• Ahmadipour F, Bahramifar N, Ghasempouri SM (2014) Fractionation and mobility of cadmium and lead in soils of Amol area in Iran, using the modified BCR sequential extraction method. (springer.com)
  • When the heavy metal cadmium is consumed in excess, it can have a negative impact on kidneys, the liver and bone density, particularly for children who are more sensitive to lower concentrations of heavy metals. (organic-center.org)
  • However, a recent study published in the journal Environmental Geochemistry and Health found that applying organic soil amendments can be a successful decontamination strategy to reduce cadmium. (organic-center.org)
  • The researchers collected soil samples from 60 agricultural fields in Bangladesh and found that all sites were highly contaminated with cadmium. (organic-center.org)
  • To test whether the application of organic amendments could reduce cadmium concentration in subsequent crops grown in contaminated soil, they applied treatments of vermicompost, biochar, and a combination of the two to the contaminated soil in plant pot trials. (organic-center.org)
  • In these same pots, they also grew a study crop, red amaranth, to measure how yield would be affected by the organic amendments and how much cadmium the crop up took from the contaminated soil under different treatments. (organic-center.org)
  • Copper, lead, cadmium, and zinc levels were analyzed by atomic absorption spectrophotometry in surface soil, plants, and air samples taken from both sides of the major highway connecting Amman with the southern parts of Jordan. (tubitak.gov.tr)
  • Through consumption of vegetable crops, dietary exposure to several heavy metals including Nickel (Ni), Cadmium (Cd), Chromium (Cr), Cobalt (Co), Lead (Pb), Arsenic (As), Mercury (Hg), Zinc(Zn) and Copper (Cu), has been recognized as a risk to human health. (journalcra.com)
  • These soils were also analysed for arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), mercury (Hg), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn) using aqua regia digestion, together with 180 plant samples using nitric acid digestion. (edu.au)
  • A review of the health effects of heavy metal transfer from tobacco via smoke to the lungs indicates that habitual smokers of counterfeits may be risking additional harm from high levels of cadmium and possibly other metals. (who.int)
  • Foods may be contaminated because the air, water, and soil are polluted, for example, by heavy metals (such as lead, cadmium, and mercury) or PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls). (msdmanuals.com)
  • abstract = "Soil heavy metal contamination has increasingly become a serious environmental issue globally, nearing crisis proportions. (edu.au)
  • abstract = "Soils contaminated with heavy metals can pose a major risk to freshwaters and food chains. (aber.ac.uk)
  • Heavy metal pollution is a serious and widely environmental problem due to the persistent and non-biodegradable properties of these contaminants. (intechopen.com)
  • Akcay H, Oguz A, Karapire C (2003) Study of heavy metal pollution and speciation in Buyak Menderes and Gediz river sediments. (springer.com)
  • Barbieri M, Sappa G, Nigro A (2018) Soil pollution: anthropogenic versus geogenic contributions over large areas of the Lazio region. (springer.com)
  • Tailings ponds are a main heavy metal pollution source in mining areas. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Further analyses allowed establishing the degree of heavy metals (HMs) pollution, suitability of the soils for agriculture, sources of the HMs and their ecological and health risks. (nih.gov)
  • The invention can be applied to arid, semiarid and humid areas, greatly improves the repair efficiency, shortens the required repair period, reduces the requirement of repair water, and can prevent secondary pollution of lower-layer soil and underground water. (google.com)
  • Metal pollution was approached both singly and jointly with low (25 and 2500 mg kg-1) and high (50 and 5000 mg kg-1) concentrations of Cd and Pb, respectively, in an artificially contaminated soil. (edu.au)
  • There is a known relationship between the soil pollution with heavy metals and the morbidity of the population. (jeeng.net)
  • This paper reports a study of the soil pollution with ions of heavy metals in Turkestan region, Kazakhstan. (jeeng.net)
  • Soils and ground waters have been extensively exposed to pollution by heavy metals from various anthropogenic sources. (pjoes.com)
  • CHEN Wei-ping,YANG Yang,XIE Tian,et al.Challenges and Countermeasures for Heavy Metal Pollution Control in Farmlands of China[J].Acta Pedologica Sinica,2018,55(2):261-272. (ere.ac.cn)
  • 7] FACCHINELLI A,SACCHI E,MALLEN L.Multivariate Statistical and GIS-Based Approach to Identify Heavy Metal Sources in Soils[J].Environmental Pollution,2001,114(3):313-324. (ere.ac.cn)
  • Toxic metal pollution of waters and soils is a major environmental problem, and most conventional remediation approaches do not provide acceptable solutions. (nature.com)
  • Chromium was correlated with soil pH and EC, Na, S, and Ca while Hg was not correlated with any of these components, suggesting diffuse pollution by aerial deposition. (edu.au)
  • Chu H, Vu T, Nguyen T, Nguyen H (2019) Accumulation of arsenic and heavy metals in native and cultivated plant species in a lead recycling area in Vietnam. (springer.com)
  • Concentrations of lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), mercury (Hg), and arsenic (As) in soils at the Kpone landfill site (Ghana) were determined using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (AAS). (nih.gov)
  • The distribution of lead, copper, barium, zinc, molybdenum, phosphorus and arsenic was mapped based on the ecological and geochemical survey of the upper soil layer. (jeeng.net)
  • The EI will help ATSDR determine if area residents have elevated levels of lead in their blood or arsenic in their urine indicating they may have been exposed to contaminated soil in the Anaconda community. (cdc.gov)
  • For the report, called a public health consultation, ATSDR evaluated the studies and decisions made to establish the cleanup level for arsenic in residential soil, responded to community questions about the decisions made, and determined the public health impact of using the cleanup level in the community. (cdc.gov)
  • My present research focuses on examining the molecular mechanisms underlying the decomposition of organic matter by ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungi and how this activity affect the cycling of nutrients and carbon in forest soils. (lu.se)
  • physical geography such as mineral in soil, character, pH, organic, distribution of the heavy metal in urban soils in the special upright direction. (jocpr.com)
  • Heavy metals and organic materials commonly contaminate urban soils. (cdc.gov)
  • Contamination factor indices for Ni, Zn, As and Pb were higher than 1 and suggests urban soils in Linfen are moderately contaminated. (psu.edu)
  • A comparison study between previous and current shoreline concentrations of heavy metals at the Great Salt Lake using portable X-ray fluorescence analysis. (cdc.gov)
  • Here we compare the heavy metal concentrations in tobacco from a sample of 47 counterfeit products, representative of the substantial market for these products in the U.K., with their genuine equivalents and find significantly higher concentrations of heavy metals in the counterfeits. (who.int)
  • Sediments serve as the ultimate sink of heavy metals in the marine environment and they play an important role in the transport and storage of potentially hazardous metals. (intechopen.com)
  • The properties of metals in soils and sediments depend on the physiochemical form in which they occur [ 1 ]. (intechopen.com)
  • Ben Amor R, Yahyaoui A, Abidi M, Chouba L, Gueddari M (2019) Bioavailability and assessment of metal contamination in surface sediments of rades-hamam lif coast, around meliane river (Gulf of Tunis, Tunisia, Mediterranean Sea). (springer.com)
  • Cuong D, Obbard J (2006) Metal speciation in coastal marine sediments from Singapora using a modified BCR-Sequential extraction procedure. (springer.com)
  • 6] SONG H Y,HU K L,AN Y,et al.Spatial Distribution and Source Apportionment of the Heavy Metals in the Agricultural Soil in a Regional Scale[J].Journal of Soils and Sediments,2018,18(3):852-862. (ere.ac.cn)
  • The Great Salt Lake has been gradually desiccating, increasing the amount of exposed lakebed and potentially exposing heavy metals that may be present in the lakebed soil and sediments. (cdc.gov)
  • The behavior, bioavailability and toxicity of heavy metals in soil essentially relies on their chemical spices. (springer.com)
  • If the contaminated soil exceeds the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) limits, stakeholders should be aware that remedial applications, such as Blastox 215 ® exists that can be added directly to the soil to render it non-hazardous. (blastox.com)
  • In this study, the success of organic and inorganic intervention strategies to alleviate toxicity in a highly acidic soil heavily contaminated with As, Cu, Pb, and Zn was evaluated over 112 d in a mesocosm trial. (aber.ac.uk)
  • Amelioration of metal toxicity was assessed by measuring changes in soil solution chemistry, metal leaching, plant growth, and foliar metal accumulation. (aber.ac.uk)
  • They are introduced into the aquatic system as a result of weathering of soil and rocks, from volcanic eruptions and from a variety of human activities involving mining, dredging, processing and use of metals and/or substances containing metal contaminants. (intechopen.com)
  • These metal contaminants can also be present naturally in soils, although it is unusual for natural sources to reach toxic levels. (harborenvirogroup.com)
  • The efficacy of nano-BC for immobilization of non-degradable heavy-metal contaminants in soil systems, however, is strongly affected by plant rhizosphere processes, and there is very little known about the role that nano-BC play in these processes. (edu.au)
  • In addition, copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), and antimony (Sb) can be considered as secondary metal contaminants of potential concern (1, 4, 5). (datapdf.com)
  • The residual mass obtained from the TG thermogram helps to make a relation between the quality of soil and the rate of uptake of heavy metals by rice or its husk. (banglajol.info)
  • Rarity is used as the criterion to describe the spatial distribution of soil associations in the State of Berlin. (berlin.de)
  • Map 01.01 ) were given the same rating as the soil association with the lowest spatial distribution belonging to the combined association. (berlin.de)
  • 4] WANG S,CAI L M,WEN H H,et al.Spatial Distribution and Source Apportionment of Heavy Metals in Soil From a Typical County-Level City of Guangdong Province,China[J].Science of the Total Environment,2019,655:92-101. (ere.ac.cn)
  • 8] SUN C Y,LIU J S,WANG Y,et al.Multivariate and Geostatistical Analyses of the Spatial Distribution and Sources of Heavy Metals in Agricultural Soil in Dehui,Northeast China[J].Chemosphere,2013,92(5):517-523. (ere.ac.cn)
  • LI Bao-jie,GU He-he,YU Fa-zhan,et al.Spatial Distribution of Soil Heavy Metals in Xuzhou City[J].Science of Surveying and Mapping,2011,36(5):82-84,89. (ere.ac.cn)
  • We analyzed in 0-10 and 10-20 cm soil depth the spatial distribution, sources and potential ecological risks of heavy metals (Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, As and Pb) across Linfen in order to derive a human exposure risk map. (psu.edu)
  • Adagunodo TA, Sunmonu LA, Emetere ME (2018) Heavy metals' data in soils for agricultural activities. (springer.com)
  • Janbakhsh, S, Hosseini Shekarabi, S & Shamsaie Mergan, M 2018, Nutritional value and heavy metal content of fishmeal from the Southwest Caspian Sea. (ac.ir)
  • DAO Xu,HUO Xiao-qin,ZHANG Lin-lin,et al.Over View of Main Soil Element Heavy Metal Monitoring Technology and Difficulties in China[J].Environmental Monitoring in China,2018,34(5):12-21. (ere.ac.cn)
  • 5] QU M K,WANG Y,HUANG B,et al.Source Apportionment of Soil Heavy Metals Using Robust Absolute Principal Component Scores-Robust Geographically Weighted Regression (RAPCS-RGWR) Receptor Model[J].Science of the Total Environment,2018,626:203-210. (ere.ac.cn)
  • Mar 14, 2018 - Drinking water contamination with heavy metals, particularly lead, is a persistent problem worldwide with grave public health consequences. (datapdf.com)
  • Mar 14, 2018 - Consequently, aging infrastructure makes lead one of the most prominent metals seen in human exposure cases. (datapdf.com)
  • Effects of Heavy Metals on Soil, Plants and Human Health Conference aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Effects of Heavy Metals on Soil, Plants and Human Health Conference. (waset.org)
  • It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners, and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Effects of Heavy Metals on Soil, Plants and Human Health Conference. (waset.org)
  • The heavy metals have an important influence on plants, animals and humans development. (omicsonline.org)
  • Elevated levels of the studied elements were found in both soil and plants on the east side and on the west side of the road compared with the background values. (tubitak.gov.tr)
  • Finally, the roadside soil and plants had significantly high contents of heavy metals and their levels increased with increasing traffic densities and furthermore, they reached elevated levels in urban areas. (tubitak.gov.tr)
  • Heavy metals are dangerous environmental pollutants that pose a danger to humans, plants and other living organisms by entering the food chain. (ac.ir)
  • In soils contaminated with heavy metals, the use of plants that have the ability to grow, adapt and absorb metals is considered as one of the methods of cleaning these soils. (ac.ir)
  • The results show that in order to reduce soil contamination and subsequent food and human poisoning, it is better to identify the factors causing heavy element elevations in the environment of each area, and consequently selecting plants that are not consumed as food before planting crops. (ac.ir)
  • ZHANG Hao-jia,LIU Han-hu,XIAO Xin,et al.Study on Dominant Plants and Enrichment Characteristics of Heavy Metal From a Coal Mine Area in Northern Xuzhou[J].Journal of Zhengzhou University(Engineering Science),2017,38(2):92-96. (ere.ac.cn)
  • The use of specially selected and engineered metal-accumulating plants for environmental clean-up is an emerging technology called phytoremediation. (nature.com)
  • and (3) Phytostabilization-the use of plants to eliminate the bioavailability of toxic metals hi soils. (nature.com)
  • Bioconcentration of heavy metals by plants. (nature.com)
  • Metal tolerance in plants. (nature.com)
  • Accumulation of selenium in plants grown on selenium-treated soil. (nature.com)
  • Removal of some heavy metals from polluted waters by aquatic plants: Studies on duckweed and water velvet. (nature.com)
  • Heavy metals can be absorbed by plants and animals through the food chain and also through the air-borne dust. (harborenvirogroup.com)
  • Soil pH can be adjusted to make these minerals less available for absorption by plants and animals. (harborenvirogroup.com)
  • Drainage of soil moisture can also remove some heavy metal contamination, and some plants are effective in taking up the toxic elements which are then removed by removing the plants. (harborenvirogroup.com)
  • The rhizosphere represents a dynamically complex soil environment, which, although having a small thickness, drives potentially large materials fluxes into and out of plants, notably agricultural foodstuffs, via large diffusive gradients. (edu.au)
  • All the indices showed significant correlation with heavy metals ' concentration in young shoots of tea plants . (bvsalud.org)
  • are isolated from a wide variety of ecologic niches, including plants and soils contaminated with heavy metals. (cdc.gov)
  • A high blood lead level in enter the human body via direct ingestion of soil via con- children with asthma has been identified as a risk factor taminated hands, inhalation of dust and eating polluted for increasing asthma severity, eosinophilia and elevated plants grown close to roads with heavy traffic or contam- immunoglobulin E levels ( 13 ). (who.int)
  • Applied Soil Ecology, 12 p. (ac.ir)
  • Sources and Spatial Distributions of Heavy metals in Xuzhou Farmland Soils[J]. Journal of Ecology and Rural Environment, 2019, 35(11): 1453-1459. (ere.ac.cn)
  • Applied Soil Ecology , 33 (3), 286-293. (ucp.pt)
  • We study the ecology of microorganisms in natural and engineered soil systems. (lu.se)
  • Soil microorganisms are an important indicator of soil fertility and health. (edu.au)
  • This study aimed to evaluate the influences of heavy metals (Cd and Pb) on soil microorganisms by investigating the microbial community composition and carbon use preferences. (edu.au)
  • Selenium and mercury are the only exceptions, as these metals can be processed by microorganisms. (harborenvirogroup.com)
  • Heavy metals adversely influence microorganisms, affecting their growth, morphology and activities. (ucp.pt)
  • We want to understand how microorganisms regulate the mineralization of carbon and nutrients from soil organic matter, both under steady-state conditions and during dynamic perturbations (for example drying-rewetting). (lu.se)
  • We are interested in the factors that influence the spatial and temporal variability in microbial communities and how the microorganisms, in turn, control biogeochemistry in soil. (lu.se)
  • Soil remediation is the process of encapsulating heavy metals in contaminated soil sites to render them non-hazardous. (blastox.com)
  • This significantly drives down the cost of soil remediation disposal as hazardous waste transportation and hazardous waste disposal are avoided, allowing for local, non-hazardous waste disposal. (blastox.com)
  • We applied a Potential Ecological Risk Index (RI) to evaluate the contamination degree of hazardous elements in soils from Linfen, northern China. (psu.edu)
  • Dead ice sinks resulted from blocks of ice remaining from the last ice age which melted away later and which today appear as round, sometimes water-filled depressions featuring groundwater-influenced soils and bog associations. (berlin.de)
  • These include primarily moraine plateaus with sand wedges, moraine hills, glacial meltwater channels with groundwater soils and bogs, river leas with fluvisols, gyttjas and peats, and dunes. (berlin.de)
  • International Conference on Heavy Metal Contamination in Soil and Groundwater (ICHMCSG-23) , which is scheduled to take place on the October 4th 2023 in Nagoya , Japan organized by Institute for Technical and Academic Research (ITAR) will offer researchers, delegates and scholars an incredible chance to interact with each other and share their experience and knowledge of technology application. (itar.in)
  • In order for true progress to be achieved in Heavy Metal Contamination in Soil and Groundwater , it simply isn't enough for professionals in the field to gather at boilerplate events that have been designed as part of a "one-size-fits-all" approach to to academic event organizing. (itar.in)
  • Anyone even remotely engaged in the field of Heavy Metal Contamination in Soil and Groundwater knows and fully understands the need for keeping up with the latest research discoveries of scientists and researchers from all over the globe. (itar.in)
  • in Heavy Metal Contamination in Soil and Groundwater from all over the world will be gathered. (itar.in)
  • This is on the cards for International Conference on Heavy Metal Contamination in Soil and Groundwater as well. (itar.in)
  • There are two main causes: firstly, the chemical character of heavy metals (they are not subjected to biodegradation processes), favours accumulate in the environment and, secondly, the complexity of the geochemical soil matrix. (omicsonline.org)
  • The study found technogenic geochemical anomalies of various size, intensity and origin in the soils of Turkestan region. (jeeng.net)
  • 3] WANG A T,WANG Q,LI J,et al.Geo-Statistical and Multivariate Analyses of Potentially Toxic Elements' Distribution in the Soil of Hainan Island (China):A Comparison Between the Topsoil and Subsoil at a Regional Scale[J].Journal of Geochemical Exploration,2019,197:48-59. (ere.ac.cn)
  • LIAO Qi-lin,LIU Cong,XU Yan,et al.Geochemical Baseline Values of Elements in Soil of Jiangsu Province[J].Geology in China,2011,38(5):1363-1378. (ere.ac.cn)
  • In a reconnaissance soil geochemical and plant survey undertaken to study the heavy metal uptake by major food crops in Malaysia, 241 soils were analysed for cation exchange capacity (CEC), organic carbon (C), pH, electrical conductivity (EC) and available phosphorus (P) using appropriate procedures. (edu.au)
  • Global inventory of natural and anthropogenic emissions of trace metals to the atmosphere. (nature.com)
  • Our data suggest that Ni, As and Pb have the potential for posing the greatest ecological risk at most city sites and likely originated from numerous sources (vehicular traffic, exhaust, coal combustion, metal manufacturing and other anthropogenic activities) given the disparate spatial pattern and elevated concentrations relative to native soil background values. (psu.edu)
  • In this study, phytoremediation is presented as one of the bioremediation methods for soils contaminated with organic and inorganic compounds. (ac.ir)
  • Biological mechanisms of toxic metal uptake, translocation and resistance as well as strategies for improving phytoremediation are also discussed. (nature.com)
  • Malva parviflora has the potential for phytoremediation of soils contaminated by heavy metal. (edu.ly)
  • However, our state of knowledge about soil microbial activities, community compositions and carbon use patterns under metal contaminations is still poor. (edu.au)
  • In a laboratory incubation experiment, bio-available and potentially bio-available metal concentrations, selected soil properties (pH, electrical conductivity, total organic carbon and total nitrogen), and microbial parameters (microbial activity as basal respiration, microbial biomass carbon (MBC) and microbial functional groups) were determined at two sampling occasions (7 and 49 days). (edu.au)
  • Contaminated soils had higher microbial quotient (qCO2), suggesting there was higher energy demand with less microbially immobilized carbon as MBC. (edu.au)
  • The contaminant-driven (metal concentrations and types) variation of soil PLFA biomarkers demonstrated that the heavy metals led to the alteration of soil microbial community compositions and their activities, which consequently had an adverse impact on soil microbial carbon immobilization. (edu.au)
  • In an engineering perspective it is considered as a weak soil, while an the agricultural context it is considered as a rich soil because of high amount of carbon. (ump.edu.my)
  • He welded on new A36 mild carbon steel using a shielded metal arc welding (or stick) process. (cdc.gov)
  • He welded on low-carbon mild steel using Metal Inert Gas (MIG) with solid or flux core wire and 75% argon/25% carbon dioxide shield gas. (cdc.gov)
  • Soils store more carbon than the atmosphere and living biomass together, therefore are carbon compounds entering or leaving the soil C storage system of large importance for greenhouse effect mitigation. (lu.se)
  • Soil organisms, and especially mycorrhizal fungi, channel large proportions of fresh carbon compounds entering the soil ecosystem, and we want to better understand their role in sequestering and stabilizing or decomposing soil organic matter. (lu.se)
  • To do so, we typically employ a range of isotope-based approaches which allow us to examine the microbial use and transformations of carbon and nitrogen in soil systems. (lu.se)
  • This research shows that using organic amendments, and, in this case, using vermicompost and biochar specifically can help reduce heavy metal contamination in agricultural soils. (organic-center.org)
  • Organic soil amendments such as compost can reduce the availability of heavy metal contaminated soil. (wvu.edu)
  • However As, Cd, Cu were strongly associated with organic matter and available and aqua regia soluble soil P, which we attribute to inputs in agricultural fertilisers and soil organic amendments (e.g. manures, composts). (edu.au)
  • Paradigm shift of contamination risk of six heavy metals in tea (Camellia sinensis L.) growing soil: A new approach influenced by inorganic and organic amendments. (bvsalud.org)
  • S.3A/3) growing soil influenced by lower to higher doses of inorganic and organic amendments. (bvsalud.org)
  • The aim of this paper was to determine the influence of acid soils liming and initial soil acidity as well as organic matter content on availability of four heavy metals m(Zn, Pb, Cr and Cd). (srce.hr)
  • Considering impact of initial humus content in soil, higher relative liming efficiency of heavy metals availability decrement was determined in soils with higher soil organic matter content and with lower initial concentrations of available heavy metals. (srce.hr)
  • Soil is a mixture of various materials such as air, water, and organic matter. (ump.edu.my)
  • As a result, soil pH, organic matter, available phosphorus, and exchangeable-Ca, Mg, and K of most soils were higher than the average values of greenhouses in Gyeongnam. (kjssf.org)
  • We study the biochemical and molecular mechanisms that fungi use to cause organic matter transformation and decomposition focusing both on intact tissues such as wood, but also processed molecules such as soil organic matter. (lu.se)
  • Heavy metals are the main pollutants found in industrial effluents. (ac.ir)
  • Though, the soil of the megalopolis, as an integral environmental component, and the level of its contamination by heavy metals (pollutants) is investigated still insufficiently. (envirobiotechjournals.com)
  • Cd is the major pollutant in farmland soil, the monomial ecological risk (Eri) for Cd is a very high potential ecological risk. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • The present study provides several contamination and ecological risk indices for selected metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni and Zn) in tea ( Camellia sinensis L. (bvsalud.org)
  • The presence of heavy metals in soils is an environmental hazard key and one of the most difficult contamination control problems to solve. (omicsonline.org)
  • The presence of these metals in soils poses a significant environmental hazard, and one of most difficult contamination problems to solve. (pjoes.com)
  • On the other hand, the rapid population growth and more production of materials along with increasing demand for agricultural products, as well as the application of compost fertilizers and sewage sludge due to their richness of some elements, have been considered the other reasons for the heavy metal pollutions. (ac.ir)
  • Three volumes of compost were added to a heavy metal contaminated soil (additions of zero, 10, and 40 percent compost, by volume). (wvu.edu)
  • An increase of nodule formation and nitrification resulted with the addition of compost to heavy metal contaminated soil. (wvu.edu)
  • Description of some sorption and migration phenomena involving Pb, Zn, Ni and Cu in the surface layer of soil and sewage sludge compost was the primary objective of this work. (pjoes.com)
  • however, care must be taken to ensure that very short-term leaching pulses of heavy metals induced by compost amendment are not of sufficient magnitude to cause contamination of the wider environment. (aber.ac.uk)
  • Copper and zinc concentrations of 24 soils collected from greenhouse using manure compost (red line: Korean threshold value, blue line: average of Gyeongnam greenhouse soil). (kjssf.org)
  • Zinc, Cd, and Pb contamination was analyzed in soil fractions and the roots and shoots of wheat ( Triticum aestivum) and white clover (Trifolim repens). (wvu.edu)
  • The concentration of Lead (Pb) and Zinc (Zn) in the study area soil are higher than that of standard level. (journalcra.com)
  • Our study highlights that vegetables growing soil containing higher amount of metals that could be transferred into edible parts of the plant, so study area should be monitored regularly to avoid health risk of human being due to exposure of toxic level. (journalcra.com)
  • Identifying areas of environmental exposure potential for humans due to contaminated soils is an ever growing concern for cities with extensive industrial histories. (psu.edu)
  • A definitive analysis of the impact on public health of lead-contaminated soil is limited often by a lack of information on human exposure factors and soil conditions. (cdc.gov)
  • Your health care provider may order a heavy metal blood test if you had a possible exposure to heavy metal or if you have symptoms of heavy metal poisoning. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Symptoms of heavy metal poisoning depend on the type of metal and how much exposure you had. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Even if you don't have symptoms, you may still need to avoid all exposure to that metal. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Research suggests it is possible that exposure to metal fumes might increase susceptibility to lung infection, even with common, relatively harmless infectious agents [7]. (cdc.gov)
  • The hierarchy of controls can be used to prevent workplace exposure to welding fumes and gases, and soils that may be contaminated with B. cereus group bacteria producing anthrax toxins. (cdc.gov)
  • exposure to HMs has been studied mainly by monitoring the concentrations in body fluids such as blood or urine, Heavy metals (HMs) are metals with specific densities or by studying their concentrations in ambient air. (who.int)
  • exposure to several HMs and their adverse effects on Among these, the metals most commonly associated the respiratory system. (who.int)
  • The study was carried out to understand the source and magnitude of heavy metal contamination in soil and various kinds of vegetables like potato, red amaranth us, spinach, carrot, cabbage, tomato and brinjal at Thane, Maharashtra where these vegetables are grown. (journalcra.com)
  • The levels of Cu in these three soils showed higher values than in other soils, so the accumulation of Cu and Zn was mainly concerned with applying livestock manure. (kjssf.org)
  • Annam, S & Singla, A 2021, A brief survey of assessment models to predict stress level of heavy metals in soil. (ac.ir)
  • Aslibekian O, Moles R (2003) Environmental risk assessment of metal contaminated soils at silver mines abandoned mine site, co tipperary, Ireland. (springer.com)
  • Chiroma TM, Ebewele RO, Hymore FK (2014) Comparative assessment of heavy metal levels in soil, vegetables and urban grey waste water used for irrigation in Yola and Kano. (springer.com)
  • The book covers biochar's effect on soil micro-and macro-properties, assessment of heavy metal stability in biochar-treated soil, and long-term stability of heavy metals in biochar-treated soil. (elsevier.com)
  • Total metal and As contents were determined by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry in samples from 14 sites at different distances from the landfill body. (e3s-conferences.org)
  • Either green waste- or MSW-derived composts increased plant yield and rooting depth, reduced plant metal uptake, and raised the pH and nutrient status of the soil. (aber.ac.uk)
  • The extraction of Pb, Zn, and Ni from soil using Malva parviflora plant has been tested. (edu.ly)
  • The amount of heavy metals in soil, the part of the plant has been determined using atomic absorption spectroscopy. (edu.ly)
  • TRAHMCI is based on the probable change of metal status in soil with progress of growth of tea plant . (bvsalud.org)
  • May 13, 2013 - Antimony (Sb) in lead bullets poses a major environmental risk in shooting range soils. (datapdf.com)
  • This paper attempts to quantify the heavy metals spices bound to various soil fractions at five sampling stations (S1-S5) from the Doustbaglu area, NW Iran, to ascertain their bioavailability, using sequential extraction. (springer.com)
  • All samples underwent X-ray fluorescence analysis to quantify heavy metal concentrations. (cdc.gov)
  • As the indices characterized experimental soils with different extents of contamination , it would be important to standardize the indices with long term experiments followed by generation of new index. (bvsalud.org)
  • This could be useful to negate discrepancies arised from use of various existing metal contamination indices in tea growing soils amended with different doses of fertilizers . (bvsalud.org)
  • Effects of heavy metals and soil pH around a smelter detected, including decreased abundance of certain degradative capacities such as: acid formation from maltose, cellobiose, arabinose or xylose, or hydrolysation of starch, pectin, xylan, or cellulose. (lu.se)
  • Based on past smelting activities, the Anaconda smelter contaminated soils in the area with heavy metals. (cdc.gov)
  • These heavy metals can make their way into the food we eat when the metals transfer from the soil to the crops we eat. (organic-center.org)
  • Adelaide Research & Scholarship: Heavy metals in soils and crops in southeast Asia. (edu.au)
  • Heavy metals in soils and crops in southeast Asia. (edu.au)
  • The period of time in which every element re-establish his own balance in the soil, depends on the soil nature, structure, texture, chemical composition pH, humus content etc. [ 7 ]. (omicsonline.org)
  • This study was conducted to evaluate the contamination of heavy metals and their thermogravimetric properties in the soil-rice-husk system. (banglajol.info)
  • Liming experiment was conducted in laboratory conditions with six soils of different acidity according to rapid incubation method which was conducted in sealed containers for three days at a constant temperature of 60°C. Liming treatments resulted in trend of heavy metals availability decrement in all soils, but intensity of decrement differed considering initial soil acidity and initial heavy metals availability. (srce.hr)
  • The higher levels of heavy metals east of the road were due to the westerly prevailing wind at the sampling sites. (tubitak.gov.tr)
  • Nevertheless, special attention should be paid to reducing high levels of heavy metals in classroom dust in this area. (who.int)
  • Bryophytes (mosses) have long been used to determine the concentration of heavy metals as an alternative to the collection of atmospheric aerosols. (bvsalud.org)
  • The concentration of heavy metals in classroom dust samples ranged from 7559 to 53 723.0 mg/kg (mean: 16 945.5 mg/kg) for Fe, 169.0 to 952.0 mg/kg (mean 288.9 mg/kg) for Mn, and 9.0 to 971.0 mg/kg (mean 258.8 mg/kg) for Pb. (who.int)
  • Hg also originated from the deposited waste materials as well as cement production and oil and coal combustion activities in the study area, while As derived from industrial discharges and metal smelting activities. (nih.gov)
  • A wide range of pH (3.0 ą 5.5) of simulated acid rains, used to study the elution of metals from these matrices allowed a qualitative description of these metals' behaviour. (pjoes.com)
  • This study examined the heavy metals concentration of peat soil. (ump.edu.my)
  • Therefore, this study aims to investigate heavy metal concentrations in greenhouse soils using long-term livestock manure. (kjssf.org)
  • Nov 19, 2010 - This study presents a method for heavy metal removal from a shooting range soil by a newly suggested hybrid technology. (datapdf.com)
  • We study soils from across the globe, but have been particularly interested in subarctic ecosystems which are undergoing rapid environmental change, leading to pronounced changes in microbial resource use and biogeochemistry. (lu.se)
  • Chopin EIB, Black S, Hodson ME, Coleman ML, Alloway BJ (2003) A preliminary investigation into mining and smelting impacts on trace element concentrations in the soil and vegetation around Tharsis, SW Spain. (springer.com)
  • Organisms need very small amounts of heavy metals to continue to grow and survive, so-called trace elements. (ac.ir)
  • Heavy metals are natural constituents of the Earth's crust and trace amounts are always present in biological materials. (journalcra.com)
  • Multivariate statistical analyses revealed that Cu, Zn, and Pb in the soils originated from the deposited waste materials as well as traffic-related activities (e.g. wear and tear of tyres, brakes, and engines) at the site. (nih.gov)
  • Sources and spatial distributions of the heavy metals were analyzed using multivariate approaches and the ordinary Kriging method. (ere.ac.cn)
  • Heavy metal contents in the samples were analyzed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). Results show that Cu, Zn, and Cd content in the farmland soil and sediment around the lower reaches of the Hun River (HTM tailings pond section) are obviously higher than the upper reaches. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • The metal content in husk was higher than in corresponding rice. (banglajol.info)
  • Fe concentration was higher than other metals in soil, husk and grain samples. (banglajol.info)
  • It was also revealed 1.7 times higher than the established normative value for As in soils. (e3s-conferences.org)
  • The mean concentrations of Hg, Pb, Cu and Cr were higher than the background values of Xuzhou and Jiangsu, which suggested a potential metal contamination. (ere.ac.cn)
  • Metals also can exert a selective pressure on the organisms, resulting in microbial populations with higher tolerance to metals. (ucp.pt)
  • Higher than normal levels of a heavy metal in your blood may mean that you have heavy metal poisoning, but not always. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Several researchers have noted that soil iron is much higher around welding sites than elsewhere [10,11]. (cdc.gov)
  • Methods of soil analysis: Part 2 chemical and microbiological properties, vol 9. (springer.com)
  • The chemical compositions of these heavy metals don't exceed 0.01% in the analyzed systems and their physiologic role is essential for normal biological life cycle of organisms [ 3 ]. (omicsonline.org)
  • From the geological and chemical point of view the heavy metals can express lots of proprieties. (omicsonline.org)
  • C (control soil) and M (mines) isolates were less tolerant than EI 1 , EI 2 and CI (chemical industries) isolates. (ucp.pt)
  • The chemical characteristics and heavy metal concentrations of the soils were analyzed. (kjssf.org)
  • The results of the bioleaching processes indicated that S-oxidizing bacteria enhanced the mobility of heavy metals in the soil, based on their chemical forms. (datapdf.com)
  • Uranium is a naturally occurring, ubiquitous, heavy metal found in various chemical forms in all soils, rocks, seas and oceans. (who.int)
  • The range of children potentially exposed to lead in dust and soil is estimated at 5.9 million to 11.7 million children. (cdc.gov)
  • In addition, the ingestion of soil by children is also considered a potentially important pathway. (who.int)
  • However, many farmers use livestock manure and inorganic fertilizer together, leading to excessive soil nutrients. (kjssf.org)
  • We found no correlation between heavy metals in classroom dust and childhood asthma. (who.int)
  • Soil, rice husk and rice samples were analyzed after microwave acid digestion. (banglajol.info)
  • Heavy metal contamination can happen due to some types of manufacturing processes, mining, as well as the use of products such as paints, pesticides, industrial effluent, and waste water sludge. (harborenvirogroup.com)
  • Metal contamination had no effect on the selected soil properties, while it significantly inhibited both microbial activity and MBC formation. (edu.au)
  • Based on the microbial phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA) analysis, total PLFAs decreased significantly under metal stress at the end of incubation. (edu.au)
  • Thus the evidence for widespread contamination of soils by these elements through agricultural activities is not strong. (edu.au)
  • This hybrid method of EDTA-enhanced bioelectrokinetics demonstrated an adequate removal efficiency of heavy metals, especially Pb, with lower power consumption and eco-friendly soil conditions. (datapdf.com)