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Health risk assessment of heavy metals and pesticides: A case study in the main drinking water source in Dalian, China

Chemosphere (Oxford), 2020-03, Vol.242, p.125113 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. ;EISSN: 1879-1298 ;DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125113 ;PMID: 31896177

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  • Title:
    Health risk assessment of heavy metals and pesticides: A case study in the main drinking water source in Dalian, China
  • Author: Dong, Wanwan ; Zhang, Ying ; Quan, Xie
  • Subjects: Arsenic ; Cadmium ; China ; Copper - analysis ; Drinking Water - chemistry ; Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data ; Environmental Monitoring - methods ; Environmental Pollution - analysis ; Environmental Pollution - statistics & numerical data ; Humans ; Mercury - analysis ; Metals, Heavy - analysis ; Organic Chemicals ; Pesticides - analysis ; Risk Assessment ; Soil ; Soil Pollutants - analysis
  • Is Part Of: Chemosphere (Oxford), 2020-03, Vol.242, p.125113
  • Description: Health risk associated with drinking water has attracted increasing attention worldwide. Here, we conducted a survey on the main drinking water sources of Dalian in China to clarify the local human health risk associated with heavy metal and pesticide contaminants in the drinking water sources. The results showed that six heavy metals, namely, copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd), nickel (Ni), arsenic (As), and mercury (Hg), and two pesticides (atrazine and acetochlor) were detected in water samples, where the highest concentration of Hg (0.0621 μg L ) exceeded the domestic standard only. In addition to the above-mentioned metals, Cr was also detected in the sediment/soil samples. As to the pesticides, atrazine, acetochlor, hexachlorobenzene, p,p'-DDE, and p,p'-DDD were detected in the sediment/soil samples at ng g levels, and atrazine and acetochlor were found in water samples at ng L levels. The human health risk assessment showed no marked difference in carcinogenic and noncarcinogenic risks from drinking water. Our study approved that hexachlorobenzene and arsenic were the main contributors to human carcinogenic risks, which were calculated at the level of 10 . Furthermore, sediment and soil ingestion was considered as the major source of human health risk in our study area. This study revealed the current pollution status in the surrounding area of the drinking water source and the main source associated with human health risk, which established a sound basis for further decision-making to take necessary action on pollution control.
  • Publisher: England
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: EISSN: 1879-1298
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125113
    PMID: 31896177
  • Source: MEDLINE
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