Ecological monitoring of soils in urban and rural areas

Abstract

Abstract The burden on the environment is increasing in direct proportion to the development of the scientific and technological revolution of mankind. Large industrial centers are characterized by the release of a diverse complex of pollutants into the environment, including HMs, which are deposited on the earth’s surface, polluting plants and soil. The article presents the results of determining the level of heavy metals in the soils of urban and rural areas. According to the data obtained, in the soils of household plots in the territories of rural settlements, a significant decrease in heavy metals to the MPC level was revealed in comparison with the same pollutants in urban household plots. When conducting a correlation analysis, a relationship was established between the value of the mobile form of the element in the soil and the gross forms of the studied HMs, however, the mobility of the elements in the soil is more variable in comparison with the indicators of urban areas.