Changwon Chae, Soobean Park, Sang-Gyu Yoon, Jinsung An
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Abstract
Exposure to fluorine (F) in soil increases the risks of dental and skeletal fluorosis and osteoporosis. Therefore, it is important to accurately determine the soil F concentration, and quantitatively evaluate the factors that affect the human health risk of soil F. Differences in soil F concentrations were investigated based on source type (anthropogenically contaminated or naturally enriched) and determination method (perchloric acid extraction-distillation (PAED) or alkali fusion-filtration). A soil sample without contamination history (background F concentration = 208 mg·kg−1) was collected and injected with sodium fluoride (NaF) to prepare anthropogenically F-contaminated soil. Mica gravel (> 2 mm) was ground and mixed with quartz powder to mimic soil components of natural F origin. The F concentration in anthropogenically contaminated soil did not significantly differ between methods (slope = 0.959, p > 0.05). The concentration in the naturally F-enriched soil analyzed using alkali fusion-filtration was approximately twice that of the sample analyzed using PAED (slope = 0.548, p < 0.05). This significant difference was ascribed to the abundance of chemically stable F. Non-carcinogenic hazard quotients for children differed between methods in naturally F-enriched soil, at 1.335 (alkali fusion-filtration) and 0.641 (PAED). These findings offer valuable insights for assessing, managing, and remediating soils contaminated or enriched with F.
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