste recycling; Pollution; Risks; Soils and sediments

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; PLASTIC; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; PLASTIC WASTE; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HEALTH HAZARD; PLASTIC WASTE; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; SURFACE SOIL; WASTE; ADULT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; RISK; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CHINA; HEBEI; WENAN;

ADULT; CHINA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; PLASTICS; RECYCLING; RISK; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84940023596     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.08.006     Document Type: Article

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