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Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in the Vicinity of the Abandoned Metal Mine Areas  

Lee, Jin-Soo (Technology Research Center, Mine Reclamation Corporation)
Kwon, Hyun-Ho (Technology Research Center, Mine Reclamation Corporation)
Shim, Yon-Sik (Technology Research Center, Mine Reclamation Corporation)
Kim, Tae-Heok (Technology Research Center, Mine Reclamation Corporation)
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Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment / v.12, no.1, 2007 , pp. 97-102 More about this Journal
Abstract
An environmental survey from three abandoned metal mine areas was undertaken on to assess the risk of adverse health effects on human exposure to heavy metals influenced by past mining activities. Tailings contained high concentrations of heavy metals may have a impact on soils and waters around the tailing piles. In order to perform the human risk assessment, chemical analysis data of soils, rice grains and waters for As, Cd, Cu and Pb have been used. The HQ values for heavy metals via the rice consumption were significantly higher compared with other exposure pathways in all metal mine areas. The resulting HI values in three mine areas were higher than 9.0, and their toxic risk due to rice ingestion was strong in these mine areas. The cancer risk of being exposed to As by the rice consumption from the A, B and C mine areas was $5.1\;{\times}\;10^{-3}$, $6.8\;{\times}\;10^{-3}$ and $3.1\;{\times}\;10^{-3}$, respectively. The As cancer risk via the exposure pathway of rice ingestion from these mine areas exceeds the acceptable risk of 1 in 10,000 set for regulatory purposes. Thus, the daily intakes of rice by the local residents from these mine areas can pose a potential health threat if exposed by long-term As exposure.
Keywords
Arsenic (As); Exposure pathway; Toxic risk; Cancer risk; Risk assessment;
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