TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment of arsenic and fluorine in surface soil to determine environmental and health risk factors in the Comarca Lagunera, Mexico
AU - Sariñana-Ruiz, Yareli A.
AU - Vazquez-Arenas, Jorge
AU - Sosa-Rodríguez, Fabiola S.
AU - Labastida, Israel
AU - Armienta, Ma Aurora
AU - Aragón-Piña, Antonio
AU - Escobedo-Bretado, Miguel A.
AU - González-Valdez, Laura S.
AU - Ponce-Peña, Patricia
AU - Ramírez-Aldaba, Hugo
AU - Lara, René H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Total, bioaccessible and mobile concentrations of arsenic and fluorine are determined in polluted surface soil within the Comarca Lagunera region using standardized protocols to obtain a full description of the environmental behavior for these elements. The composition of mineral phases associated with them is evaluated with microscopic and spectroscopic techniques. Mineralogical characterizations indicate that ultra-fine particles (<1–5 μm) including mimetite-vanadite (Pb5(AsO4)3Cl, Pb5(AsO4, VO4)3Cl)-like, lead arseniate (Pb3(AsO4)2)-like and complex arsenic-bearing compounds are main arsenic-bearing phases, while fluorite (CaF2) is the only fluorine-bearing phase. Total fluorine and arsenic concentrations in surface soil range from 89.75 to 926.63 and 2.7–78.6 mg kg−1, respectively, exceeding in many points a typical baseline value for fluorine (321 mg kg−1), and trigger level criterion for arsenic soil remediation (20 mg kg−1); whereas fluoride and arsenic concentrations in groundwater vary from 0.24 to 1.8 mg L−1 and 0.12–0.650 mg L−1, respectively. The main bioaccessible percentages of soil in the gastric phase (SBRC-G) are estimated for arsenic from 1 to 63%, and this parameter in the intestinal phase (SBRC-I) fluorine from 2 to 46%, suggesting human health risks for this region. While a negligible/low mobility is found in soil for arsenic (0.1–11%), an important mobility is determined for fluorine (2–39%), indicating environmental risk related to potential fluorine release. The environmental and health risks connected to arsenic and fluorine are discussed based on experimental data.
AB - Total, bioaccessible and mobile concentrations of arsenic and fluorine are determined in polluted surface soil within the Comarca Lagunera region using standardized protocols to obtain a full description of the environmental behavior for these elements. The composition of mineral phases associated with them is evaluated with microscopic and spectroscopic techniques. Mineralogical characterizations indicate that ultra-fine particles (<1–5 μm) including mimetite-vanadite (Pb5(AsO4)3Cl, Pb5(AsO4, VO4)3Cl)-like, lead arseniate (Pb3(AsO4)2)-like and complex arsenic-bearing compounds are main arsenic-bearing phases, while fluorite (CaF2) is the only fluorine-bearing phase. Total fluorine and arsenic concentrations in surface soil range from 89.75 to 926.63 and 2.7–78.6 mg kg−1, respectively, exceeding in many points a typical baseline value for fluorine (321 mg kg−1), and trigger level criterion for arsenic soil remediation (20 mg kg−1); whereas fluoride and arsenic concentrations in groundwater vary from 0.24 to 1.8 mg L−1 and 0.12–0.650 mg L−1, respectively. The main bioaccessible percentages of soil in the gastric phase (SBRC-G) are estimated for arsenic from 1 to 63%, and this parameter in the intestinal phase (SBRC-I) fluorine from 2 to 46%, suggesting human health risks for this region. While a negligible/low mobility is found in soil for arsenic (0.1–11%), an important mobility is determined for fluorine (2–39%), indicating environmental risk related to potential fluorine release. The environmental and health risks connected to arsenic and fluorine are discussed based on experimental data.
KW - Arsenic
KW - Bioaccessible concentrations
KW - Comarca Lagunera
KW - Fluorine
KW - Mobility
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U2 - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.03.032
DO - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.03.032
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 28340462
AN - SCOPUS:85015772227
SN - 0045-6535
VL - 178
SP - 391
EP - 401
JO - Chemosphere
JF - Chemosphere
ER -