Publication detail

The impacts of mining on soil pollution with metal(loid)s in resource-rich Mongolia

PECINA, V. JUŘIČKA, D. HEDBÁVNÝ, J. KLIMÁNEK, M. KYNICKÝ, J. BRTNICKÝ, M. KOMENDOVÁ, R.

Original Title

The impacts of mining on soil pollution with metal(loid)s in resource-rich Mongolia

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

As Mongolia is considered one of the most resource extraction-dependent countries globally, significant mining-related environmental and human health risks are expected. The aim of this study was to (I) assess the impacts of mining on soil pollution with metals in Mongolia's key coal mining towns (Baganuur, Nalaikh and Sharyn Gol) and (II) review the current knowledge on soil pollution with metal(loid)s and related health risks in Mongolia. The results showed predominantly low soil contents of Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn and a related absence of severe pollution and potential health risk in the coal mining towns. Urban design, rather than the presence of mines, controlled the pollution distribution. Despite the methodological shortcomings of several studies on soil pollution in Mongolia, their results suggest a similarly low threat in the three largest cities (Ulaanbaatar, Darkhan, Erdenet) and several mining areas. While the generally highlighted risk of As seems like an artificially escalated issue, the content of Cr in urban soil may be a neglected threat. Further pollution research in Mongolia should focus on street dust and drinking water pollution.

Keywords

urban soil; coal; health risk assessment; contamination; potentially toxic elements

Authors

PECINA, V.; JUŘIČKA, D.; HEDBÁVNÝ, J.; KLIMÁNEK, M.; KYNICKÝ, J.; BRTNICKÝ, M.; KOMENDOVÁ, R.

Released

1. 2. 2023

Publisher

NATURE PORTFOLIO

Location

BERLIN

ISBN

2045-2322

Periodical

Scientific Reports

Year of study

13

Number

1

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

1

Pages to

12

Pages count

12

URL

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-29370-w

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/244275

BibTex

@article{BUT185790,
  author="Václav {Pecina} and David {Juřička} and Josef {Hedbávný} and Martin {Klimánek} and Jindřich {Kynický} and Martin {Brtnický} and Renata {Komendová}",
  title="The impacts of mining on soil pollution with metal(loid)s in resource-rich Mongolia",
  journal="Scientific Reports",
  year="2023",
  volume="13",
  number="1",
  pages="1--12",
  doi="10.1038/s41598-023-29370-w",
  issn="2045-2322",
  url="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-29370-w"
}