Derivation and validation of soil cadmium thresholds for the safe farmland production of vegetables in high geological background area,Science of the Total Environment

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Derivation and validation of soil cadmium thresholds for the safe farmland production of vegetables in high geological background area
Science of the Total Environment ( IF 8.2 ) Pub Date : 2023-02-10 , DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162171
Demiao Mu ₁ , Shunan Zheng ₂ , Dasong Lin ₁ , Yingming Xu ₁ , Ruyin Dong ₁ , Penggang Pei ₁ , Yuebing Sun ₁

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Excessive dietary intake of cadmium (Cd) poses toxicity risks to human health, and it is therefore essential to establish accurate and regionally appropriate soil Cd thresholds that ensure the safety of agricultural products grown in different areas. This study investigated the differences in the Cd accumulation in 32 vegetable varieties and found that the Cd content ranged from 0.01 to 0.24 mg·kg−1, and decreased in the order of stem and bulb vegetables > leafy vegetables > solanaceous crops > bean cultivars. A correlation analysis and structural equation model showed that pH, soil organic matter, and the cation exchange capacity had significant effects on Cd accumulation in the vegetables and explained 72.1 % of the variance. In addition, species sensitivity distribution (SSD) curves showed that stem and bulb vegetables were more sensitive to Cd than other types of vegetables. Using the Burr Type III function for curve fitting, we derived Cd thresholds of 6.66, 4.15, and 1.57 mg·kg−1 for vegetable soils. These thresholds will ensure that 20 %, 50 %, and 95 % of these vegetable varieties were risk–free, respectively. The predicted threshold of soil Cd was more than twice that of China's current National Soil Quality Standard (GB 15618–2018) for Cd values. Therefore, soil scenarios and cultivars should be considered comprehensively when determining farmland soil thresholds. The present results provide a new model for setting soil Cd criteria in high geological background areas.

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