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Qing Wen, Li-yue Zhang, Ming-xin Liu, Wen-bing Ji, Chang Li, Tao Yu, Qi-feng Tang, Hui Lu, Qing-ye Hou, Zhong-fang Yang, 2025. Chemical elements and human health from the perspective of “One Health”, China Geology, 8, 607-627. doi: 10.31035/cg2025004
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Chemical elements and human health from the perspective of “One Health”
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Abstract
Human activities are closely related to geological environments or those influenced by geological factors, which can significantly impact human health. Previous studies have predominantly focused on isolated spheres or single environmental indicators, lacking research on the multifactorial influences affecting the overall geographic environment. From the “One Health” perspective, this paper synthesizes natural environmental factors across the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and pedosphere, encompassing the sources, forms, concentrations, and bioavailability of chemical elements, as well as pollutants and their associations with human health. Comprehensive natural environmental factors, based on GeoHealth, are intimately connected to human health. Under the pressures of future population growth and rapid industrial development, the relationship between the global geological environment and human health will become increasingly prominent. Therefore, it is crucial to pay close attention to health-based thresholds and promptly implement pollution prevention and control measures.
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Selenium deposition and volatility in China (after Sun GX et al., 2010, 2016).
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Role of various elements in human health.
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Uptake and translocation of Cd by rice.
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Figure 4.
Cd dynamics in paddy soil (after Riaz U et al., 2020).
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Biogeochemical cycle of As.
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Transport of environmental elements in rocks, soil, water, and atmosphere.
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Environmental components and major exposure pathways.
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Classification of heavy metals remediation approaches.