Sarayönü Region (Türkiye) Potential Toxic Element Content, Spatial Distribution, Ecological and Human Health Risks of Agricultural Lands and Wheat

Sarayönü Region (Türkiye) Potential Toxic Element Content, Spatial Distribution, Ecological and Human Health Risks of Agricultural Lands and Wheat | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Sarayönü Region (Türkiye) Potential Toxic Element Content, Spatial Distribution, Ecological and Human Health Risks of Agricultural Lands and Wheat Muhammed Kamil ODEN, Bilgehan Yabgu HORASAN, Ali OZDONER, Cemalettin SARICOBAN This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4844230/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Under Review Version 1 posted 3 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Today, the beginning of many environmental problems is related to soil pollution. Potential toxic element accumulation in soils has the feature of persistence and accumulation for many years. Potential toxic elements can show point and diffuse spatial distribution by being carried to some extent near their source point. Potential toxic elements may cause a decrease in the quality of products in areas where they are distributed, and they may enter the food chain and put human health at risk. Sarayönü is one of the most important agricultural centers of Konya province. Approximately 10% of the agriculture activities of Konya province are carried out in the district where there is no heavy industry. Mercury mining has been carried out within the district borders in historical periods and the last fifty years. Some other potentially toxic elements, especially mercury, and arsenic, have been transported to some extent and dispersed spatially through abandoned mines, mining activities, and streams passing near ore zones. Chemical analysis of soil and wheat samples was performed. The results of soil samples are average, 16 (Cu), 2.1 (Pb), 66.4 (Zn), 0.52 (Ni), 5 (Mn), 22876 (Fe), 14.8 (As), 0.025 (Cd), 14 (Cr), 15116 (Al) and 0.71 (Hg) ppm values were found. The results of wheat samples were Hg (0.100), As (0.100), Pb (0.130), Zn (0.400), Cu (0.30), Ni (0.060), Cr (0.35), Cd (0.0094), Al (1.60) and Fe (0.95). The results were found to be well below the reference values ​​taken in Turkey and the World. According to the results in the soil, significant contamination of mercury and arsenic was detected in ecological risk factors at locations S1 and S7. No high carcinogenic risk was detected for children and adults in the field. Heavy metal PTE Ecological Risk Carcinogenic risk Mercury Figures Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Tables 1 to 10 are available in the Supplementary Files section. Supplementary Files Table1.docx Table2.docx Table3.docx Table4.docx Table5.docx Table6.docx Table7.docx Table8.docx Table9.docx Table10.docx Cite Share Download PDF Status: Under Review Version 1 posted Editor assigned by journal 06 Aug, 2024 Submission checks completed at journal 06 Aug, 2024 First submitted to journal 01 Aug, 2024 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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