2015
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4734-9
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Assessment of metal pollution in a former mining area in the NW Tunisia: spatial distribution and fraction of Cd, Pb and Zn in soil

Abstract: This study aims to evaluate the impact of the former mining Touiref district (NW Tunisia) on the spatial distribution of metal contamination. In order to characterize the metal content of the tailings and to assess how far the soils from the district could be impacted by metals, a sampling campaign was conducted. According to the spatial distribution concentration maps of potential toxic elements (PTE), the highest concentrations occur near the flotation tailings and in mining facilities and decrease abruptly … Show more

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“…All fractions (except the residual fraction) can become available to biota under changing environmental conditions 8 . Cd also exists in different fractions in different environments, e.g., a significant proportion of the Cd was bound to the exchangeable and carbonate fractions in a slag disposal area 9 , the acid-soluble fraction (carbonates) and Fe oxide bound in a former mining area 10 , the carbonate (Na2EDTA) fraction in sewage sludge-amended soils 11 , the redox-sensitive fractions in wet and anoxic sediment 12 , and the residual fraction in agricultural soils 13 and sediments of a Mexican reservoir 14 . The stability of Cd in different environments differed with its existence form.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…All fractions (except the residual fraction) can become available to biota under changing environmental conditions 8 . Cd also exists in different fractions in different environments, e.g., a significant proportion of the Cd was bound to the exchangeable and carbonate fractions in a slag disposal area 9 , the acid-soluble fraction (carbonates) and Fe oxide bound in a former mining area 10 , the carbonate (Na2EDTA) fraction in sewage sludge-amended soils 11 , the redox-sensitive fractions in wet and anoxic sediment 12 , and the residual fraction in agricultural soils 13 and sediments of a Mexican reservoir 14 . The stability of Cd in different environments differed with its existence form.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A contaminação causada por MPT é um processo irreversível (LIZÁRRAGA-MENDIOLA et al, 2009). Tendo em conta o caráter não biodegradável e bioacumulativo dos MPT, a sua presença e transferência constituem um risco para a saúde humana através da contaminação da cadeia trófica (ZHU et al, 2012;OTHMANI et al, 2015). Desta forma, é fundamental a realização de um estudo detalhado da contaminação nas antigas áreas de mineração e fundição e em seus arredores.…”
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“…WIECHULA; KORUS, 2004;RASHED, 2010;WANG et al, 2013;ISLAM;AHMED, HABIBULLAH-AL-MAMUM, 2015;OTHMANI et al, 2015). No entanto, a utilização da concentração total ou pseudo-total de metais para avaliar a contaminação de um sítio implica que todas as formas de um dado metal têm um impacto igual no ambiente (SINGH et al, 2005), o que é incorreto, uma vez que o metal pode se ligar a diferentes componentes do solo e, consequentemente, estar mais ou menos disponível (TESSIER;…”
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