Global Health Journal 2017;1(1):47-55

Heavy metal pollution and health risk in China

Rian YU 1 ; Lingfei HE ; Ridong CAI ; Biyun LI ; Zhipeng LI ; Kedi YANG

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Keywords

heavy metal; metal pollution; health risk

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Following rapid social and economic development over the past several decades,pollution by heavy metals has been both serious and widespread in many areas of the world,including China.The situations of heavy metal pollution in China were reviewed,and the health risk and control policy of such pollution were also analyzed and discussed in present paper.