PMID- 37181849
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20230516
IS  - 2215-0161 (Print)
IS  - 2215-0161 (Electronic)
IS  - 2215-0161 (Linking)
VI  - 10
DP  - 2023
TI  - Heavy metal contamination of selected mining fields in North-Central Nigeria.
PG  - 102201
LID - 10.1016/j.mex.2023.102201 [doi]
LID - 102201
AB  - This study evaluates the causes, concentration and the associated health risks of 
      selected heavy metals (HMs) in soil samples collected from beryllium and gold 
      mining fields in Nigeria. The samples of soil were collected manually and 
      analysed by means of Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (AAS). Seventy-two (72) 
      samples were analysed which presented varying degrees of concentration of the 
      selected HMs. The analysed HMs are Chromium (Cr), Arsenic (As), Iron (Fe), 
      Cadmium (Cd), Nickel (Ni), Manganese (Mn), Magnesium (Mg), Zinc (Zn), Copper (Cu) 
      and Lead (Pb). Deterministic and stochastic approaches were explore to examine 
      the human health risks. The evaluated Hazard Indices (HI) for the investigated 
      mining locations are < 1, the recommended threshold provided by United State 
      Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for acceptable non-cancer risk. The 
      estimated cancer risk levels for the mining locations exceeds the acceptable 
      range of 1.00E-6 and 1.00E-4.*Thus, the mining is making significant contribution 
      to HMs pollution, which is dangerous human health.*However, the Monte Carlo 
      simulation (MCS) reveals that the 95th, 50th and 5th percentiles of the 
      cumulative probability of the cancer risks are within the acceptable range.*This 
      work will be useful for decision makers in mitigating heavy metals contamination 
      due to mining activities.
CI  - (c) 2023 Published by Elsevier B.V.
FAU - Orosun, Muyiwa Michael
AU  - Orosun MM
AD  - Department of Physics, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
FAU - Inuyomi, Samuel Oluwagbenga
AU  - Inuyomi SO
AD  - Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Obafemi Awolowo University, 
      Ile-ife, Nigeria.
FAU - Usikalu, Mojisola Rachael
AU  - Usikalu MR
AD  - Department of Physics, Covenant University, Ogun State, Nigeria.
FAU - Okoro, Hussein Kehinde
AU  - Okoro HK
AD  - Department of Industrial Chemistry, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.
FAU - Louis, Hitler
AU  - Louis H
AD  - Department of Chemistry, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria.
FAU - Omeje, Maxwell
AU  - Omeje M
AD  - Department of Physics, Covenant University, Ogun State, Nigeria.
FAU - Ehinlafa, Emmanuel Olusegun
AU  - Ehinlafa EO
AD  - Department of Physics, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
FAU - Oyewumi, Kayode John
AU  - Oyewumi KJ
AD  - Department of Physics, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230426
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - MethodsX
JT  - MethodsX
JID - 101639829
PMC - PMC10173158
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Beryllium
OT  - Dataset
OT  - Gold
OT  - Human Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals
OT  - Mining
OT  - Potentially toxic element
OT  - Soil
COIS- The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or 
      personal relationships which have or could have or could be perceived to have 
      influenced the work reported in this article.
EDAT- 2023/05/14 19:13
MHDA- 2023/05/14 19:14
PMCR- 2023/04/26
CRDT- 2023/05/14 12:24
PHST- 2023/03/20 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/04/26 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/05/14 19:14 [medline]
PHST- 2023/05/14 19:13 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/05/14 12:24 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/04/26 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S2215-0161(23)00200-5 [pii]
AID - 102201 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.mex.2023.102201 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - MethodsX. 2023 Apr 26;10:102201. doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2023.102201. eCollection 
      2023.