Open AccessHealth risk assessment for people consuming agricultural products grown in the zone of aluminum production
Author(s) -
S. V. Ivanova,
I. A. Ryabchikova
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/408/1/012023
Subject(s) - agriculture , environmental science , human health , carcinogen , health hazard , toxicology , maximum allowable concentration , risk assessment , pollution , production (economics) , health risk assessment , environmental health , agricultural science , geography , biology , medicine , ecology , computer security , archaeology , macroeconomics , computer science , economics , genetics
Most of the Russian people consume products grown in their gardens located near large industrial centers. Toxic substances can enter the human body together with agricultural products grown on polluted land. The article aims to assess carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risks to health of people consuming agricultural products (root and tuber crops) grown in the area affected by aluminum production (the Southern Baikal region). The risk was assessed using a model developed by U.S.EPA. The carcinogenic risk for average concentrations of benz(a)pyrene in vegetables was CR=1.09·10 -4 . The value is between maximum permissible and unacceptable levels. The chronic non-carcinogenic risk exceeds the safe value four times (HI = 4.15) due to large doses of iron (HQ=2.47) and nickel (HQ=0.88). The total value of the hazard coefficient for fluorine (HQ=0.74) entering the human body with root and tuber crops does not exceed the permissible level, despite the fact that it is one of the main components of soil pollution near aluminum production plants.