Heavy Metal Pollution and Potential Ecological Risks in Rivers: A Case Study from Southern Italy

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作者：
Carmela Protano
Loredana Zinnà
Saverio Giampaoli
Vincenzo Romano Spica
Salvatore Chiavarini
Matteo Vitali
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[1] Sapienza University,Environmental Chemistry, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases
[2] University of Rome “Foro Italico”,Public Health Unit
[3] ENEA C.R. Casaccia,undefined
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Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology | 2014年 / 92卷
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Heavy metal contamination; River water quality; Sediments; Oligochaetes; Ecological risk assessment;
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We monitored heavy metal (As, Cd, Hg, and Pb) concentrations in surface water, sediments, and oligochaetes in four major rivers in Calabria (southern Italy) over the course of 1 year. As, Cd, and Pb showed accumulation factors of 103–105 for water to sediment and 1–10 for sediment to oligochaetes. Hg showed a water to sediment accumulation factor of 10–100. Finally, Hg concentrations exceeded the Italian quality standard for freshwater in all of the rivers, and As concentrations in sediments exceeded the respective Canadian standard. However, the application of an ecological risk assessment method indicated low risks for all monitored rivers.
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