Effects of Chrysotile Asbestos Contaminated Soil on Crop Plants

Trivedi, Ankita; Ahmad, Iqbal

doi:10.1080/15320383.2011.609197

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“…Differently, the other articles taken into consideration are based on environmental and monitoring study where the source of contamination is mainly represented by asbestos removal operations (Davies et al, 1996;Gualtieri et al, 2009), asbestos in material used for construction (Famoso et al, 2012) or asbestos waste in soil (Driece et al, 2010;Bint et al, 2017), proximity to asbestos mine (Gualtieri et al, 2014;Lee et al, 2015;Turci et al, 2016) as well as asbestos cement factory, widely documented in India (Musthapa et al, 2003;Subramanian et al, 2005;Trivedi et al, 2011Trivedi et al, , 2013 where the use and production of asbestos is not banned yet. Gualtieri et al 2009, presented the results of a monitoring activity conducted on particulate, fall-out and soil samples of selected inhabited areas in Italy (i.e., Emilia Romagna region).…”

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“…Chrysotile Indirect (Vicinity to Asbestos cement factory) PCOM Subramanian et al, 2005;Trivedi et al, 2011Trivedi et al, , 2013Musthapa et al, 2003 Italy (Basilicata) Tremolite Direct (Natural occurrences) Case -report; OM, SEM-EDS, TEM-EDS XRPD, XRF, DTG, DSC Bernardini et al, 2003;Pasetto et al, 2004;Bloise et al, 2016Bloise et al, , 2018Punturo et al, 2018Punturo et al, , 2019 Italy ( Metintas et al, 2002Metintas et al, , 2017 Turkey (Cappadocia) Erionite Indirect (Dirt roads, brick) Case -control study Baris et al, 1987 United Kingdom Amosite, Crocidolite Indirect (Asbestos removal operations) PCOM quantitative study Davies et al, 1996 (Table 4). Instead, Punturo et al 2018 conducted a detailed mineralogical and geochemical investigation of both rocks and soil collected in the Basilicata region, with the aim to understand their potential contribution to human health caused by asbestos exposure.…”

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Occurrence of asbestos in soils: state of the art

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In the last decades, it has been widely demonstrated the risk to human health related to asbestos fibres exposure. Many studies have mainly focused on the mineralogical and geochemical characterization of ophiolites (i.e., serpentinite and metabasite rocks) since they are the main lithotypes associated with Naturally Occurring Asbestos (NOA). Nevertheless, derivative soil from these rocks inherits the mineralogical and geochemical composition of bed rock and may contain hazardous fibres, thus making its examination necessary as well. This paper provides a summary of asbestos-containing soils investigation worldwide with the purpose of providing an overview of the data obtained so far. To this aim, the most relevant available literature, testifying the presence of fibrous minerals in soils have been considered. This allowed the global territory mapping in order to depict the distribution of natural asbestos in soils worldwide.

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Occurrence of asbestos in soils: state of the art

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“…Among different phytoremediation strategies (Ali et al 2013), assisted phytostabilization with soil amendments and planting of crop cultivars seems an alternative choice (Trivedi and Ahmad 2011). In chromite asbestos mines in India, several studies showed that using suitable plants with metal low shoot metal uptake, such as grasses or legumes, could act as a potential barrier for metal transport in food chain (Trivedi and Ahmad 2011; Kumar and Maiti 2015; Kumar et al 2017). In a Vermont asbestos site, biomass production of grass and clover with two different compost mixture showed higher compared to the control (Chaney et al 2011).…”

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Framework for assessment and phytoremediation of asbestos-contaminated sites

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We examine the feasibility of phytoremediation as an alternative strategy to limit the exposure of asbestos in site with asbestos-containing materials. We collected soils from four locations from two sites—one with naturally occurring asbestos, and another, a superfund site, where asbestos containing materials were disposed over decades—and performed ecotoxicology tests. We also performed two experiments with crop cultivar and two grasses from serpentine ecotype and cultivar to determined best choice for phytoremediation. Asbestos concentrations in different size fractions of soils varied by orders of magnitude. However, different asbestos concentrations had little effect on germination and root growth. Presence of co-contaminants such as heavy metals and lack of nutrients affected plant growth to different extents, indicating several of these limiting factors should be considered instead of the primary contaminant of concern. Crop cultivar survived on asbestos contaminated soil. Grasses from serpentine ecotype did not show higher biomass than the cultivar. Overall, these results showed that soil conditions play a critical role in screening different crop species for phytoremediation, and that asbestos concentration has limited to no effect on plant growth. Our study provided a framework for phytoremediation of asbestos-contaminated sites to limit long-term asbestos exposure.

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