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01-09-2020 | Original Article | Issue 18/2020

Health risk assessment of toxicants in Meriç River Delta Wetland, Thrace Region, Turkey

Journal:: Environmental Earth Sciences > Issue 18/2020

Authors:: Cem Tokatli, Fikret Ustaoğlu

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In the current research, water quality of Meriç River Delta was evaluated using some toxic element risk assessment indices. Samples were collected from 24 locations and nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr), arsenic (As), zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), copper (Cu) and cadmium (Cd) accumulations in delta components were read using an ICP-MS. Water quality index (WQI), heavy metal pollution index (HPI), heavy metal evaluation index (HEI) and degree of contamination index (C_deg) were applied to detected data for assessing the water quality. Also, the toxic element concentrations in water were assessed in terms of public health using some health risk assessment methods including hazard index (HI), hazard quotient (HQ) and cancer risk (CR). According to the results of WQI, HPI, HEI and C_deg, Ni and As were recorded as most dangerous toxicants among the investigated elements and Gala Lake was recorded as most effected delta component. According to the results HQs and CR, As was recorded as the most dangerous toxicant among the investigated elements and Gala Lake and Ergene River were recorded as the most effected delta components.

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Title: Health risk assessment of toxicants in Meriç River Delta Wetland, Thrace Region, Turkey
Authors:: Cem Tokatli
Fikret Ustaoğlu
Publication date: 01-09-2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-020-09171-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Journal: Environmental Earth Sciences
Issue 18/2020
Print ISSN: 1866-6280
Electronic ISSN: 1866-6299

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