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The research reveals the relationship and enrichment of heavy metals in soil of sewage irrigation area in Guangdong province, southern China. Samples were collected from topsoil (0-10cm) and subsoil (30-40cm), and the total concentrations of heavy metals were extracted by HNO3-HF-HClO4. It is concluded that Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb may be homologous or combined pollution, and Mn and Cr may be also homologous...
This study is supported by the agriculture geochemical survey project in Dakang town, Jiangyou city. By analyzing the heavy metals and organic pollutants contained in the surface soil, a assessment of soil quality is made in the study area by introducing single-index and comprehensive-index evaluation analysis, as well as by using GIS .The evaluation shows that nearly 1/3 areas of the land in the...
Heavy metal contamination of soil is of major concern from an ecological point of view. This study aims to characterize soil samples from different sites of two waste disposal grounds in Malaysia, to study heavy metal contamination in the landfill environment. The soil samples were obtained at different depths from 2m to 35m deep to find the possibility of heavy metal migration from the waste cell...
This study reported the feasibility of flushing remediation of Cu contaminated soil using thiacalix arenetetrasulfonate (TCAS) reagent. Batch experiments were performed to test the factors influencing remediation of Cu contaminated soil. The effects of pH value, initial conentration and contact time.on the removal capacities of Cu by TCAS reagent had been studied. The results showed that the TCAS...
In this paper, a probe into the stabilization effects of ferrous sulfate (FeSO4) came from two aspects-stabilization efficiency and leachate content. Fe/As molar ratio, arsenic pollution intensity, soil pH, reacted time interval, competitive ions, such as sulfate(SO42-), phosphate(PO43-) and zinc ion(Zn2+), were studied in order to discuss their effects on the stabilization of arsenic. Results show...
Two strains named W7 and W16 were isolated by liquid enrichment culture from the corn field where atrazine has been chronically applied. Observed by gram stain and SEM, W7 belonged to gram-positive bacteria and the single cell was short bacilliform; W16 belonged to gram-negative bacteria and the single cell was spherical. Through physiological and identification and 16SrDNA sequence analysis, two...
Heavy metal pollution is a worldwide problem. Phytoremediation is an effective and low-cost interesting technology. Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) could be a promising candidate for phytoremediation on metal-contaminated soils due to its high biomass, faster growth and moderate takeup and accumulation of heavy metals such as Cu, Cd, Se, Pb and Mn. As a follow-up processing of sugarcane, bagasse...
Soil pollution is a worldwide problem. Both inorganic and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) possess high toxicity and long-term persistence. Biosurfactant based remediation technologies for contaminated soil are of increasing importance recently, and they have been demonstrated to be effective in uptaking both heavy metals such as Cd, Pb, Zn, Cu, and organic pollutants like hydrophobic organic...
Atmospheric deposition samples were collected and analyzed from 50 sampling sites in Baoshan district, Shanghai. The results show that the average concentration of Pb, Cr, Cd, Zn and Cu is 281.88, 254.45, 7.06, 2433.92 and 3321·08mg-kg-1 respectively, which are much higher than background values of soil in Shanghai. The spatial distribution features of live heavy metals illustrate higher concentrations...
The objective of this study is, basing on the geochemical survey project of agriculture land, to assess the pollution levels of heavy metal in agriculture soil in Weicheng town, Mianyang city. The pollution assessments to soil heavy metals are performed by introducing SF (single factor) and CF (combined factors) pollution index analysis. The evaluation shows that there are obvious differences of heavy...
Yunfu pyrite deposit bearing thallium (Tl) with proven reserves of three million tons' Tl in Guangdong Province, China has been extensively exploited since 1970. This study investigated contamination levels of Tl and other trace metals in ecosystem such as soils, surface waters, vegetables and crops in the area near the deposit. Results show that Tl in these samples nearby has greatly enriched and...
In this paper, the content and chemical speciation of a heavy metal element, Cd, were studied from 63 urban soil samples extracted from five different functional areas, Industrial Area, Commercial Area, Scenic Area, Agricultural Area, and Residential Area, of Qingdao. The analysis results indicated the Cd content in soil was 0.2211 - 3.040 mg/kg, with an average value of 1.289 mg/kg. The contamination...
Leachate from gangue is known as the main pollutants source to mining area soil and groundwater pollution. Long term leaching experiment are carried out to seek the long term effect on leachate chemistry of gangue under long term exposure to rainfall and atmosphere. Gangue from Xishan coal mine is used for long term dynamic leachate to analyze and compare the changes of the various metal ions in leachate...
A novel bioflocculant-producing bacterial strain B-28 was screened from contaminative soils by gas oil wastewater. The optimum carbon sources, nitrogen sources, metal ions and initial pH were glucose, yeast extract, 2 ml 0.1% FeCl3 and 6-8, respectively. And at the optimal couture conditions, flocculating activity reached its maximum flocculating activity of 97.2% at 72 h. This indicated that the...
The isolation and preliminary characterization of the indigenous dioxin-biotransformation bacteria of Taiwan was conducted in this study. After that, the culture enrichment, and strains acclimation were also carried out for the isolated strains. The soil samples, Tainan#1, Tainan#2 and Tainan#3 were gathering from the downstream of the announced dioxin contamination site in southern part of Taiwan,...
The research reveals the level and chemical forms of lead in soil of sewage irrigation area in Guangdong province, South China. Samples were collected from topsoil (0-10cm) and subsoil (30-40cm), and the total content and different fractions of lead were extracted by HNO3-HF-HClO4 and Tessier sequential extraction procedure, respectively. It is concluded that the soil of study area has been contaminated...
To reveal the spatial variability of soil heavy metals under the influence of urban expansion, Yingxing city of Jiangsu province was selected as study area. Three transects were arranged in the urban-rural ecotone. 24 surface soil samples were collected. And the contents of heavy metals including Hg, Pb, Cu and Zn were measured and analyzed. The results were as follows: (1) Hg contamination and Pb,...
Trichloroethene (TCE), usually in the form of dense non-aqueous phase liquid (DNAPL), is a widely used degreasing ingredient causing profound soil and groundwater contamination. While bio-enhanced dechlorination of TCE to harmless Ethene is a promising technique for waste water treatment, the mechanism and related phenomenon have not been thoroughly understood, especially in groundwater. A comprehensive...
It is important to evaluate and monitor the environmental impacts by the activity in our hand with appropriate methods, and the geophysical techniques have often been using in the subsurface environmental monitoring and remediation processes. In the study an Electromagnetic survey (EM) is performed to delineate deeply the extent of contamination at an industrial abandoned site, to detect the spread...
In recent years, much attention has been paid to the problem of farmland soil contamination by heavy metals in China. Cadmium (Cd) is an important heavy metal which can cause adverse ecological effects, in particular, can be easily accumulated by rice plants. On the basis of determining the concentrations of Cd in 303 farmland soil samples from the rice producing area in the Luxian County, Sichuan...
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