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Comprehensive assessment of heavy metals pollution of farmland soil and crops in Jilin Province

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As a major agricultural province in China, it is necessary to study the content of heavy metals in farmland soil and crop in Jilin Province and to evaluate the risks to ecology and human health. This study presented the work completed on 79 soil samples, 10 rice samples, 66 maize samples and 15 soybean samples collected from Jilin Province farmland and evaluated six heavy metals (Zn, Cu, Pb, Cd, Hg and As) concentrations. The results showed that the concentrations of the six heavy metals in farmland soil and crop samples from Jilin Province basically met the soil standards and food health standards of China. The agricultural soil pollution spatial distribution was the most serious in the south of Jilin Province and the lightest in the west. The non-carcinogenic risks faced by children eating crops were higher than those of adults, but the carcinogenic risks were lower than those of adults. Both of the two health risks to adults and children from eating crops were very limited. The results would help determine the heavy metals pollution in farmland soil in Jilin Province efficiently and accurately and helped decision makers to achieve a balance between production and environmental regulation.

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This work was supported by the Key Scientific and Technology Research and Development Program of Jilin Province (20190303081SF) and the National Science Foundation of China (41571491 and 41877520). Thanks to the reviewers for their valuable suggestions for this paper.

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  1. Institute of Natural Disaster Research, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, People’s Republic of China

    Jingyao Peng, Fengxu Li, Jiquan Zhang, Yanan Chen, Zhijun Tong & Xingpeng Liu

  2. Key Laboratory for Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, No. 2555 Jingyue Street, Changchun, 130117, People’s Republic of China

    Jingyao Peng, Fengxu Li, Jiquan Zhang, Yanan Chen, Zhijun Tong & Xingpeng Liu

  3. State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, People’s Republic of China

    Jingyao Peng, Fengxu Li, Jiquan Zhang, Yanan Chen, Zhijun Tong & Xingpeng Liu

  4. Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, 130017, People’s Republic of China

    Tiehua Cao, Xuanhe Liang & Xin Zhao

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Peng, J., Li, F., Zhang, J. et al. Comprehensive assessment of heavy metals pollution of farmland soil and crops in Jilin Province. Environ Geochem Health 42, 4369–4383 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-019-00416-1

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