PCDD/F and metal concentrations in soil and herbage samples collected in the vicinity of a cement plant

Cadmium and Lead Disruption in Soils Around the Hegmatan Cement Factory, Iran

“…Comparisons with other studies carried out in other countries around the world ere also shown in Table 6 (3,10,12,13,15,(23)(24)(25)(26). These studies show that the results obtained for HCF are comparable to the concentrations of metals in Saudi Arabia.…”

“…lead in the surface soil layer is investigated in this paper to assess the extent of soil pollution near the Hegmatan cement factory (HCF). Some studies have been carried out to assess the soil pollution by heavy metals around the cement factory (3,8,(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16). The results of the study of Ahiamadjie et al (11) demonstrated that elemental contents in soils around the Diamond cement factory, in Aflao, Ghana, mainly originated from activities of the factory.…”

Field pilot study on emissions, formations and distributions of PCDD/Fs from cement kiln co-processing fly ash from municipal solid waste incinerations

“…Formation and emission of PCDD/Fs from a cement kiln processing a solid fuel recovered from municipal solid waste has been studied [18,19]. Dioxins form in cement kilns, and their release and impact on surrounding environment has been demonstrated [20][21][22][23][24]. However, to date, incineration of MSWI fly ash in a cement kiln has not been performed on an industrial scale or in any pilot studies.…”

Effects of Cement Dust on the Physiological Activities of <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i>

“…Cement dust contains heavy metal pollutants, including chromium, nickel, cobalt, lead and mercury (Baby et al, 2008). Moreover, cement contains other substances, such as crystalline silica, lime and gypsum, which can be hazardous (Isikli et al, 2006;Schuhmacher et al, 2002).…”

“…Cement dust can severely reduce water quality and subsequently have damaging effects on animals and vegetation. Cement particles can enter into soil as dry, humid, or occult deposits (Al-Khashman and Shawabkeh, 2006) and can undermine its physicochemical properties, leading to a reduction in soil fertility (Sivakumar and Britto, 1995) and subsequently destroying the vegetation cover in the affected area (Schuhmacher et al, 2002).…”