The risk assessment of inorganic and organic pollutant levels in an urban area affected by intensive industry

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41210%2F21%3A85489" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41210/21:85489 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10661-020-08825-x" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10661-020-08825-x</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-08825-x" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10661-020-08825-x</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The risk assessment of inorganic and organic pollutant levels in an urban area affected by intensive industry
Original language description
The city of Litvinov (North Bohemia, Czech Republic) is seriously affected by coal mining, coal processing, and intensive industrial activities. Within the urban area, the potential environmental hazard of risk elements (in soil and vegetation) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs, in soils) was estimated using selected environmental and human health hazard indices. In total, 24 sites were sampled, including the city center, residential areas, industrialized zone, and areas close to operating and/or abandoned coal mines. The results showed elevated values of As, Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn in soils (the maximum levels of individual pollution indices varied between 3 and 5 for As, Pb, and Zn), the risk assessment code (RAC) values indicated high bioaccessibility of Cd and Zn. The high mobility of Cd was confirmed by their bioaccumulation factors (BAF) in the aboveground biomass of Taraxacum sect. Ruderalia and Polygonum aviculare, reaching up to 1,9 and 2,9, respectively. The Cd content in plants pre
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project
<a href="/en/project/GA17-00859S" target="_blank" >GA17-00859S: Environmental impact assessment and possible pathways and transformations of selected toxic elements in the contaminated area</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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