Soil contamination from lead battery manufacturing and recycling in seven African countries

Gottesfeld, Perry; Were, Faridah Hussein; Adogame, Leslie; Gharbi, Semia; San, Dalila; Nota, Manti Michael; Kuepouo, Gilbert

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2017.11.055

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“…This might be due to the emission of sulfur dioxide in the waste smoke and the discharge of acidic waste water during the process of dismantling lead–acid batteries [ 4 , 6 ]. Soil organic matter in all 16 samples is also lower than the control group, which is similar to previous studies [ 2 , 4 , 26 ]. It covers all four levels of soil organic matter standards that are defined in the second soil survey of Xuzhou [ 53 ].…”

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“…Some studies on secondary lead smelting activities have been conducted to access environmental toxicity of the by-products of secondary lead production and health risks [ 9 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 ]. Soil heavy metal concentrations have been reported to have significantly breached the threshold trigger values that were set in their background in the vicinity of the secondary lead plants in many countries, such as southern Sweden [ 9 ], France [ 11 ], the Czech Republic [ 24 ], China [ 25 ], and Cameroon [ 26 ]. The by-products of secondary lead smelting affect blood lead levels, cognition, anemia, and other health effects, especially for children [ 27 , 28 ].…”

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Effects of Pb Smelting on the Soil Bacterial Community near a Secondary Lead Plant

Luo

Chen

et al. 2018

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Secondary lead smelting is a widespread industrial activity which has exacerbated Pb or Cd contamination of soil and water across the world. Soil physicochemical properties, soil enzyme activities, heavy metal concentrations, and bacterial diversity near a secondary lead plant in Xuzhou, China were examined in this study. The results showed that secondary lead smelting activities influenced nearby soils. Soil acidification decreased one order of magnitude, with a mean value of 7.3. Soil organic matter also showed a downward trend, while potassium and nitrogen appeared to accumulate. Soil urease and protease activity increased in samples with greater heavy metal pollution, but overall the soil microbial biodiversity decreased. Soil heavy metal concentration—especially Pb and Cd—greatly exceeded the concentrations of Chinese Environmental Quality Standard for Soils (GB 15618-1995). Some environmental factors—such as pH, organic matter, enzyme activity, and the concentration of heavy metals—significantly affected bacterial diversity: compared with the control site, the Chao1 estimator decreased about 50%, while the Shannon diversity index dropped approximately 20%. Moreover, some genera have significant relationships with heavy metal concentration—such as Ramlibacter with Zn and Steroidobacter with Cd—which might act as bio-indicators for soil remediation. These results will provide a new insight in the future for reclaiming soil contaminants caused by secondary lead smelting.

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Effects of Pb Smelting on the Soil Bacterial Community near a Secondary Lead Plant

Luo

Chen

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“…Haefliger et al [182] investigated a mass lead intoxication that occurred as a result of unsafe informal automotive lead-acid battery recycling in Dakar, Senegal. Gottesfeld et al [183] assessed soil contamination inside and outside recycling plants operating with government approval to recycle used lead-acid batteries in seven African countries. Several studies investigated soil contamination and human health exposure in the battery recycling craft village, Dong Mai, Vietnam [184][185][186][187][188].…”

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End-of-life vehicle management: a comprehensive review

Karagöz

Aydın

Šimić

2019

J Mater Cycles Waste Manag

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Waste management is gaining very high importance in recent years. As automotive is one of the most critical sectors worldwide, which is rapidly increasing, the management of end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) gains importance day by day. Due to legislation and new regulations, actors like users, producers, and treatment facilities are being conferred new responsibilities in the ELV management process. Besides, the ELV management is of vital importance for environment conservation, circular economy and sustainable development. All of these reasons are making the ELV management such a crucial issue to study. Today, the ELV management is a well-positioned and emergent research area. However, the available review papers are focused only on a small area of the ELV management, such as reverse logistics, recovery infrastructure, disassemblability, etc. Besides, a review of state-of-the-art mathematical models for the ELV management is still missing. This paper aims to provide an extensive content analysis overview of studies on the ELV management. A total of 232 studies published in the period 2000-2019 are collected, categorized, reviewed and analyzed. A critical review of the published literature is provided. Gaps in the literature are identified to clarify and suggest future research directions. This review can provide a source of references, valuable insights, and opportunities for researchers interested in the ELV management and inspire their additional attention.Publisher's Note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

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“…Human activity has often had detrimental effects on soil as it relates to human health. Heavy metals have been introduced to soil through agricultural management, such as the addition of composts (Sharifi & Renella, 2015), fertilizers (Chen et al, 2014) and pesticides (Morgan, 2013), industrial activities (Gottesfeld et al, 2018;Khaledian, Pereira, Brevik, Pundyte & Paliulis, 2017), mining (Mbila & Thompson, 2004), poorly regulated or illegal recycling of electronic wastes or e-wastes (Wu et al, 2015) and the construction of structures using treated timber or lumber (Gardner, Weindorf & Flynn, 2013). The petroleum industry can negatively affect soil near oil or water production and spill sites or near waste disposal locations with a wide range of organic chemicals, heavy metals (Laffon, Pásaro & Valdiglesias, 2016), salts (Lauer, Harkness & Vengosh, 2016) and naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) (Zielinski & Otton, 1999).…”

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Connecting the public with soil to improve human health

Brevik

Steffan

Rodrigo‐Comino

et al. 2019

European J Soil Science

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Despite the definite links between soil and human health, it is likely that most people do not think about soil when considering human health. There is a disconnect between most people in our modern society and soil, and when people notice soil it is often in a negative context. People care for things that matter to them, and creating a more positive public image of soil could improve human health by leading to better treatment and understanding of the soil resource. There are a number of concepts that may be able to connect people to the soil, including terroir, soil health and soil security. While terroir originally established a connection between those who appreciate wine and the soils that produce those wines, the concept has been expanded to many additional products. It might be possible to provide a terroir link to human health benefits if they can be shown to be characteristic of a given soil environment. The concept of soil health has caught on with many farmers, policymakers, scientists and the general public, thus providing another possible approach to improve peoples’ connection with soil. Soil security is a recent concept that has been advanced as a way to take advantage of the connection that concepts such as energy, food and water security have made with policymakers. Therefore, we advocate a concerted effort to investigate terroir, soil health and soil security as concepts to improve overall human health. Soil health and soil security might have the most promise, and some social marketing campaigns that include soil health are ongoing. Highlights Soil is important to human health. A disconnect exists between the urban population and soil. Education about soil can rebuild these connections. Concepts such as terroir, soil health or soil security might help make connections.

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Soil contamination from lead battery manufacturing and recycling in seven African countries

Cited by 85 publications

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Effects of Pb Smelting on the Soil Bacterial Community near a Secondary Lead Plant

Effects of Pb Smelting on the Soil Bacterial Community near a Secondary Lead Plant

End-of-life vehicle management: a comprehensive review

Connecting the public with soil to improve human health

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