Título

Distribution of arsenic and risk assessment of activities on soccer pitches irrigated with arsenic-contaminated water

Autor

NADIA VALENTINA MARTINEZ VILLEGAS

ABRAHAM YUNNUEL HERNANDEZ RUIZ

Diana Meza-Figueroa

Bhaskar Sen Gupta

Nivel de Acceso

Acceso Abierto

Licencia

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Identificador alterno

doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15061060

Materias

Arsenic - (AUTOR) Water - (AUTOR) Soccer fields - (AUTOR) Soil - (AUTOR) Irrigation - (AUTOR) Risk characterization - (AUTOR) INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA - (CTI) CIENCIAS TECNOLÓGICAS - (CTI) INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA DEL MEDIO AMBIENTE - (CTI) INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA DEL MEDIO AMBIENTE - (CTI)

Resumen o descripción

"The aim of this research was to estimate the risk of human exposure to arsenic due to sporting activities in a private soccer club in Mexico, where arsenic-contaminated water was regularly used for irrigation. For this purpose, the total concentration in the topsoil was considered for risk assessment. This was accomplished through three main objectives: (1) measuring arsenic concentrations in irrigation water and irrigated soils, (2) determining arsenic spatial distribution in shallow soils with Geographical Information Systems (GIS) using geostatistical analysis, and (3) collecting field and survey data to develop a risk assessment calculation for soccer activities in the soccer club. The results showed that the average arsenic concentrations in shallow soils (138.1 mg/kg) were 6.2 times higher than the Mexican threshold for domestic soils (22 mg/kg). Furthermore, dermal contact between exposed users and contaminated soils accounted for a maximum carcinogenic risk value of 1.8 × 10−5, which is one order of magnitude higher than the recommended risk value, while arsenic concentrations in the irrigation water were higher (6 mg/L) than the WHO’s permissible threshold in drinking water, explaining the contamination of soils after irrigation. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first risk study regarding dermal contact with arsenic following regular grass irrigation with contaminated water in soccer pitches."

Editor

MDPI AG

Fecha de publicación

2018

Tipo de publicación

Artículo

Versión de la publicación

Versión publicada

Recurso de información

http://ipicyt.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1010/1850

Formato

application/pdf

Sugerencia de citación

Martínez-Villegas, N.; Hernández, A.; Meza-Figueroa, D.; Sen Gupta, B. Distribution of Arsenic and Risk Assessment of Activities on Soccer Pitches Irrigated with Arsenic-Contaminated Water. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018, 15, 1060.

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Repositorio IPICYT

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