naa a22 4500 510752470 CHVBK 20180411083109.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11270-013-1435-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11270-013-1435-2 Amuno S. University of Saint Joseph, Macau, SAR, China aut Potential Ecological Risk of Heavy Metal Distribution in Cemetery Soils [Elektronische Daten] [S. Amuno] In this paper, preliminary investigation was conducted to evaluate the potential ecological risk of heavy metals contamination in cemetery soils. Necrosol samples were collected from within and around the vicinity of the largest mass grave in Rwanda and analyzed for heavy metal concentrations using total digestion-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and instrumental neutron activation analysis. Based on the concentrations of As, Cu, Cr, Pb, and Zn, the overall contamination degree (C deg) and potential ecological risks status (RI) of the necrosols were determined. The preliminary results revealed that the associated cemetery soils are only contaminated to a low degree. On the other hand, assessment of the potential ecological risk index (RI) revealed that cumulative heavy metal content of the soil do not pose any significant ecological risks. These findings, therefore, suggest that, while cemetery soils may be toxic due to the accumulation of certain heavy metals, their overall ecological risks may be minimal and insignificant. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2013 Heavy metals nationallicence Cemetery soils nationallicence Mass graves nationallicence Environmental management nationallicence Water, Air, & Soil Pollution Springer Netherlands 224/2(2013-02-01), 1-12 0049-6979 224:2<1 2013 224 11270 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-013-1435-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-013-1435-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Amuno S. University of Saint Joseph, Macau, SAR, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Water, Air, & Soil Pollution Springer Netherlands 224/2(2013-02-01), 1-12 0049-6979 224:2<1 2013 224 11270 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer