Risk assessment from exposure to arsenic, antimony, and selenium in urban gardens (Madrid, Spain)
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- 作者：Eduardo De Miguel ; Miguel Izquierdo ; Amaia Gó ; mez ; Juan Mingot and Fernando Barrio-Parra
- 刊名：Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：February 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：36
- 期：2
- 页码：544-550
- 全文大小：414K
- ISSN：1552-8618
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The authors discuss the geochemical behavior of arsenic (As), antimony (Sb), and selenium (Se) in urban gardens and the human health implications associated with urban agriculture. A total of 42 samples from 7 urban gardens in Madrid, Spain, were collected from the top 20 cm of soil. Concentrations of As, Sb, and Se and the main soil properties (i.e., total iron, pH, texture, calcium carbonate, and organic matter) were determined. A significant correlation was found between As and Sb and calcium carbonate, indicating the possibility of surface adsorption or ligand exchange with the carbonate group. Also, Sb seemed to form stable chelates with soil organic matter. On the other hand, Se showed a significant association with clay and iron content. The concentration of Sb in soil exceeded the recommended value for agricultural use in 70% of the urban gardens. A human health risk assessment resulted in acceptable levels of both noncarcinogenic and carcinogenic risks (although with elevated values of the latter), with As as the main risk driver and soil and food ingestion as the main exposure pathways. The numerical results of the risk assessment should be interpreted with caution given the considerable uncertainties in some exposure variables and the lack of quantitative values for the suspected carcinogenicity of Sb and Se. Environ Toxicol Chem 2017;36:544–550.