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Recently, heavy metal pollution of Baiyin District has become more serious affecting the health of the people and threatening food security. This study was conducted in 2012 to determine the levels of contamination and pollution using geoaccumulation index and potential ecological risk index to evaluate pollution levels of arable layers. Both methods were used to evaluate the risk and determine the...