Corn (Zea mays L.): A low methylmercury staple cereal source and an important biospheric sink of atmospheric mercury, and health risk assessment | |
Guangyi Sun; Xinbin Feng; Runsheng Yin; Huifang Zhao; Leiming Zhang; Jonas Sommar; Zhonggen Li; Hua Zhang | |
刊名 | Environment International |
2019 | |
卷号 | 131页码:1-5 |
英文摘要 | In mercury (Hg) contaminated areas of Asia, human exposure to toxic methyl-Hg (MeHg) through a rice-based diet of locally produced crop may pose a health threat. Alternative cropping system to rice in such areas would be most desirable. In this study, corn, the leading cereal source in the world with large biomass, was demonstrated to accumulate an insignificant amount of MeHg from the soil in its edible portion compared to that in rice, suggesting corn being a very competitive alternative crop. By examining Hg stable isotope composition, Hg in the aerial parts of corn was found to be mostly from the atmosphere. Maize cropping worldwide is estimated to be a discemible sink of atmospheric Hg with approximately 44 Mg Hg accumulated in each growing season on a yearly basis, most of which is from foliar uptake of atmospheric Hg and this amount is comparable to litterfall Hg observed in North America and Europe. It is thus recommended to use corn as a replacement of rice in highly Hg-contaminated areas for remediation of Hg pollution in the food supply. |
语种 | 英语 |
内容类型 | 期刊论文 |
源URL | [http://ir.gyig.ac.cn/handle/42920512-1/10835] |
专题 | 地球化学研究所_环境地球化学国家重点实验室 |
作者单位 | 1.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China 2.Air Quality Research Division, Science and Technology Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto M3H5T4, Canada 3.College of Resources and Environment, Zunyi Normal University, Zunyi 563006, China 4.State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550002, China 5.State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550002, China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Guangyi Sun,Xinbin Feng,Runsheng Yin,et al. Corn (Zea mays L.): A low methylmercury staple cereal source and an important biospheric sink of atmospheric mercury, and health risk assessment[J]. Environment International,2019,131:1-5. |
APA | Guangyi Sun.,Xinbin Feng.,Runsheng Yin.,Huifang Zhao.,Leiming Zhang.,...&Hua Zhang.(2019).Corn (Zea mays L.): A low methylmercury staple cereal source and an important biospheric sink of atmospheric mercury, and health risk assessment.Environment International,131,1-5. |
MLA | Guangyi Sun,et al."Corn (Zea mays L.): A low methylmercury staple cereal source and an important biospheric sink of atmospheric mercury, and health risk assessment".Environment International 131(2019):1-5. |
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