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Calas A, Schreck E, Viers J, Avellan A, Pages A, Dias-Alves M, Gardrat E, Behra P, Pont V. Air quality, metal(loid) sources identification and environmental assessment using (bio)monitoring in the former mining district of Salsigne (Orbiel valley, France). CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 357:141974. [PMID: 38615955 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2024] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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The former mining district of Salsigne is situated in the Orbiel valley. Until the 20th century, it was the first gold mine in Europe and the first arsenic mine in the world. Rehabilitation has been performed during the 20 years that followed closure of the mines and factories, which led to the accumulation of storage of several million tons of waste in this valley. Nevertheless, a detailed description of the air quality of this area is still missing. The goal of the present study is to evaluate atmospheric contamination in the valley and identify the potential sources of this contamination. Active monitors (particulate matter samplers) and passive bioindicators (Tillandsia usneoides) were placed in strategic sites including remote areas. Over the year 2022, we assessed the air quality using microscopic and spectroscopic techniques, as well as environmental risk indicators to report the level of contamination. Results indicate that the overall air quality in the valley is good with PM10 levels in accordance with EU standards. Elemental concentrations in the exposed plants were lower than reported in the literature. Among the different sites studied, Nartau and La Combe du Saut, corresponding to waste storage and former mining industry sites, were the most affected. Chronic exposure over 1 year was highlighted for Fe, Ni, Cu, Pb, Sb and As. Pollution Load Index and Enrichment Factors, which provided valuable information to assess the environmental condition of the valley's air, suggested that dust and resuspension of anthropogenic materials were the principle sources for most of the elements. Finally, this study also highlights that using T. usneoides could be a convenient approach for biomonitoring of metal (loid)-rich particles in the atmosphere within a former mining area, for at least one year. These results in turn allow to better understand the effects of chronic exposure on the ecosystem.
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- Aude Calas
- Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400, Toulouse, France; Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-industrielle (LCA), Université de Toulouse, INRAE, Toulouse INP, Toulouse, France.
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- Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400, Toulouse, France
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- Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400, Toulouse, France
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- Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400, Toulouse, France
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- Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, 16 avenue Edouard Belin 31400 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-industrielle (LCA), Université de Toulouse, INRAE, Toulouse INP, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400, Toulouse, France
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Lozano LP, Taleb MFA, Ibrahim MM, Gonçalves JO, Neckel A, Schmitz GP, Bodah BW, Korcelski C, Maculan LS, Silva LFO. Geochemistry and the optics of geospatial analysis as a preposition of water quality on a macroscale. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:32614-32636. [PMID: 38656718 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-33409-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2024] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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The water treatment depends exclusively on the identification of residues containing toxic chemical elements accumulated in NPs (nanoparticles), and ultrafine particles sourced from waste piles located at old, abandoned sulfuric acid factories containing phosphogypsum requires global attention. The general objective of this study is to quantify and analyze the hazardous chemical elements present in the leachate of waste from deactivated sulfuric acid factories, coupled in NPs and ultrafine particles, in the port region of the city of Imbituba, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Samples were collected in 2020, 2021, and 2022. Corresponding images from the Sentinel-3B OLCI satellite, taken in the same general vicinity, detected the levels of absorption coefficient of Detritus and Gelbstoff (ADG443_NN) in 443 m-1, chlorophyll-a (CHL_NN (m-3)), and total suspended matter (TSM_NN (g m-3) at 72 points on the marine coast of the port region. The results of inductively coupled plasma atomic-emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) demonstrate that the leaching occurring in waste piles at the port area of Imbituba was the likely source of hazardous chemical elements (e.g., Mg, Sr, Nd, and Pr) in the environment. These leachates were formed due to the presence of coal pyrite and Fe-acid sulfates in said waste piles. The mobility of hazardous chemical elements potentiates changes in the marine ecosystem, in relation to ADG443_NN (m-1), CHL_NN (m-3), and TSM NN (g m-3), with values greater than 20 g m-3 found in 2021 and 2022. This indicated changes in the natural conditions of the marine ecosystem up to 30 km from the coast in the Atlantic Ocean, justifying public initiatives for water treatment on a global scale.
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- Liliana P Lozano
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universidad de La Costa, CUC, Calle 58 #55-66, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
- Postgraduate Doctoral Program in Society, Nature and Development, Universidade Federal Do Oeste Do Pará, UFOPA, Paraná, 68040-255, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Humanities in Al-Kharj, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, 11942, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, 21944, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universidad de La Costa, CUC, Calle 58 #55-66, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
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- ATITUS Educação, Passo Fundo, RS, 30499070-220, Brazil.
- Universidade Do Minho, UMINHO, 4710-057, Porto, Portugal.
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- Thaines and Bodah Center for Education and Development, 840 South Meadowlark Lane, Othello, WA, 99344, USA
- Workforce Education & Applied Baccalaureate Programs, Yakima Valley College, South 16 Avenue & Nob Hill Boulevard, Yakima, WA, 98902, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universidad de La Costa, CUC, Calle 58 #55-66, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
- Postgraduate Doctoral Program in Society, Nature and Development, Universidade Federal Do Oeste Do Pará, UFOPA, Paraná, 68040-255, Brazil
- CDLAC-Data Collection Laboratory and Scientific Analysis LTDA, Porto Alegre, 90670-090, Brazil
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Silva LFO, Bodah BW, Lozano LP, Oliveira MLS, Korcelski C, Maculan LS, Neckel A. Nanoparticles containing hazardous elements and the spatial optics of the Sentinel-3B OLCI satellite in Amazonian rivers: a potential tool to understand environmental impacts. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023:10.1007/s11356-023-27617-7. [PMID: 37193793 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-27617-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The Amazon River is the longest river in the world. The Tapajós River is a tributary to the Amazon. At their junction, a marked decrease in water quality is evident from negative impacts from the constant activity of clandestine gold mining in the Tapajós River watershed. The accumulation of hazardous elements (HEs), capable of compromising environmental quality across large regions is evident in the waters of the Tapajós. Sentinel-3B OLCI (Ocean Land Color Instrument) Level-2 satellite imagery with Water Full Resolution (WFR) of 300 m was utilized to detect the highest potential for the absorption coefficient of detritus and gelbstoff in 443 m-1 (ADG443_NN), chlorophyll-a (CHL_NN) and total suspended matter concentration (TSM_NN), at 25 points in the Amazon and Tapajós rivers (in 2019 and 2021). Physical samples of riverbed sediment collected in the field at the same locations were analyzed for NPs and ultra-fine particles to verify the geospatial findings. The riverbed sediment samples collected in the field were studied by Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), with selected area electron diffraction (SAED), following laboratory analytical procedures. The Sentinel-3B OLCI images, based on the Neural Network (NN) were calibrated by the European Space Agency (ESA), with a standard average normalization of 0.83 µg/mg, containing a maximum error of 6.62% applied to the sampled points. The analysis of the riverbed sediment samples revealed the presence of the following hazardous elements: As, Hg, La, Ce, Th, Pb, Pd, among several others. The Amazon River has significant potential to transport ADG443_NN (55.475 m-1) and TSM_NN (70.787 gm-3) in sediments, with the possibility of negatively impacting marine biodiversity, in addition to being harmful to human health over very large regions.
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- Luis F O Silva
- CDLAC - Coleta de Dados Análises Laboratoriais E Científicas LTDA, Nova Santa Rita , 92480-000, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação Doutorado Em Sociedade Natureza E Desenvolvimento, Universidade Federal Do Oeste Do Pará, UFOPA, Paraná, 68040-255, Brazil
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universidad de La Costa, CUC, Calle 58 # 55-66, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
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- Thaines and Bodah Center for Education and Development, 840 South Meadowlark Lane, Othello, WA, 99344, USA
- Yakima Valley College, Workforce Education & Applied Baccalaureate Programs, South16th Avenue & Nob Hill Boulevard, Yakima, WA, 98902, USA
- ATITUS Educação, Passo Fundo, RS, 30499070-220, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação Doutorado Em Sociedade Natureza E Desenvolvimento, Universidade Federal Do Oeste Do Pará, UFOPA, Paraná, 68040-255, Brazil
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universidad de La Costa, CUC, Calle 58 # 55-66, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
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- CDLAC - Coleta de Dados Análises Laboratoriais E Científicas LTDA, Nova Santa Rita , 92480-000, Brazil
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universidad de La Costa, CUC, Calle 58 # 55-66, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
- Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina-UFSC, Florianópolis, 88040-900, Brazil
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- ATITUS Educação, Passo Fundo, RS, 30499070-220, Brazil
- Universidade Do Minho, UMINHO, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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Viers J, Freydier R, Grande JA, Zouiten C, Marquet A, Delpoux S, Santisteban M, Pokrovsky OS, Fortes JC, Davila JM, Sarmiento A, Audry S, Luis A, Meheut M, Behra P, Darrozes J, Monnin C. The use of copper isotopes for understanding metal transfer mechanisms within the continuum mine-river-dam (Huelva Region, Spain). ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:53275-53294. [PMID: 36853539 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-25802-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 02/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Mining areas and in particular those containing massive sulfides have left a heavy environmental legacy with soils and hydrographic networks highly contaminated with metals and metalloids as for example in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (Huelva, Spain). Here, we present new data on copper (Cu) isotopic composition of waters and solids collected along a continuum Mine (Tharsis)-River (Meca)-Lake (Sancho) in the Iberian Pyrite Belt. Our results show that the isotopic signature of pit lakes is spatially variable, but remains stable over the seasons; this signature seems to be controlled by water-rock interaction processes. The data obtained on the Meca River imply a number of attenuation processes such as decrease in the metal concentration by precipitation of secondary minerals. This is accompanied by preferential retention of the heavy isotope (65Cu) with a possibility of living organisms (e.g., algae) participation. The terminal Sancho lake demonstrated constant isotopic signature over the entire depth of the water column despite sizable variations in Cu concentrations, which can be tentatively explained by a superposition of counter-interacting biotic and abiotic processes of Cu fractionation. Overall, the understanding of the isotopic variations along the hydrological continuum is useful for a better understanding of metal element transfer within mining environments and surrounding surface waters.
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- Jérôme Viers
- Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400, Toulouse, France.
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- HydroSciences UMR 5569, CNRS, Universités Montpellier I & II, IRD, , Place Eugène Bataillon, CC MSE, Cedex 5, 34095, Montpellier, France
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- Centro de Investigación Para La Ingeniería en Minería Sostenible, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería, Universidad de Huelva, Avenida de Las Fuerzas Armadas, 21007, Huelva, Spain
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- Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400, Toulouse, France
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- Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400, Toulouse, France
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- HydroSciences UMR 5569, CNRS, Universités Montpellier I & II, IRD, , Place Eugène Bataillon, CC MSE, Cedex 5, 34095, Montpellier, France
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- Centro de Investigación Para La Ingeniería en Minería Sostenible, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería, Universidad de Huelva, Avenida de Las Fuerzas Armadas, 21007, Huelva, Spain
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- Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400, Toulouse, France
- BIO-GEO-CLIM Laboratory, Tomsk State University, 36 Lenina Prs, Tomsk, Russia
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- Centro de Investigación Para La Ingeniería en Minería Sostenible, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería, Universidad de Huelva, Avenida de Las Fuerzas Armadas, 21007, Huelva, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Para La Ingeniería en Minería Sostenible, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería, Universidad de Huelva, Avenida de Las Fuerzas Armadas, 21007, Huelva, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Para La Ingeniería en Minería Sostenible, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería, Universidad de Huelva, Avenida de Las Fuerzas Armadas, 21007, Huelva, Spain
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- Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400, Toulouse, France
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- Centro de Investigación Para La Ingeniería en Minería Sostenible, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería, Universidad de Huelva, Avenida de Las Fuerzas Armadas, 21007, Huelva, Spain
- GeoBioTec Research Unit, Department of Geosciences, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-Industrielle, LCA, Université de Toulouse, INRA, Toulouse, France
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- Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400, Toulouse, France
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- Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400, Toulouse, France
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Chen S, Wu P, Zha X, Zhou B, Liu J, Long E. Arsenic and Heavy Metals in Sediments Affected by Typical Gold Mining Areas in Southwest China: Accumulation, Sources and Ecological Risks. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:1432. [PMID: 36674187 PMCID: PMC9859441 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20021432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Gold mining is associated with serious heavy metal pollution problems. However, the studies on such pollution caused by gold mining in specific geological environments and extraction processes remain insufficient. This study investigated the accumulation, fractions, sources and influencing factors of arsenic and heavy metals in the sediments from a gold mine area in Southwest China and also assessed their pollution and ecological risks. During gold mining, As, Sb, Zn, and Cd in the sediments were affected, and their accumulation and chemical activity were relatively high. Gold mining is the main source of As, Sb, Zn and Cd accumulation in sediments (over 40.6%). Some influential factors cannot be ignored, i.e., water transport, local lithology, proportion of mild acido-soluble fraction (F1) and pH value. In addition, arsenic and most tested heavy metals have different pollution and ecological risks, especially As and Sb. Compared with the other gold mining areas, the arsenic and the heavy metal sediments in the area of this study have higher pollution and ecological risks. The results of this study show that the local government must monitor potential environmental hazards from As and Sb pollution to prevent their adverse effects on human beings. This study also provides suggestions on water protection in the same type of gold-mining areas.
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- Sirui Chen
- College of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
- College Key Laboratory of Karst Geological Resources and Environment of Ministry of Education, Guiyang 550025, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
- College Key Laboratory of Karst Geological Resources and Environment of Ministry of Education, Guiyang 550025, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
- College Key Laboratory of Karst Geological Resources and Environment of Ministry of Education, Guiyang 550025, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
- College Key Laboratory of Karst Geological Resources and Environment of Ministry of Education, Guiyang 550025, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
- College Key Laboratory of Karst Geological Resources and Environment of Ministry of Education, Guiyang 550025, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
- College Key Laboratory of Karst Geological Resources and Environment of Ministry of Education, Guiyang 550025, China
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Dai L, Wang L, Wan X, Yang J, Wang Y, Liang T, Song H, Shaheen SM, Antoniadis V, Rinklebe J. Potentially toxic elements exposure biomonitoring in the elderly around the largest polymetallic rare earth ore mining and smelting area in China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 853:158635. [PMID: 36087673 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Revised: 09/04/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Potentially toxic elements (PTEs) can be released during mining operations and ore processing. The pollution and health risk related to PTEs in total suspended particulates (TSPs) around the largest polymetallic rare earth mining area (Bayan Obo) and smelting area (Baotou) in Inner Mongolia, China, were evaluated. PTEs in the hair of the elderly living in these two areas and a reference area (Hohhot) were also examined. Relationships between PTEs in TSPs and hair with categorical factors (location, gender, etc.) were also modeled. Multivariate statistical analyses were carried out to analyze the possible sources of the PTEs in TSPs. The bubble maps of the concentrations of PTEs indicated that high concentrations of PTEs were near the industrial area where smelting plants and power plants were located. In addition, health risks were assessed for adults in the mining and smelting area. The carcinogenic risk of Cr was high for residents in the study areas. Also, the residents were exposed to a non-carcinogenic risk of Ni. Significant mean value differences were observed between PTEs in the hair of the elderly in Baotou and Hohhot. Results of the linear regression model indicated that around 31 % of the Pb in hair could be explained by the linear regression model, it could be affected by Ni and Zn in TSPs, but location, gender, and sampling time showed no significant contribution. Age was not significantly associated with the PTEs levels in hair in Baotou and Bayan Obo. The results provide important scientific evidence for a better understanding of the effects of PTEs in TSPs in polymetallic ore mining and smelting areas.
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- Lijun Dai
- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water- and Waste-Management, Soil- and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany.
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- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Department of Environment, Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Republic of Korea
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- University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water- and Waste-Management, Soil- and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany; King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Meteorology, Environment, and Arid Land Agriculture, Department of Arid Land Agriculture, 21589 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; University of Kafrelsheikh, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, 33516, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt
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- Department of Agriculture Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, Greece
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- University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water- and Waste-Management, Soil- and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany; Department of Environment, Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Republic of Korea
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Sarret G, Schreck E, Findling N, Daval D, Viers J, Delplace G, Pokrovsky OS. Chemical status of zinc in plant phytoliths: Impact of burning and (paleo)environmental implications. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 852:158460. [PMID: 36063937 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Revised: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Phytoliths are microscopic structures made of amorphous opal (opal-A), an amorphous hydrated silica, dispersed within plant tissues and persisting after the decay of the plant. Silicon is known to alleviate metal toxicity in plants, but the role of phytoliths in metal sequestration and detoxification is unclear. Dry ashing, the most common protocol for phytolith extraction, was previously shown to lead to sequestration of metals by the phytoliths; however, the mechanisms of this process remained elusive. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the association between metals and phytoliths results from dry ashing or pre-exists in plant tissues. Thus, we compared phytoliths extracted by dry ashing at 700 °C and plant leaves before and after dry ashing. A combination of ICP-MS, XRD, SEM-EDX and Zn-K-edge EXAFS spectroscopy was used to assess elemental concentrations, morphology and crystallography of silica, and chemical status of Zn. Results demonstrated a phase transition from amorphous opal (opal-A) to opal-CT and α-cristobalite, and the sequestration of metal in phytoliths during dry ashing. For Zn, Mn and Pb, a linear relationship was found between the concentration in phytoliths and in leaves. In the phytoliths, Zn was sequestered in silica in tetrahedral configuration. We hypothesize that this association results form a solid-state reaction during ashing, involving a redistribution of Zn from the organic material to the silica, possibly promoted by the release of structural water from amorphous opal throughout the heating procedure. This study improves our understanding of the impact of high temperature treatments on plant biomass and phytoliths. It suggests that Zn toxicity alleviation in plants by silicon does not rely on its sequestration by phytoliths. In natural settings, wild fire events and biomass burning may lead to metal sequestration in low-soluble form, which should be considered in modeling of biogeochemical cycles and in paleoenvironmental studies.
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- Géraldine Sarret
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, Univ. G. Eiffel, ISTerre, 38000 Grenoble, France.
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- Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, Univ. G. Eiffel, ISTerre, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, Univ. G. Eiffel, ISTerre, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
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- Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
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- Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France; BIO-GEO-CLIM Laboratory, Tomsk State University, Tomsk 634050, Russia
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Melleton J, Belbèze S, Négrel P, Brunet JF, Vic G, Auger P, Chevillard M, Laperche V. Comment on "Pedo-geochemical background and sediment contamination of metal(loid)s in the old mining-district of Salsigne (Orbiel valley, France)" by Gauthier Delplace, Jérôme Viers, Eva Schreck, Priscia Oliva, Philippe Behra published in Chemosphere 287 (2022) 132111. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 307:135768. [PMID: 35872063 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Revised: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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- BRGM, F-45060 Orléans, France
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- BRGM, F-45060 Orléans, France
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