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Investigation of Heavy Metals in the Urban Agricultural Soils Near Railway and Industrial Complex in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do
Myeong Suck Jeong1†
,
Mina Lee2†
,
Chaw Su Lwin1
,
Kwon-Rae Kim3*
1Ph.D. Student, Department of Plant Resource, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52725, Korea
2Research Professor, Agri-Food Bio Convergence Institute, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52725, Korea
3Professor, Agri-Food Bio Convergence Institute, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52725, Korea
*Corresponding Author
†These authors contributed equally to this work.
31 May 2022. pp. 129-138
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Abstract

Recently, areas around railway tracks and industrial complex in Jinju have been used as urban gardens. The soils near these areas are exposed to various contaminants including heavy metals generated from rail traffic and industrial activities. To secure food safety, heavy metal contaminations of the soils were investigated. The general soil near the railway, the garden soil near the railway, and the garden soil near the industrial complex were collected and analyzed following the aqua regia method. Accumulation index (Igeo) was also calculated using the background level of heavy metals in Korea and Europe to identify the degree of contamination. As a result, the average value of heavy metals did not exceed the soil contamination guidelines, but a couple of soil samples showed higher heavy metal concentrations than the guidelines. In addition, the Igeo values of several soils showed contamination was progressed compared to the background level of heavy metals in Korea and Europe. Among the elements, Cu, Pb, Zn, and Sb had the highest contamination because they are related to railway traffic (Cu, Pb, Zn), agricultural materials like compost (Cu, Zn), and car brake (Sb). To secure food safety in urban agriculture, it is necessary to monitor the soil of urban vegetable gardens in the long term.

The number of soil samples at each degree of soil contamination determined by Geoaccumulation Index (Igeo) classes.
Igeo class As Cd Cu Ni Pb Zn Sb
Soil near railway ≤0 14 13 2 13 5 11 4
0 - 1 0 1 2 1 8 3 9
1 - 2 0 0 7 0 1 0 1
2 - 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
3< 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garden soil near railway ≤0 12 9 0 10 0 1 2
0 - 1 0 3 0 2 8 10 8
1 - 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0
2 - 3 0 0 7 0 3 0 1
3 - 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4< 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garden soil near industrial complex ≤0 33 33 25 33 29 29 28
0 - 1 0 0 5 0 1 2 4
1 - 2 0 0 1 0 3 2 0
2 - 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
3 - 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
4< 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Keywords
Heavy metal contamination
Industrial complex
Railway
Urban agriculture
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  • Publisher :Korean Society of Soil Science and Fertilizer
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국토양비료학회
  • Journal Title :Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국토양비료학회 학회지
  • Volume : 55
  • No :2
  • Pages :129-138
  • Received Date : 2022-05-16
  • Revised Date : 2022-05-23
  • Accepted Date : 2022-05-28
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7745/KJSSF.2022.55.2.129
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