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Mng'ong'o ME, Mabagala FS. Arsenic and cadmium availability and its removal in paddy farming areas. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 360:121190. [PMID: 38763118 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121190] [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: 03/17/2024] [Revised: 05/04/2024] [Accepted: 05/14/2024] [Indexed: 05/21/2024]
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Arsenic (As) and cadmium (Cd) accumulation in rice grain is a global concern threatening food security and safety to the growing population. As and Cd are toxic non-essential elements poisonous to animal and human at higher levels. Its accumulation in agro-ecosystems pose a public health risk to consumers of agro-ecosystem products. Due to their hazards, As and Cd sources should be cleared, avoiding entering plants and the human body. As and Cd removal in soils and grains in agro-ecosystems has been conducted by various materials (natural and synthesized), however, there are little documentation on their contribution on As and Cd removal or reduction in rice grains. This identified knowledge gap necessitate a systematically review to understand efficiency and mechanisms of As and Cd availability reduction and removal in paddy farming areas through utilization of various synthetic and modified materials. To achieve this, published peer reviewed articles between 2010 and 2024 were collected from various database i.e., Science Direct, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and Research Gate and analyzed its content in respect to As and Cd reduction and removal. Furthermore, collected data were re-analyzed to determine standardized mean differences (SMD) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Based on 96 studies with 228 observations involving Fe, Ca, Si, and Se-based materials were identified, it was found that application of Fe, Ca, Si, and Se-based materials potentially reduced As and Cd in rice grains among various study sites and across studies. Among the studied materials, Fe-based materials observed to be more efficient compared to other utilized materials. However, there little or no information on performance of materials when used in combination and how they can improve crop productivity and soil health, thus requiring further studies. Thus, this study confirm Fe, Ca, Si, and Se modified materials have significant potential to reduce As and Cd availability in paddy farming areas and rice grains, thus necessary effort must be made to ensure materials access and availability for farmers utilization in paddy fields to reduce As and Cd accumulation.
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- Marco E Mng'ong'o
- Mbeya University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 131, Mbeya, Tanzania.
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Zeng W, Lu Y, Zhou J, Zhang J, Duan Y, Dong C, Wu W. Simultaneous removal of Cd(II) and As(V) by ferrihydrite-biochar composite: Enhanced effects of As(V) on Cd(II) adsorption. J Environ Sci (China) 2024; 139:267-280. [PMID: 38105054 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2023.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Revised: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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The coexistence of cadmium (Cd(II)) and arsenate (As(V)) pollution has long been an environmental problem. Biochar, a porous carbonaceous material with tunable functionality, has been used for the remediation of contaminated soils. However, it is still challenging for the dynamic quantification and mechanistic understanding of the simultaneous sequestration of multi-metals in biochar-engineered environment, especially in the presence of anions. In this study, ferrihydrite was coprecipitated with biochar to investigate how ferrihydrite-biochar composite affects the fate of heavy metals, especially in the coexistence of Cd(II) and As(V). In the solution system containing both Cd(II) and As(V), the maximum adsorption capacities of ferrihydrite-biochar composite for Cd(II) and As(V) reached 82.03 µmol/g and 531.53 µmol/g, respectively, much higher than those of the pure biochar (26.90 µmol/g for Cd(II), and 40.24 µmol/g for As(V)) and ferrihydrite (42.26 µmol/g for Cd(II), and 248.25 µmol/g for As(V)). Cd(II) adsorption increased in the presence of As(V), possibly due to the changes in composite surface charge in the presence of As(V), and the increased dispersion of ferrihydrite by biochar. Further microscopic and mechanistic results showed that Cd(II) complexed with both biochar and ferrihydrite, while As(V) was mainly complexed by ferrihydrite in the Cd(II) and As(V) coexistence system. Ferrihydrite posed vital importance for the co-adsorption of Cd(II) and As(V). The different distribution patterns revealed by this study help to a deeper understanding of the behaviors of cations and anions in the natural environment.
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- Wenjun Zeng
- College of Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Guangzhou 510655, China; Guangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for System Control of Livestock and Poultry breeding Pollution, Guangzhou 510655, China
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- South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Guangzhou 510655, China; Guangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for System Control of Livestock and Poultry breeding Pollution, Guangzhou 510655, China
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- South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Guangzhou 510655, China; Guangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for System Control of Livestock and Poultry breeding Pollution, Guangzhou 510655, China
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- South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Guangzhou 510655, China; Guangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for System Control of Livestock and Poultry breeding Pollution, Guangzhou 510655, China
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- South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Guangzhou 510655, China; Guangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for System Control of Livestock and Poultry breeding Pollution, Guangzhou 510655, China
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- College of Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Guangzhou 510655, China; Guangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for System Control of Livestock and Poultry breeding Pollution, Guangzhou 510655, China.
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Zeng P, Liu J, Zhou H, Wang Y, Ni L, Liao Y, Gu J, Liao B, Li Q. Long-term effects of compound passivator coupled with silicon fertilizer on the reduction of cadmium and arsenic accumulation in rice and health risk evaluation. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 922:171245. [PMID: 38408656 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171245] [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: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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Cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As) are precedence-controlled contaminants in paddy soils, that can easily accumulate in rice grains. Limestone and sepiolite (LS) compound passivator can obviously reduce Cd uptake in rice, whereas Si fertilizer can effectively decrease rice As uptake. Here, the synergistic effects of the LS compound passivator coupled with Si fertilizer (LSCS) on the soil pH and availability of Si, Cd, and As, as well as rice grain Cd and As accumulation and its health risk were studied based on a 3-year consecutive field experiment. The results showed that the LSCS performed the best in terms of synchronously decreasing soil Cd and As availability and rice Cd and As uptake. In the LSCS treatments, soil pH gradually decreased with the rice-planting season, while soil available Cd and As contents gradually increased, suggesting that the influence of LSCS on Cd and As availability gradually weakened with rice cultivation. Nonetheless, the contents of Cd and inorganic As (i-As) in rice grains treated with LSCS were slightly affected by cultivation but were significantly lower than the single treatments of LS compound passivator or Si fertilizer. According to the Cd and As limit standards in food (GB2762-2022), the Cd and i-As content in rice grains can be lowered below the standard by using the 4500 kg/hm2 LS compound passivator coupled with 90 kg/hm2 Si fertilizer in soil and spraying 0.4 g/L Si fertilizer on rice leaves for at least three years. Furthermore, health risk evaluation revealed that LSCS treatments significantly reduced the estimated daily intake, annual excess lifetime cancer risk, and hazard quotient of Cd and i-As in rice grains. These findings suggest that LSCS could be a viable approach for reducing Cd and As accumulation in rice grains and lowering the potential health risks associated with rice.
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- Peng Zeng
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; Hunan Engineering and Technology Research Center for Soil Pollution Remediation and Carbon Sequestration, Changsha 410004, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; Hunan Engineering and Technology Research Center for Soil Pollution Remediation and Carbon Sequestration, Changsha 410004, China.
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- College of Life and Environmental Science, Hunan University of Arts and Science, Changde 415000, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; Hunan Engineering and Technology Research Center for Soil Pollution Remediation and Carbon Sequestration, Changsha 410004, China; Hunan Research Institute for Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd., Changsha 410100, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; Hunan Engineering and Technology Research Center for Soil Pollution Remediation and Carbon Sequestration, Changsha 410004, China
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- Hunan Research Institute for Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd., Changsha 410100, China
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Liu Y, Huang W, Wang Y, Wen Q, Zhou J, Wu S, Liu H, Chen G, Qiu R. Effects of naturally aged microplastics on the distribution and bioavailability of arsenic in soil aggregates and its accumulation in lettuce. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 914:169964. [PMID: 38211862 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.169964] [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: 11/24/2023] [Revised: 01/02/2024] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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Naturally aged microplastics (NAMPs) and arsenic (As) have been reported to coexist in and threaten potentially to soil-plant ecosystem. The research explored the combined toxic effects of NAMPs and As to lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) growth, and the distribution, accumulation and bioavailability of As in soil aggregates. The As contaminated soil with low, medium and high concentrations (L-As, M-As, H-As) were treated with or without NAMPs, and a total of six treatments. The results displayed that, in comparison to separate treatments of L-As and M-As, the presence of NAMPs increased the total biomass of lettuce grown at these two As concentrations by 68.9 % and 55.4 %, respectively. Simultaneous exposure of NAMPs and L-As or M-As led to a decrease in As content in shoot (0.45-2.17 mg kg-1) and root (5.68-14.66 mg kg-1) of lettuce, indicating an antagonistic effect between them. In contrast, co-exposure to H-As and NAMPs showed synergistic toxicity, and the leaf chlorophyll and nutritional quality of lettuce were also reduced. NAMPs altered the ratio of different soil aggregate fractions and the distribution of bioavailable As within them, which influenced the absorption of As by lettuce. In conclusion, these direct observations assist us in enhancing the comprehend of the As migration and enrichment characteristics in soil-plant system under the influence of NAMPs.
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- Yanwei Liu
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Testing Institute of Product Quality Supervision, Foshan 528300, China
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- Guangdong Testing Institute of Product Quality Supervision, Foshan 528300, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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Liu S, Yang X, Shi B, Liu Z, Yan X, Zhou Y, Liang T. Utilizing machine learning algorithm for finely three-dimensional delineation of soil-groundwater contamination in a typical industrial park, North China: Importance of multisource auxiliary data. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 911:168598. [PMID: 37981145 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
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Intensive industrial activities cause soil contamination with wide variations and even perturb groundwater safety. Precision delineation of soil contamination is the foundation and precondition for soil quality assurance in the practical environmental management process. However, spatial non-stationarity phenomenon of soil contamination and heterogeneous sampling are two key issues that affect the accuracy of contamination delineation model. Taking a typical industrial park in North China as the research object, we constructed a random forest (RF) model for finely characterizing the distribution of soil contaminants using sparse-biased drilling data. Results showed that the R2 values of arsenic and 1,2-dichloroethane predicted by RF (0.8896 and 0.8973) were greatly higher than those of inverse distance weighted model (0.2848 and 0.2908), indicating that RF was more adaptable to actual non-stationarity sites. The back propagation neural network algorithm was utilized to establish a three-dimensional visualization of the contamination parcel of subsoil-groundwater system. Multiple sources of environmental data, including hydrogeological conditions, geochemical characteristics and anthropogenic industrial activities were integrated into the model to optimize the prediction accuracy. The feature importance analysis revealed that soil particle size was dominant for the migration of arsenic, while the migration of 1,2-dichloroethane highly depended on vertical permeability coefficients of the soil. Contaminants migrated downwards with soil water under gravity-driven conditions and penetrated through the subsoil to reach the saturated aquifer, forming a contamination plume with groundwater flow. Our findings afford a new idea for spatial analysis of soil-groundwater contamination at industrial sites, which will provide valuable technical support for maintaining sustainable industry.
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- Siyan Liu
- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic 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 Geographic 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 Geographic 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 Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
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- College of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
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Darma A, Feng Y, He C, Han H, Zandi P, Bloem E, Yang J. Maize straw application reduced cadmium and increased arsenic uptake in wheat and enhanced the rhizospheric bacterial communities in alkaline-contaminated soil. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 347:119138. [PMID: 37783079 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119138] [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: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 07/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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Many fields where wheat is grown in northern China are co-polluted by arsenic (As) and cadmium (Cd). Thus, remediation of As and Cd-contaminated alkaline soils is crucial for safe wheat production. In this study, a pot experiment was carried out to investigate the impact of 1% and 2% maize straw (MS) incorporation on As and Cd bioavailability, binding forms, uptake by winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), and bacterial communities in smelter (SS) and irrigation (IS) alkaline contaminated soils. The results indicated that 2% MS incorporation significantly (p < 0.05) increased bioavailable-As by 37% (SS) and 39% (IS) with no significant change in the bioavailable-Cd in SS2% (31.95%) from 31.95% (SSCK) and IS2% (33.33%) from 32.82% (ISCK). Incorporation of 2% MS increased the grain As concentration from 0.22 mg kg-1 (SSCK) to 0.51 mg kg-1 (SS2%) and from 0.59 mg kg-1 (ISCK) to 0.84 mg kg-1 (IS2%) which is above the acceptable standard of 0.5 mg kg-1 (GB2726-2017). In contrast, the Cd content in grains was maintained at 0.09 (SS1%), 0.04 (SS2%) and 0.03 (IS1%), 0.02 (IS2%) below the acceptable standard of 0.10 mg kg-1 (GB2762-2017). The amendment through dissolved organic carbon mediated As desorption enhanced As transfer to wheat grain, decreasing DTPA-Cd in the soils and its consequent translocation to wheat leaves and grain. The 2% MS incorporation increased the active As fractions, reduced mobile Cd into immobile fractions, and promoted the abundance of Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Firmicutes in the two soils. These attributes of MS in decreasing the accumulation of Cd in wheat leaves and grains signified its potential as a suitable ingredient for Cd sequestration and food safety in Cd-contaminated soils.
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- Aminu Darma
- State Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Arid and Semi-arid Arable Land in Northern China, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 South Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, China; Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
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- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
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- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
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- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
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- International Faculty of Applied Technology, Yibin University, Yibin, 644000, China.
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- Institute for Crop and Soil Science Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Bundesallee 69, 38116, Braunschweig, Germany.
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- State Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Arid and Semi-arid Arable Land in Northern China, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 South Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, China.
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Cheema AI, Liu G, Yousaf B, Ashraf A, Lu M, Irshad S, Pikon K, Mujtaba Munir MA, Rashid MS. Influence of biochar produced from negative pressure-induced carbonization on transformation of potentially toxic metal(loid)s concerning plant physiological characteristics in industrially contaminated soil. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 347:119018. [PMID: 37748293 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119018] [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: 05/23/2023] [Revised: 09/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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Soil contamination and its subsequent impact on the food chain is a pressing challenge in the present day. The application of biochar has demonstrated a significant and positive effect on soil health, thereby enhancing plant growth and development. However, the application of biochar (BC) produced from negative pressure-induced carbonization to mitigate metal(loid) contamination is a new strategy that has been studied in current research. Results depicted that the application of biochar derived from the negative pressure carbonization (vacuum-assisted biochar (VBC) has a significant (p ≤ 0.05) positive impact on plant growth and physiological characteristics by influencing immobilization and speciation of metal(loid) in the soil system. Moreover, the interactive effect of VBC on physiological characteristics (photosynthesis, gas exchange, and chlorophyll contents) and antioxidant activities of maize (Zea mays L.) was significantly (p ≤ 0.05) positive by confining the translocation and movement of metal(loid)s to the aerial part of the maize plant. X-ray diffraction (XRD) provided information on the structural and chemical changes induced by the VBC-500 °C explaining metal(loid) adsorption onto mineral surfaces and complexation that can affect their mobility, availability, and toxicity in the contaminated soil. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) further provided a more detailed understanding of the metal(loid)s and biochar complexation mechanisms influenced by VBC-based functional groups -OH, C-Hn, -COOH, CO, C-O-C, CC, C-O, C-H, OH, and C-C in the binding process. These results suggest that the application of biochar prepared at 500 °C under negative pressure-induced carbonization conditions to the soil is the most efficient way to reduce the uptake and transfer of metal(loid)s by influencing their mobility and availability in the soil-plant system.
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- Ayesha Imtiyaz Cheema
- CAS-Key Laboratory of Crust-Mantle Materials and the Environments, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China
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- CAS-Key Laboratory of Crust-Mantle Materials and the Environments, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China.
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- Department of Technologies and Installations for Waste Management, Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 44 -100, Gliwice, Poland
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- CAS-Key Laboratory of Crust-Mantle Materials and the Environments, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China
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- CAS-Key Laboratory of Crust-Mantle Materials and the Environments, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China
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- CAS-Key Laboratory of Crust-Mantle Materials and the Environments, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China
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- Department of Technologies and Installations for Waste Management, Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 44 -100, Gliwice, Poland
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- College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, No. 18 Chaowang Road, Hangzhou, 310014, China; Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology for Industrial Pollution Control of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310014, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer in South Region, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nutrient Cycling and Farmland Conservation, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, PR China
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Li J, Yang X, Tong X, Peng Y, Deng Y, Yan X, Zhou Y. Cleaner production of Chinese cabbage by intercropping from Cd contaminated soil: Effects of hyperaccumulator variety and planting strip width. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 341:139975. [PMID: 37643648 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139975] [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: 07/17/2023] [Revised: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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The utilization of Cd-contaminated soil in vegetable crop production can lighten the food crisis and improve the soil environmental resilience. Intercropping is a reliable technology in safety production from contaminated soil. A field-scale experiment was carried out to unravel how plant species and pattern affect the growth and Cd uptake of Chinese cabbage from Cd contaminated land. Among all the intercropping systems designed in this study, one row of Chinese cabbage intercropping with one row of Solanum nigrum L. is the best planting mode (high yields (2.78 kg/m2) and low Cd accumulation (0.02 mg/kg) of Chinese cabbage). Combined with the in-depth joint analysis of diverse soil physicochemical features (soil nutrient characteristics and microbial community structure), biomass yield and quality, and soil microbiological properties, we elaborated that two measures (screening hyperaccumulation types and controlling planting strip width) were the major factors in determining the growth of the aboveground and underground parts of Chinese cabbage respectively, thus directly regulating the application effectiveness of intercropping technology. The intertwined mechanisms (interspecific and intraspecific relationship) of different intercropping systems are summarized, which include better utilization of space, light and other resources in the aboveground part, bioavailability of nutrient, drive of soil bacteria and alleviated soil Cd stress in the underground part, etc. Our research outputs indicate the effectiveness and feasibility of intercropping can be improved by optimizing the streamline configuration and plant mode, which provide theory of reference and practical evidence for warranting the food safety and agricultural soil remediation simultaneously.
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- Junchun Li
- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Contaminated Environmental Management and Remediation, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Environmental Science, Guangdong, 510045, China
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- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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- Yuhuan Enviromental Technology Co.Ltd, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050000, China
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- School of Agriculture, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518107, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Contaminated Environmental Management and Remediation, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Environmental Science, Guangdong, 510045, China
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- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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- College of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
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Darma A, Yang J, Feng Y, Xia X, Zandi P, Sani A, Bloem E, Ibrahim S. The impact of maize straw incorporation on arsenic and cadmium availability, transformation and microbial communities in alkaline-contaminated soils. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 344:118390. [PMID: 37364492 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Revised: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Increasing evidence of the uncertainty of crop straw returning in heavy metal-contaminated soil is a significant concern. The present study investigated the influence of 1 and 2% maize straws (MS) amendment on As and Cd bioavailability in two different alkaline soils (A-industrial and B-irrigation) after 56 days of ageing. Adding MS to the two soils decreased the pH by 1.28 (A soil) and 1.13 (B soil) and increased the concentration of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) by 54.40 mg/kg (A soil) and 100.00 mg/kg (B soil) during the study period. After 56 days of ageing, the overall NaHCO3-As and DTPA-Cd increased by 40% and 33% (A) and 39% and 41% (B) soils, respectively. The MS additions increased the alteration of As and Cd exchangeable and residual fractions, whereas advanced solid-state 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) revealed that alkyl C and alkyl O-C-O in A soil and alkyl C, Methoxy C/N-alkyl, and alkyl O-C-O in B soil significantly contributed to the As and Cd mobilisation. Collectively, 16 S rRNA analyses revealed Acidobacteria, Firmicutes, Chloroflexi, Actinobacteria and Bacillus promoted the As and Cd mobilisation following the MS addition, while principle component analysis (PCA) demonstrated that bacterial proliferation significantly influenced MS decomposition, resulting in As and Cd mobilisation in the two soils. Overall, the study highlights the implications of applying MS to As- and Cd-contaminated alkaline soil and offers the framework for conditions to be considered during As- and Cd-remediation efforts, especially when MS is the sole remediation component.
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- Aminu Darma
- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Arid and Semi-arid Arable Land in Northern China (the Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China).
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- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, PR China
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- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, PR China
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- International Faculty of Applied Technology, Yibin University, Yibin, 644000, PR China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Life Science, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
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- Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Crop and Soil Science , Bundesallee 69, 38116, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Life Science, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
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Jiao W, Li Z, Li R, Guo J, Hou X, Zhang X, Wang F. In Situ Toxicity Reduction and Food Safety Assessment of Pak Choi ( Brassica campestris L.) in Cadmium-Contaminated Soil by Jointly Using Alkaline Passivators and Organic Fertilizer. TOXICS 2023; 11:824. [PMID: 37888675 PMCID: PMC10610932 DOI: 10.3390/toxics11100824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Revised: 09/23/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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An economical and effective method is still lacking for cadmium (Cd) toxicity reduction and food product safety improvement in soil-vegetable systems. Therefore, this study aimed to reduce the Cd toxicity to pak choi (Brassica campestris L.) by jointly using passivators and organic fertilizer, highlighting food products' safety based on pot experiments. The results showed that compared with the control, organic fertilizer decreased the Cd content in edible parts and the soil's available Cd by 48.4% and 20.9% on average, respectively, due to the 0.15-unit increases in soil pH. Once jointly applied with passivators, the decrements increased by 52.3-72.6% and 32.5-52.6% for the Cd content in edible parts and for the soil's available Cd, respectively, while the pH increment increased by 0.15-0.46 units. Compared with the control, the transport factor of Cd was reduced by 61.9% and 50.9-55.0% when applying organic fertilizer alone and together with the passivators, respectively. The combination treatment of biochar and organic fertilizer performed the best in decreasing the Cd content in the edible parts and the soil's available Cd. The combination treatment of fish bone meal and organic fertilizer induced the greatest increases in soil pH. The grey relational analysis results showed that the combination treatment of biochar and organic fertilizer performed the best in reducing the potential Cd pollution risk, thereby highlighting the vegetable food safety. This study provides a potential economical and effective technology for toxicity reduction and food safety in Cd-polluted soil.
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- Wei Jiao
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Water and Soil Conservation and Environmental Protection, College of Resources and Environment, Linyi University, Linyi 276000, China;
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- School of Resources and Environment, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- School of Geography and Tourism, Qufu Normal University Rizhao Campus, Rizhao 276800, China
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- Qingdao Hairun Water Group Co., Ltd., Qingdao 266000, China
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- Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning, Beijing 100012, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing 100081, China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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Ge XY, Xie SH, Wang H, Ye X, Chen W, Zhou HN, Li X, Lin AH, Cao SM. Associations between serum trace elements and the risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a multi-center case-control study in Guangdong Province, southern China. Front Nutr 2023; 10:1142861. [PMID: 37465140 PMCID: PMC10351973 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1142861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2023] Open
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Background Associations between trace elements and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) have been speculated but not thoroughly examined. Methods This study registered a total of 225 newly diagnosed patients with NPC and 225 healthy controls matched by sex and age from three municipal hospitals in Guangdong Province, southern China between 2011 and 2015. Information was collected by questionnaire on the demographic characteristics and other possibly confounding lifestyle factors. Eight trace elements and the level of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) antibody were measured in casual (spot) serum specimens by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), respectively. Restricted cubic splines and conditional logistic regression were applied to assess the relationship between trace elements and NPC risk through single-and multiple-elements models. Results Serum levels of chromium (Cr), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), arsenic (As), strontium (Sr) and molybdenum (Mo) were not associated with NPC risk. Manganese (Mn) and cadmium (Cd) were positively associated with NPC risk in both single-and multiple-element models, with ORs of the highest tertile compared with the reference categories 3.90 (95% CI, 1.27 to 7.34) for Mn and 2.30 (95% CI, 1.26 to 3.38) for Cd. Restricted cubic splines showed that there was a linear increasing trend between Mn and NPC risk, while for Cd there was a J-type correlation. Conclusion Serum levels of Cd and Mn was positively related with NPC risk. Prospective researches on the associations of the two trace elements with NPC ought to be taken into account within the future.
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- Xin-Yu Ge
- Department of Cancer Prevention Center, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cancer Prevention Center, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cancer Prevention Center, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cancer Prevention Center, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cancer Prevention Center, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cancer Prevention Center, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Guangzhou, China
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Wu J, Hua Y, Feng Y, Xie W. Nitrated hydrochar reduce the Cd accumulation in rice and shift the microbial community in Cd contaminated soil. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 342:118135. [PMID: 37216875 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Revised: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Rice grown on Cd-contaminated soil may accumulate Cd in grain, which is extremely harmful to human health. Several managements are developed to reduce the Cd load in rice, while in-situ immobilization by soil amendments has been attractive for its feasibility. Waste-derived hydrochar (HC) has been shown effective at immobilizing Cd in soil. However, potential plant negative effects and huge application amount are crucial to resolving in extensive application of HC. Nitric acid ageing may be an effective method to deal with these problems. In this paper, HC and nitrated hydrochar (NHC) were added to the Cd-contaminated soil at rates of 1% and 2% in a rice-soil column experiment. Results showed that NHC markedly promoted root biomass of rice by 58.70-72.78%, whereas HC had effects of 35.86-47.57%. Notably, NHC at 1% reduced the accumulation of Cd in rice grain, root and straw by 28.04%, 15.08% and 11.07%, respectively. A consistent decrease of 36.30% in soil EXC-Cd concentration was caused by NHC-1%. Following soil microbial community was shifted greatly under HC and NHC applications. The relative abundance of Acidobacteria was decreased by 62.57% in NHC-2% and by 56.89% in HC-1%. Nevertheless, Proteobacteria and Firmicutes were promoted by NHC addition. In contrast to HC, co-occurrence network of dominated bacteria was more complex and centralized generated by NHC. Key bacteria in that metabolic network of NHC such as Anaerolineae and Archangiaceae played key roles in Cd immobilization. These observations verified that NHC was more efficient to decrease Cd accumulation in rice and could alleviate the negative roles to plant by microbial changings in community composition and network. It could provide an enrichment of paddy soil microbial responds to the interaction of NHC with Cd and lay a foundation for the remediation of Cd-contaminated soil by NHC.
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- Jing Wu
- Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, School of Energy & Environment, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan, 243002, China
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- Key Laboratory for Crop & Animal Integrated Farming of Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Affairs, Institute of Agricultural Resources & Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Key Laboratory for Crop & Animal Integrated Farming of Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Affairs, Institute of Agricultural Resources & Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil & Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China.
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Liu J, Cao J, Yuan W, Zhong Q, Xiong X, Ouyang Q, Wei X, Liu Y, Wang J, Li X. Thallium adsorption on three iron (hydr)oxides and Tl isotopic fractionation induced by adsorption on ferrihydrite. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 871:161863. [PMID: 36716888 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Thallium (Tl) is an extraordinarily toxic metal, which is usually present with Tl(I) and highly mobile in aquatic environment. Limited knowledge is available on the adsorption and isotopic variations of Tl(I) to Fe-(hydr)oxides. Herein, the adsorption behavior and mechanism of Tl(I) on representative Fe-(hydr)oxides, i.e. goethite, hematite, and ferrihydrite, were comparatively investigated kineticly and isothermally, additional to crystal structure modelling and Tl isotope composition (205Tl/203Tl). The results showed that ferrihydrite exhibited overall higher Tl(I) adsorption capacity (1.11-10.86 mg/kg) than goethite (0.21-1.83 mg/kg) and hematite (0.14-2.35 mg/kg), and adsorption by the three prevalent Fe-minerals presented strong pH and ionic strength dependence. The magnitude of Tl isotopic fractionation during Tl(I) adsorption to ferrihydrite (αsolid-solution ≈ 1.00022-1.00037) was smaller than previously observed fractionation between Mn oxides and aqueous Tl(I) (αsolid-solution ≈ 1.0002-1.0015). The notable difference is likely that whether oxidation of Tl(I) occurred during Tl adsorption to the mineral surfaces. This study found a small but detectable Tl isotopic fractionation during Tl(I) adsorption to ferrihydrite and heavier Tl isotope was slightly preferentially adsorbed on surface of ferrihydrite, which was attributed to the formation of inner-sphere complex between Tl and ≡Fe-OH. The findings offer a new understanding of the migration and fate of 205Tl/203Tl during Tl(I) adsorption to Fe (hydr)oxides.
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- Juan Liu
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Radionuclides Pollution Control and Resources, Guangzhou University, 510006 Guangzhou, China; College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China.
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, 528000 Foshan, China.
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Duan Z, Chen C, Ni C, Xiong J, Wang Z, Cai J, Tan W. How different is the remediation effect of biochar for cadmium contaminated soil in various cropping systems? A global meta-analysis. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 448:130939. [PMID: 36860073 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.130939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Cadmium (Cd) poses great threats to human health as a major contaminant in agricultural soil. Biochar shows great potential in the remediation of agricultural soil. However, it remains unclear whether the remediation effect of biochar on Cd pollution is affected by various cropping systems. Here, this study used 2007 paired observations from 227 peer-reviewed articles and employed hierarchical meta-analysis to investigate the response of three types of cropping systems to the remediation of Cd pollution by using biochar. As a result, biochar application significantly reduced the Cd content in soil, plant roots and edible parts of various cropping systems. The decrease in Cd level ranged from 24.9% to 45.0%. The feedstock, application rate, and pH of biochar as well as soil pH and cation exchange capacity were dominant factors for Cd remediation effect of biochar, and their relative importance all exceeded 37.4%. Lignocellulosic and herbal biochar were found to be suitable for all cropping systems, while the effects of manure, wood and biomass biochar were limited in cereal cropping systems. Furthermore, biochar exhibited a more long-lasting remediation effect on paddy soils than on dryland. This study provides new insights into the sustainable agricultural management of typical cropping systems.
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- Zihao Duan
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Health and Green Remediation, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Health and Green Remediation, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Health and Green Remediation, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Health and Green Remediation, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Health and Green Remediation, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Health and Green Remediation, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; Hubei Provincial Academy of Ecological and Environmental Science, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Health and Green Remediation, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Cui H, Tang S, Huang S, Lei L, Jiang Z, Li L, Wei S. Simultaneous mitigation of arsenic and cadmium accumulation in rice grains by foliar inhibitor with ZIF-8@Ge-132. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 860:160307. [PMID: 36403824 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160307] [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: 08/22/2022] [Revised: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Simultaneous mitigation of Arsenic (As) and Cadmium (Cd) in rice grains is hardly achieved with conventional soil treatments due to their opposite chemical behaviors in paddy soils. This study evaluates the effectiveness of a novel foliar inhibitor with germanium (Ge) -modified zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-8@Ge-132) in cooperative mitigation of As and Cd in rice grains in a As and Cd co-contaminated paddy field, and the effecting mechanisms are elucidated by a series of advanced techniques. The results showed that the grains inorganic As and Cd was remarkably decreased by 45 % and 66 % by the foliar spay of ZIF-8@Ge-132, respectively. ZIF-8@Ge-132 also reduced the As and Cd contents in rice tissues, except for Cd in leaves, where Cd content increased by 148 %. The image-based measurement of plant phenotypic traits and the elements of image analysis using Laser Ablation-ICP-MS (LA-ICP-MS) and Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy (LSCM) revealed that the possible mechanisms for the reduction of As and Cd in rice grains were as follows: (i) the thickening of the xylem in roots significantly retarded As and Cd absorption by rice plants. (ii) co-accumulation of Ge and Cd in the leaf vascular system likely contributed to the high Cd retention in rice leaves. (iii) antagonistic effects of Zn suppressed the uptake and transport of As in roots/leaves, resulting a lower As accumulation in rice grains.
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- Hao Cui
- College of Resources and Environment, Department of Environment Science and Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China; Key Laboratory of Testing and Tracing of Rare Earth Products for State Market Regulation, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou 341000, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Department of Environment Science and Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Department of Environment Science and Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Karst Environment, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Department of Environment Science and Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Department of Environment Science and Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Department of Environment Science and Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China.
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Yang X, Wen E, Ge C, El-Naggar A, Yu H, Wang S, Kwon EE, Song H, Shaheen SM, Wang H, Rinklebe J. Iron-modified phosphorus- and silicon-based biochars exhibited various influences on arsenic, cadmium, and lead accumulation in rice and enzyme activities in a paddy soil. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 443:130203. [PMID: 36327835 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.130203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2022] [Revised: 10/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Contamination of paddy soils with potentially toxic elements (PTEs) has become a severe environmental issue. Application of functionalized biochar for rice cultivation has been proposed as an effective means to reduce environmental risks of these PTEs in paddy soils. This work was undertaken to seek the positive effects of a rice husk-derived silicon (Si)-rich biochar (Si-BC) and a pig carcass-derived phosphorus (P)-rich biochar (P-BC), as well as their Fe-modified biochars (Fe-Si-BC and Fe-P-BC) on the enzyme activity and PTE availability in an As-Cd-Pb-contaminated soil. A rice cultivation pot trial was conducted using these functionalized biochars as soil amendments for the alleviation of PTE accumulation in rice plants. Results showed that Si-BC decreased the concentrations of As in rice grain and straw by 59.4 % and 61.4 %, respectively, while Fe-Si-BC significantly (P < 0.05) enhanced plant growth, increasing grain yield (by 38.6 %). Fe-Si-BC significantly (P < 0.05) elevated Cd and Pb accumulation in rice plants. P-BC enhanced the activities of dehydrogenase, catalase, and urease, and reduced grain-Pb and straw-Pb by 49.3 % and 43.2 %, respectively. However, Fe-P-BC reduced plant-As in rice grain and straw by 12.2 % and 51.2 %, respectively, but increased plant-Cd and plant-Pb. Thus, Fe-modified Si- and P-rich biochars could remediate paddy soils contaminated with As, and enhance the yield and quality of rice. Application of pristine P-rich biochar could also be a promising strategy to remediate the Pb-contaminated paddy soils and limit Pb accumulation in rice.
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- Xing Yang
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, China; University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water, and Waste-Management, Laboratory of Soil, and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany; Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Guangdong Province, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong 528000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Contamination Bioremediation of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311300, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, China
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- Department of Soil Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11241, Egypt
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225127, China
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- Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, the Republic of Korea
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- Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, the Republic of Korea; Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, the Republic of Korea
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- University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water, and Waste-Management, Laboratory of 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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- Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Guangdong Province, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong 528000, China; Key Laboratory of Soil Contamination Bioremediation of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311300, China; Guangdong Green Technologies Co., Ltd., Foshan 528100, China.
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- University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water, and Waste-Management, Laboratory of Soil, and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany; Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, the Republic of Korea.
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Wang F, Huo L, Li Y, Wu L, Zhang Y, Shi G, An Y. A hybrid framework for delineating the migration route of soil heavy metal pollution by heavy metal similarity calculation and machine learning method. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 858:160065. [PMID: 36356739 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 10/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Soil heavy metal contamination was a global environmental issue that posed adverse impacts on ecological and human health risks. The controlling of soil heavy metal is mainly focused on the emission source and pipe-end treatment, less is known about the intermediate controlling process. The migration route of heavy metals exhibited the spatial evolution of pollutants from the sources to the pipe-end, which provided the more reasonable location for the target-oriented treatment of soil heavy metal. Here, we proposed a new view of heavy metal similarity, which quantitatively expressed how closely of the contaminations between the study area and the test areas. We found that the similarity of different heavy metals was unequally distributed across locations that were related with five main sources, namely agricultural activities, natural sources, traffic emissions, industrial activities, and other sources. Based on the similarity, a state-of-the-art machine learning method was applied to delineate the migration route of soil heavy metals. Thereinto, As was concentrated around livestock farms, and its migration route was close to the water system. Cd migration route was over-dispersed in the areas where located mine fields and chemical plants. Migration routes of Hg and Pb were along rivers, which were related to agricultural activities and natural sources. Overall, the perspective on similarity and migration routes provided theoretical basis and method to alleviate soil heavy metal pollution at regional scale and can be extended across largescale regions.
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- Feng Wang
- Agro-environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Tianjin 300071, China; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Agro-environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Tianjin 300071, China
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- College of Computer Science, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Agro-environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Agro-environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Tianjin 300071, China; College of Resource and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Agro-environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Tianjin 300071, China.
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Hussain MM, Bibi I, Ali F, Saqib ZA, Shahid M, Niazi NK, Hussain K, Shaheen SM, Wang H, Shakil Q, Rinklebe J. The role of various ameliorants on geochemical arsenic distribution and CO 2-carbon efflux under paddy soil conditions. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH 2023; 45:507-523. [PMID: 35022880 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-021-01196-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Climate change is a global challenge that is accelerated by contamination with hazardous substances like arsenic (As), posing threat to the agriculture, ecosystem and human health. Here, we explored the impact of various ameliorants on geochemical distribution of As in two soils with contrasting textures (sandy clay loam (Khudpur Village) and clay loam (Mattital Village)) under paddy soil conditions and their influence on the CO2-carbon efflux. The exchangeable As pool in clay loam soil increased as: lignite (0.4%) < biogas slurry (6%) < cow dung (9%), and < biochar (20%). However, in the sandy clay loam soil exchangeable soil As pool was found to be maximum with farmyard manure followed by biogas slurry, biochar and cow dung (17%, 14%, 13% and 7%, respectively). Interestingly, in the sandy clay loam soil the percentage As distribution in organic fraction was: biochar (38%) > cow dung (33%) > biogas slurry (23%) > sugarcane bagasse (22%) > farmyard manure (21%) that was higher compared to the clay loam soil (< 6% for all the amendments). In addition to the highest As immobilization by biochar in sandy clay loam soil, it also led to the lowest CO2-carbon efflux (1470 CO2-C mg kg-1) among all the organic/inorganic amendments. Overall, the current study advances our understanding on the pivotal role of organic amendments, notably biochar, in immobilizing As under paddy soil conditions with low (CO2) carbon loss, albeit it is dependent on soil and ameliorant types.
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- Muhammad Mahroz Hussain
- Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Brisbane - QLD, 4110, Australia
- Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Mareeba, 4880, QLD, Australia
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- Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari Campus, Vehari, Pakistan
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- Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan.
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Laboratory of Soil- and Groundwater-Management, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water- and Waste-Management, University of Wuppertal, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285, Wuppertal, Germany
- Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, University of Kafrelsheikh, Kafr El-Sheikh, 33516, Egypt
- Faculty of Meteorology, Environment, and Arid Land Agriculture, Department of Arid Land Agriculture, King Abdulaziz University, Jiddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Guangdong Province, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, 528000, Guangdong, China
- Key Laboratory of Soil Contamination Bioremediation of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, 311300, Zhejiang, China
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- Fodder Research Sub-Station, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
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- Laboratory of Soil- and Groundwater-Management, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water- and Waste-Management, University of Wuppertal, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285, Wuppertal, Germany
- Department of Environment, Energy and Geoinformatics, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea
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Peña D, Martín C, Fernández-Rodríguez D, Terrón-Sánchez J, Vicente LA, Albarrán Á, Rato-Nunes JM, López-Piñeiro A. Medium-Term Effects of Sprinkler Irrigation Combined with a Single Compost Application on Water and Rice Productivity and Food Safety. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:456. [PMID: 36771555 PMCID: PMC9919156 DOI: 10.3390/plants12030456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Traditional rice (Oryza sativa L.) management (tillage and flooding) is unsustainable due to soil degradation and the large amount of irrigation water used, an issue which is exacerbated in the Mediterranean region. Therefore, there is a need to explore rice management strategies in order to improve water-use efficiency and ensure its sustainability. Thus, field experiments were conducted to determine the medium-term effects of different irrigation and tillage methods combined with a single compost application on water and rice productivity, as well as food safety in a semiarid Mediterranean region. The management systems evaluated were: sprinkler irrigation in combination with no-tillage (SNT), sprinkler irrigation in combination with conventional tillage (ST), which were implemented in 2015, and flooding irrigation in combination with conventional tillage (FT), and their homologues (SNT-C, ST-C, and FT-C) with single compost application in 2015. In reference to rice grain yield, the highest values were observed under ST treatment with 10 307 and 11 625 kg ha-1 in 2018 and 2019 respectively; whereas between FT and SNT there were no significant differences, with 8 140 kg ha-1 as mean value through the study. Nevertheless, sprinkler irrigation allowed saving 55% of the total amount of water applied in reference to flooding irrigation. Furthermore, the highest arsenic concentration in grains was found under FT but it decreased with compost application (FT-C) and especially with sprinkler irrigation, regardless of tillage management systems. However, sprinkler irrigation favors the cadmium uptake by plants, although this process was reduced under SNT in reference to ST, and especially under amended compost treatments. Therefore, our results suggested that a combination of sprinkler irrigation and compost application, regardless of the tillage system, could be an excellent strategy for rice management for the Mediterranean environment in terms of water and crop productivity as well as food safety.
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- David Peña
- Área de Edafología y Química Agrícola, Escuela de Ingenierías Agrarias—IACYS, Universidad de Extremadura, Ctra de Cáceres, 06071 Badajoz, Spain
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- Área de Edafología y Química Agrícola, Facultad de Ciencias—IACYS, Universidad de Extremadura, Avda de Elvas s/n, 06071 Badajoz, Spain
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- Área de Producción Vegetal, Escuela de Ingenierías Agrarias—IACYS, Universidad de Extremadura, Ctra de Cáceres, 06071 Badajoz, Spain
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- Área de Producción Vegetal, Escuela de Ingenierías Agrarias—IACYS, Universidad de Extremadura, Ctra de Cáceres, 06071 Badajoz, Spain
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- Área de Edafología y Química Agrícola, Facultad de Ciencias—IACYS, Universidad de Extremadura, Avda de Elvas s/n, 06071 Badajoz, Spain
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- Área de Producción Vegetal, Escuela de Ingenierías Agrarias—IACYS, Universidad de Extremadura, Ctra de Cáceres, 06071 Badajoz, Spain
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- Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre, Escola Superior Agraria de Elvas, 7350-092 Elvas, Portugal
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- Área de Edafología y Química Agrícola, Facultad de Ciencias—IACYS, Universidad de Extremadura, Avda de Elvas s/n, 06071 Badajoz, Spain
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Reduction of Cd Uptake in Rice ( Oryza sativa) Grain Using Different Field Management Practices in Alkaline Soils. Foods 2023; 12:foods12020314. [PMID: 36673405 PMCID: PMC9858237 DOI: 10.3390/foods12020314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Cadmium contamination and toxicity on plants and human health is a major problem in China. Safe rice production in Cd-contaminated alkaline soils, with acceptably low Cd levels and high yields, remains an important research challenge. To achieve this, a small-scale field experiment with seven different soil amendment materials was conducted to test their effects performance. Two best-performing materials were selected for the large-scale field experiment. Combinations of humic acid, foliar, and/or soil silicon fertilization and deep or shallow plowing were designed. It was found that the combination, including humic acid, soil and foliar silicate fertilization, and shallow plowing (5-10 cm), produced the most desirable results (the lowest soil bioavailable Cd, the lowest grain Cd concentrations, and the highest grain yield). Rice farmers are therefore recommended to implement this combination to attain high grain yield with low Cd concentrations in alkaline soils.
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Li H, Zhang H, Yang Y, Fu G, Tao L, Xiong J. Effects and oxygen-regulated mechanisms of water management on cadmium (Cd) accumulation in rice (Oryza sativa). THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 846:157484. [PMID: 35868402 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Irrigation has been considered an effective approach for decreasing cadmium (Cd) uptake and accumulation in rice (Oryza sativa), but increasing evidence shows that the effects of different water management strategies on Cd accumulation in rice are contradictory in different studies, and the detailed regulatory mechanisms remain unconfirmed. Most previous studies have shown that irrigation regulates Cd accumulation in rice mainly by affecting Cd bioavailability, pH and redox potential (Eh) in soil, and few reports have focused on the function of oxygen (O2) in regulating the physiological mechanisms of rice on Cd tolerance or accumulation. Here, we concluded that irrigation affects Cd bioavailability, pH and Eh in soil mainly by regulating O2 content. In addition, recent studies have also shown that irrigation-regulated O2 also affects Cd accumulation in rice by affecting iron plaque (IP), the radial oxygen loss (ROL) barrier, the cell wall and mass flow in rice roots. All these results indicate that O2 is the key factor in irrigation-regulated Cd accumulation in rice, and dramatic result variations from different irrigation experiments are due to the different rhizosphere O2 conditions. This review will help clarify the effects and regulatory mechanisms of irrigation on Cd accumulation in rice and reveal the roles of O2 in this process.
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- Hubo Li
- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China; State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China; State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China.
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Liu T, Yao B, Luo Z, Li W, Li C, Ye Z, Gong X, Yang J, Zhou Y. Applications and influencing factors of the biochar-persulfate based advanced oxidation processes for the remediation of groundwater and soil contaminated with organic compounds. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 836:155421. [PMID: 35472360 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155421] [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: 01/22/2022] [Revised: 04/17/2022] [Accepted: 04/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Biochar (BC) is a low-cost material rich in carbon, which is being used increasingly as a catalyst in persulfate-based advanced oxidation processes (PS-AOPs) for the remediation of groundwater and soil contaminated with organic compounds. In this work, a general summary of preparation methods and applications of various BC (i.e., pristine BC, magnetic BC, and chemically modified BC) in PS-AOPs is presented. Different influence factors (e.g., pH, anions, natural organic matter) for the degradation of organic compounds are discussed. Meanwhile, the influence of external energy (e.g., solar irradiation, UV-Vis, ultrasonic) is also mentioned. Furthermore, the advantage of different BC in PS-AOPs are compared. Finally, potential problems, challenges, and prospects in the application of biochar-persulfate based advanced oxidation processes (BCPS-AOPs) are discussed in the conclusion and perspective.
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- Tianhao Liu
- College of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- School of Biology and Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Synthesis and Environmental Pollution Control-Remediation Technology of Guizhou Province, Minzu Normal University of Xingyi, Xingyi 562400, China.
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- Aerospace Kaitian Environmental Technology Co., Ltd, Changsha 410100, China
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- Aerospace Kaitian Environmental Technology Co., Ltd, Changsha 410100, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China.
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Dynamic Adsorption of As(V) onto the Porous α-Fe2O3/Fe3O4/C Composite Prepared with Bamboo Bio-Template. WATER 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/w14121848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Arsenic (As(V)), a highly toxic metalloid, is known to contaminate wastewater and groundwater and is difficult to degrade in nature. However, the development of highly efficient adsorbents, at a low cost for use in practical applications, remains highly challenging. Thus, to investigate the As(V) adsorption mechanism, a novel porous α-Fe2O3/Fe3O4/C composite (PC-Fe/C-B) was prepared, using bamboo side shoots as a bio-template, and the breakthrough performance of the PC-Fe/C-B composite-packed fixed-bed column in As(V) removal was evaluated, using simulated wastewater. The PC-Fe/C-B material accurately retained the hierarchical porous microstructure of the bamboo bio-templates, and the results demonstrated the great potential of PC-Fe/C-B composite, as an effective adsorbent for removing As(V) from wastewater, under the optimal experimental conditions of: influent flow 5.136 mL/min, pH 3, As(V) concentration 20 mg/L, adsorbent particle size < 0.149 mm, adsorption temperature 35 °C, PC-Fe/C-B dose 0.5 g, and breakthrough time 50 min (184 BV), with qe,exp of 21.0 mg/g in the fixed-bed-column system. The CD-MUSIC model was effectively coupled with the transport model, using PHREEQC software, to simulate the reactive transportation of As(V) in the fixed-bed column and to predict the breakthrough curve for column adsorption.
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Chen L, Li X, Peng Y, Xiang P, Zhou Y, Yao B, Zhou Y, Sun C. Co-application of biochar and organic fertilizer promotes the yield and quality of red pitaya (Hylocereus polyrhizus) by improving soil properties. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 294:133619. [PMID: 35041821 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.133619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Revised: 12/24/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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This study evaluated the combined impact of biochar and organic fertilizer on the soil properties, yield and quality of red pitaya (Hylocereus polyrhizus). A two-year (2019 and 2020) field experiment was conducted to study the effects of 3 rates of biochar (with carbon fertilizer ratios of 0%, 3%, and 6% w/w) combined with 3 levels of organic fertilizer (22.5, 45, and 90 t ha-1) on soil properties, along with red pitaya yield and quality. The results showed that soil pH, total organic carbon, available nutrients (N, P, and K), the yield and qualities (reduced sugar, soluble protein, and soluble solid) of red pitaya increased with the application of organic fertilizer compared with no application of biochar and organic fertilizer (CK treatment), but the combined application of biochar and organic fertilizer was more effective than their sole application. Furthermore, a medium dose of organic fertilizer combined with 3% biochar (C3F2 treatment) and a high dose of organic fertilizer combined with 3% biochar (C3F3 treatment) had the highest yields of red pitaya in 2019 and 2020. However, an application of 6% biochar with a low dose of organic fertilizer treatment (C6F1) had the highest profit in 2020, not the C3F3 treatment. The highest profits were observed in the C3F2 (71.0 × 103 RMB·t-1) and C6F1 (51.2 × 103 RMB·t-1) treatments. From the point of view of red pitaya yield and economic benefits, 3% biochar +45 t ha-1 organic fertilizer was the recommended combination that showed the best synergistic effect.
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- Limei Chen
- School of Ecology and Environment, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650224, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650224, China.
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- School of Agriculture, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 523758, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650224, China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China
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- School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China.
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Zeng P, Wei B, Zhou H, Gu J, Liao B. Co-application of water management and foliar spraying silicon to reduce cadmium and arsenic uptake in rice: A two-year field experiment. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 818:151801. [PMID: 34801493 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 11/14/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Water management is an effective measure for the control of cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As) in situ uptake and transport in rice. In this study, the effects of the co-application of foliar spraying silicon (Si) and water management on Cd and As uptake and transport in rice were studied under paddy soils that were seriously co-contaminated with Cd and As with a two-year field experiment. The results showed that the co-application of water management and foliar spraying Si could effectively decrease the bioavailability of Cd and As in soil and reduce the uptake and transport of Cd and As in rice. The co-application of water management and foliar spraying Si treatments decreased the exchangeable and TCLP extractable Cd and As contents in the soil. Especially for moisture at the maturing stage combined with foliar spraying Si treatment (MMS), the exchangeable and TCLP extractable Cd and As contents were significantly decreased by 48.49%-55.14% and 45.50%-54.67%, and 41.95%-56.73% and 37.80%-46.76% in the two seasons, respectively. The moisture at the maturing stage treatment significantly decreased the Cd and As contents in brown rice by 44.26%-48.59% and 23.90%-38.16% in the two seasons relative to the control, respectively. Furthermore, MMS treatment simultaneously inhibited Cd and As transport and accumulation in rice among all co-application treatments. The translocation factor (TF)stem-brown rice of Cd, TFstem-leaf of As, and TFstem-brown rice of As values in the MMS treatment were significantly decreased as compared with the MM treatment. Furthermore, both the Cd and As contents in brown rice under the MMS treatment significantly decreased by 15.33%-30.74% and 33.84%-40.80%, respectively, in the two seasons. The results suggested that foliar spraying Si combined with moisture at the maturing stage might be a promising measure to synchronously inhibit the transport and accumulation of Cd and As in rice.
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- Peng Zeng
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; Hunan Engineering Laboratory for Control of Rice Quality and Safety, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; Hunan Engineering Laboratory for Control of Rice Quality and Safety, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; Hunan Engineering Laboratory for Control of Rice Quality and Safety, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; Hunan Engineering Laboratory for Control of Rice Quality and Safety, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
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Yang X, Liu S, Liang T, Yan X, Zhang Y, Zhou Y, Sarkar B, Ok YS. Ball-milled magnetite for efficient arsenic decontamination: Insights into oxidation-adsorption mechanism. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 427:128117. [PMID: 34974405 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.128117] [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: 08/30/2021] [Revised: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Conventional adsorbents for decontaminating arsenic exhibit low efficacy for the removal of arsenite (As(III)). This study aims to develop a robust As adsorbent from natural magnetite (M0) via a facile ball milling process, and evaluate their performance for decontaminating As(III) and As(V) in water and soil systems. The ball milling process decreased the particle size and crystallinity of M0, resulting in pronounced As removal by the ball-milled magnetite (Mm). Ball milling under air facilitated the formation of Fe-OH and Fe-COOH functional groups on Mm interface, contributing to effective elimination of As(III) and As(V) via hydrogen bonding and complexation mechanisms. Synergistic oxidation effects of hydroxyl and carboxyl groups, and reactive oxygen species (O2·-, and ·OH) on the transformation of As(III) to As(V) during the adsorption were proposed to explain the enhanced As(III) removal by Mm. A short-term soil incubation experiment indicated that the addition of Mm (10 wt%) induced a decrease in the concentration of exchangeable As by 30.25%, and facilitated the transformation of water-soluble As into residual fraction. Ball milling thus is considered as an eco-friendly (chemical-free) and inexpensive (scalable, one-stage process) method for upgrading the performance of natural magnetite towards remediating As, particularly for tackling the highly mobile As(III).
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- Xiao Yang
- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic 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 Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom
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- Korea Biochar Research Center, O-Jeong Eco-Resilience Institute (OJERI) & Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.
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Yan X, Fei Y, Yang X, Liang T, Zhong L. Enhanced delivery of engineered Fe-Mn binary oxides in heterogeneous porous media for efficient arsenic stabilization. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 424:127371. [PMID: 34879565 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127371] [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: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 09/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Heterogeneity in sediment and aquifer is universal, resulting in preferential flows of injected materials in the high permeability regions and forming flow by-passed zones in the low permeability regions during in-situ subsurface remediation. This adverse effect can considerably delay the completion of remedial operations and significantly increase the cost. Column experiments were designed and conducted to study the transport of starch- and starch-xanthan gum modified Fe-Mn binary oxide particles (SFM and SXFM) in saturated heterogeneous porous media and to reveal the particles' arsenic (As) stabilization performance. Fine-in-Coarse (FIC) and Coarse-in-Fine (CIF) patterns of heterogeneous packings were set up in the columns. Testing results demonstrated that starch-xanthan gum dual treatment on Fe-Mn binary oxides successfully improved the particles' migration capability in heterogeneous porous media and their distribution uniformity attributed to the profound shear thinning behavior of xanthan gum solution. The addition of xanthan gum to the system increased the viscosity and shear thinning property of the SXFM suspension, making it a better candidate for delivery. Both SFM and SXFM stabilized As in heterogeneously packed sediment collected from a contaminated site, with SXFM showing better stabilization performance than SFM. The stabilization effects of SXFM were 90.7-97.0%, compared to 82.0-95.2% of SFM.
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- Xiulan Yan
- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic 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 Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Technical Centre for Soil, Agriculture and Rural Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Beijing 100012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic 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 Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
| | - Lirong Zhong
- Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354, United States.
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