Micrometal sources and potential pollution status in intensive and monoculture agriculture

Authors : Tuğba Şimşek, Nilgün Kalkancı, Dr. Cafer Hakan Yılmaz, Gökhan Büyük

Pages : 866-885

Doi:10.37908/mkutbd.1722760

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Publication Date : 2025-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :In this study, the concentrations of micrometalloids (MMs) such as Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, Ni, Cd, Co, Pb and Cr were determined in 165 soil samples collected from 0-20 cm depth by determining their locations from agricultural lands in Osmaniye province.The average concentrations of Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn were detected 3.30, 0.16, 103, 18.52, 0.16, 17093, 126.3, 232.61, 2.71 and 52.19 mg kg−1, respectively. The results of this study showed that Ni, Co and Cr are due to geological erosion of the parent material, Fe, Mn and Cd are due to both lithogenic and different anthropogenic sources and Pb is due to atmospheric factors. The average concentrations of Ni, Cd and Cr among MMs in the investigated agricultural soils exceeded the UCC concentrations used for the calculation of environmental and ecological risk indices. Although non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risks do not pose a threat to the inhabitants of the region at the moment, the accumulation of MMs and the level of contamination of soils indicate that they may pose a threat in the near future. Furthermore, HQ and HI values for ingestion and dermal were found to be higher in children than in adults, indicating that children are more affected by MMs in agricultural soils. the high concentration of a MM in soils where pollution is investigated may directly depend on the parent material of the soils studied, as in this study. Therefore, in such studies, sampling should be done from the main material.
Keywords : Osmaniye, Agricultural soils, Sağlık riskleri, Kirlilik kaynakları, Mikrometaloit

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