Heavy Metal Contamination in Roadside Soil and Their Mobility in Relations to pH and Organic Carbon

Ramakrishnaiah, H.; Somashekar, R.K.

doi:10.1080/20025891107014

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“…Soil is a precious natural resource, but its quality is deteriorated due to several anthropogenic activities [21]. The majority of grain size of the Rosetta sediments is fine sand especially nearby shoreline, this agrees with Abo Zed and Shereet [22].…”

Section: Sedimentsupporting

confidence: 75%

Assessment the Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Water and Sediment in Rosetta Branch, Egypt

El‐Amier¹,

Zahran²,

Al-Mamory³

2015

JWARP

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Water quality of Rosetta Branch may be changed by several factors in the last decades as a result of anthropogenic activities. So, it's important to study the physicochemical characteristics of both water and sediment in the Rosetta Branch. Two identified sources are the main origin of most pollutants in this branch, namely: El-Rahawy drain and industrial activities in Kafr El-Zayat city. From the data of water quality index (WQI) based on six important parameters (pH, T ˚C, DO, BOD, COD and TP), it indicates that site 2 (from Kom Hamada to Edfina) is more polluted than the other two sites (from El-Qanater El-Khairia to Kom Hamada and from Edfina to Rosetta). The concentrations of heavy metals increase in sites that are more affected by drainage water from different drains. Great efforts are needed and wastewater must be treated before draining it into the River Nile water.

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Section: Sedimentsupporting

confidence: 75%

Assessment the Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Water and Sediment in Rosetta Branch, Egypt

El‐Amier¹,

Zahran²,

Al-Mamory³

2015

JWARP

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“…The quality guidelines for soil heavy metal concentrations developed in certain countries indicate wide variations. For example, in France, the soil threshold levels of heavy metals are as mg kg −1 ; 100 for Pb; 0.07 for Cd, and 100 for Cu (Ramakrishnaiah and Somashekar 2002). The mean and range of total heavy metal concentrations in normal soils reported by England (1984) were 35(2 to 300) for Pb, 0.35 (0.01 to 2) for Cd and 30 (2 to 250) for Cu, as mg kg −1 .…”

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Determination of lead, cadmium and copper in roadside soil and plants in Elazig, Turkey

Bakırdere

Yaman

2007

Environ Monit Assess

127

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The concentrations of lead, cadmium and copper in roadside soil and plants in Elazig, Turkey were investigated. Soil samples were collected at distances of 0, 25 and 50 m from the roadside. The concentrations of lead, cadmium and copper were measured by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (FAAS). A slotted tube atom trap (STAT) was used to increase the sensitivity of lead and cadmium in FAAS. Lead concentrations in soil samples varied from 1.3 to 45 mg kg(-1) while mean lead levels in plants ranged from120 ng g(-1) for grape in point-4 to 866 ng g(-1) for apple leaves in point-2. Lead analyses showed that there was a considerable contamination in both soil and plants affected from traffic intensity. Overall level of Cd in soil samples lies between 78 and 527 ng/g while cadmium concentration in different vegetations varied in the range of 0.8-98.0 ng g(-1). Concentrations of copper in soil and plant samples were found in the range of 11.1-27.9 mg kg(-1) for soil and 0.8-5.6 mg kg(-1) for plants. Standard reference material (SRM) was used to find the accuracy of the results of soil analyses.

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“…Painting of vehicles and tyre vulcanizing are other activities that negatively affect the qualities of soils around automobile workshops (Adewole and Uchegbu, 2010). Soil is a precious natural resource, but its quality is deteriorated due to several anthropogenic activities (Ramakrishnaiah and Somashekar, 2002). The physical, chemical, and biological constraints of urban soils often pose limitations for the growth of tree roots (Watson et al, 2014).…”

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Effects of soil pollution on seedling growth characteristics of Tamarindus indica L.

2017

Sci. Agric

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Heavy Metal Contamination in Roadside Soil and Their Mobility in Relations to pH and Organic Carbon

Cited by 38 publications

References 29 publications

Assessment the Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Water and Sediment in Rosetta Branch, Egypt

Assessment the Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Water and Sediment in Rosetta Branch, Egypt

Determination of lead, cadmium and copper in roadside soil and plants in Elazig, Turkey

Effects of soil pollution on seedling growth characteristics of Tamarindus indica L.

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