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Ecological and human health risk assessment of sites with heavy metal contaminated soils in Isfahan metropolitan

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The city of Isfahan is one of the most populous cities and is a crossroads of major industries, mines, and agricultural activities in Iran, so there is a considerable probability of ecological and health hazards. In this study, more than 1800 sample’s data were collected from previous studies on the concentration of heavy metals in the soil of Isfahan and the ecological risk and non-carcinogenic risk of lead, cadmium, chromium, nickel and zinc for heavy metal sites were calculated. The results show that under the influence of human activities, in most cases, the enrichment factor is large and indicates a high ecological risk. In addition, as non-carcinogenic risk for children is over 2.5, there is a high health risk for children, especially with the source of street dust; therefore, special attention needs for preventing ingestion of dust by children. However, polluted soils provide no significant risk to adults.

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Soltanian, M., Gitipour, S. & Baghdadi, M. Ecological and human health risk assessment of sites with heavy metal contaminated soils in Isfahan metropolitan. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 19, 12357–12368 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-022-04481-5

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