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Assessing the ecological and health risks associated with heavy metal pollution levels in sediments of Big Giftun and Abu Minqar Islands, East Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt. | LitMetric

AI Article Synopsis

  • - This study examined the levels of pollution, health risks, and distribution of eight heavy metals in the sediments of Big Giftun and Abu Minqar Islands in the Red Sea, finding iron and manganese to be the most abundant and cadmium the least. - Analysis revealed low overall contamination for most metals, though cadmium had moderate contamination, indicating varying degrees of ecological risk across the islands, especially with lead and copper showing moderate to extreme levels in certain sediments. - The research concluded that the sediment quality posed minimal health risks, as most metal levels were below thresholds considered dangerous, and overall cancer risk remained significantly low compared to U.S. safety standards.

Article Abstract

This study assessed pollution levels, ecological and health risk, and spatial distribution of eight heavy metals in sediments of Big Giftun and Abu Minqar Islands, Red Sea, Egypt. Iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn) had the highest contents in both island sediments, while cobalt (Co) in Big Giftun and cadmium (Cd) in Abu Mingar had the lowest values. The obtained PCA data exhibited positively significant loadings of Cd, Co, copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), and zinc (Zn) with 51.03 % of data variance in Big Giftun, and lead (Pb), Cu, Mn, Ni, Zn, and Fe (37.7 %) in Abu Minqar sediments. The contamination factor (CF) showed low contamination for all metals, except cadmium; Cd (moderate). The geo-accumulation index (I) values showed uncontaminated (Cd, Co), moderately (Cu), extremely contaminated (Fe, Mn) (I > 5) in Big Giftun, and uncontaminated (Cd), moderately to strongly contaminated (Cu, Ni), and extremely contaminated (Fe, Mn, and Zn) in Abu Minqar sediments. The pollution load index (PLI) values indicated baseline level of contamination (PLI <1), and degree of contamination (DC) indicated low degree of contamination (DC < n) in all sediments. Nemerow pollution index (NPI) showed unpolluted sediments in Abu Minqar (NPI ≤1) and slight pollution (1 < NPI ≤2) in Big Giftun. Cd showed moderate potential ecological risk (40 ≤ Er < 80) in Big Giftun sediments. Potential ecological risk index (PERI) indicated low risk sediments (PERI <150). Mean effects range median quotient (MERMQ) indicated low-priority risk of toxicity (MERMQ ≤0.1), and toxic risk index (TRI) showed no toxic risk in all sediments (TRI <5). The modified hazard quotient (mHQ) indicated very low severity of contamination (mHQ <0.5). The hazard quotient (HQ) levels of all metals were below the safe value (HQ <1). The hazard index (HI) levels indicated that no chronic risks occur (HI <1). The total cancer risk (TCR) for all metals were below the safe level (1 × 10) of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) guidelines.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115930DOI Listing

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