Assessment of soil contamination at playgrounds in residential areas

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Introduction. Heavy metal pollution of soils in urban areas is a severe problem in many regions of Russia and other countries. The higher concentrations of heavy metals in playground soils represent a severe threat to children’s health. The lack of legislatively approved decisions on periodic monitoring of soil contamination in residential areas and on remediation measures does not ensure a favourable ecological situation in the urban environment.

Materials and methods. The mass spectrometry method was used to analyse the gross content of heavy metals and arsenic in playground soils in residential areas of the Industrialny district of Perm in 2019.

Results. The assessment of soil contamination with heavy metals and arsenic in the soils of playgrounds of residential areas of the Industrialny district of Perm indicated their unsatisfactory quality. The concentration of arsenic in the soil exceeded the MPC by up to 4.6 times, zinc — 2.6 times; nickel — 3.5 times; cadmium — 1.7 times; copper — 1.5 times. The total indicator of contamination of Zс and Zст of the soil corresponds to the permissible level. The level of soil contamination with heavy metals ranges from “low” to “moderate” based on the indicator of potential environmental risk.

Limitations. The limitations of the study are related to the small number of soil samples on the territory of playgrounds and one-time sampling, which limits the interpretation of the data obtained to determine trends in soil pollution, as well as the absence of identified patterns of contaminants in soils from different sources of their inflow.

Conclusion. The results suggest that it is necessary to monitor soil contamination in residential areas and implement timely remediation measures; it is necessary to make decisions at the legislative level on the soil quality management in residential areas to ensure a favourable ecological environment, taking into account domestic and foreign experience.

Contribution:

Ushakova E.S. — the concept and design of the study, the collection and processing of the material, writing a text, editing;

Karavaeva T.I. — the concept and design of the study, writing a text, editing;

Puzik A.Yu., Volkova M.A. — the collection and processing of the material, statistical analysis;

Belkin P.A. — statistical analysis.

All authors are responsible for the integrity of all parts of the manuscript and approval of the manuscript final version.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Acknowledgement. This work was supported by the Perm Research and Education Centre for Rational Use of Subsoil, 2021.

Received: March 03, 2021 / Accepted: November 25, 2021 / Published: February 09, 2022

About the authors

Evgenia S. Ushakova

Institute of Natural Science of the Perm State National Research University

Author for correspondence.
Email: ushakova.evgeniya@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2016-7356

MD, Junior Researcher, Laboratory of Biogeochemistry of Technogenic Landscapes, Institute of Natural Science of Perm State
National Research University, Perm, 614990, Russian Federation.

e-mail: ushakova.evgeniya@gmail.com

Russian Federation

Tatyana I. Karavaeva

Institute of Natural Science of the Perm State National Research University

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0077-3399
Russian Federation

Aleksey Yu. Puzik

Institute of Natural Science of the Perm State National Research University

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7148-7344
Russian Federation

Margarita A. Volkova

Institute of Natural Science of the Perm State National Research University

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3416-8296
Russian Federation

Pavel A. Belkin

Institute of Natural Science of the Perm State National Research University

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8884-6024
Russian Federation

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