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To investigate the vertical distribution, sources, and environmental risks of soil As under different anthropogenic land uses, we analyzed soil profiles from three representative ecosystems\u2014secondary forest, abandoned cropland, and grazing shrubland\u2014in a typical karst area of Southwest China. The As contents were identified between secondary forest (19.00\u00a0\u223c\u00a041.17 mg\/kg), abandoned cropland (22.55\u00a0\u223c\u00a034.47 mg\/kg), and shrubland (14.19\u00a0\u223c\u00a034.46 mg\/kg), with no significant differences, indicating a predominantly geogenic origin from carbonate bedrock weathering. Long-term cultivation homogenized surface soil As through plowing and crop uptake, whereas grazing introduced additional organic-bound As\n                    <jats:italic>via<\/jats:italic>\n                    livestock excreta, promoting downward migration and accumulation in deeper soil layers. Ecological risk assessment, using contamination and enrichment indices, revealed low to moderate potential risks (contamination factor: 0.71\u00a0\u223c\u00a02.06; enrichment factor: 0.76\u00a0\u223c\u00a02.34). Health risk assessment indicated that non-carcinogenic risks (hazard index, HI: 0.09\u00a0\u223c\u00a00.21) were within acceptable limits for all exposure pathways, while carcinogenic risks for children (carcinogenic risk (CR): 0.11\u00a0\u223c\u00a00.21) approached the threshold of concern. Despite overall low risk levels, the high mobility of As and its potential co-mobilization with other toxic elements underscore the need for continued monitoring. These findings highlight the importance of sustainable land-use practices to mitigate As mobilization and safeguard soil quality in vulnerable karst ecosystems.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.7717\/peerj.21371","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,8]],"date-time":"2026-06-08T08:30:28Z","timestamp":1780907428000},"page":"e21371","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Deep arsenic mobilization in karst soils: effects of pedogenesis and grazing"],"prefix":"10.7717","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Ruiyin","family":"Han","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric and Environmental Coevolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China"},{"name":"University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qian","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Chinese Academy 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