Associations between land cover categories, soil concentrations of arsenic, lead and barium, and population race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status

作者：Davis Harley T; Aelion C Marjorie^*; Lawson Andrew B; Cai Bo; McDermott Suzanne

来源：Science of the Total Environment, 2014, 490: 1051-1056.

DOI：10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.076

• Residential soils
• GIS
• Human health
• Metals
• Anderson land cover/use

The potential of using land cover/use categories as a proxy for soil metal concentrations was examined by measuring associations between Anderson land cover category percentages and soil concentrations of As, Pb, and Ba in ten sampling areas. Land cover category and metal associations with ethnicity and socioeconomic status at the United States Census 2000 block and block group levels also were investigated. Arsenic and Pb were highest in urban locations; Ba was a function of geology. Consistent associations were observed between urban/built up land cover, and Pb and poverty. Land cover can be used as proxy for metal concentrations, although associations are metal-dependent.

• 出版日期2014-8-15