Source analysis and ecological risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in farmland soil around a mining area
Ying Hu, Jiantong Lu, Yan Gao, Xiaotang Ye, Chi Zhang, Jiankuan Li, Hewan Huang, Chenxi Li · 2026
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Ying Hu and colleagues present a 2026 journal article assessing toxic metals in farmland soil around the Baiyun Mountain mining area in Nanyang, China. The team collected 437 surface soil samples and measured nine potentially toxic elements, then modeled both ecological risk and where the pollution comes from. Such work guides cleanup and farming decisions near mines.
Most samples rated clean, at 93.82 percent, with 5.49 percent at mild risk and 0.69 percent at severe risk. Mercury was the main risk driver, and zinc, molybdenum, and mercury all exceeded provincial background levels. Source modeling split the load five ways, led by natural parent rock at about twenty-six percent and a transport-and-mining mix at about twenty-six percent.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ying Hu, Jiantong Lu, Yan Gao, Xiaotang Ye, Chi Zhang, Jiankuan Li, Hewan Huang, Chenxi Li |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 53574 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |