Production of Safer Vegetables from Heavy Metals Contaminated Soils: The Current Situation, Concerns Associated with Human Health and Novel Management Strategies

Tauqeer, Hafiz Muhammad; Turan, Veysel; Iqbal, Muhammad

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-89984-4_19

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“…In agreement with the current results, Hussain et al (2013) recorded reduction in lettuce leaves number and circumference of turnip tuberous roots irrigated with industrial wastewater. Reduction in the plant growth and yield traits represents the common symptoms to heavy metals stress as reported by Hadi et al (2014), Galal et al (2017a, b), Farahat et al (2017), Galal et al (2018) and Tauqeer et al (2022). This reduction may be attributed to inhibition in the biosynthesis of photosynthetic pigments and their activity and/or nutrients insufficiency (Chauhan & Joshi, 2010;Nagajyoti et al, 2010).…”

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Effects of Untreated Wastewater Irrigation on Peanut (Arachis hypogea) Productivity and Human Health

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W ASTEWATER irrigation is used by farmers when water becomes scarce. This work aims to study the effects of wastewater irrigation on the agrarian economy and human health. Irrigation water and soil samples were collected from the Shibin drain and the Al Sharqawia canal. The physicochemical features of the drainage water, canal water, polluted soil, and unpolluted soils were analyzed. The vegetative and productivity traits of peanut plants were evaluated including to their mineral nutrient content, primary metabolic products, and heavy metal content. Irrigation with wastewater resulted in lower pod, seed, and biomass productivity, with reductions of 50%, 52.5%, and 42.9% respectively. Chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b levels were also decreased but carotenoid levels were increased. Wastewater irrigation resulted in a decrease in carbohydrate content, crude protein, lipid, content crude energy, and growth energy, Heavy metal concentrations increased, specifically those of Fe, Mn, Zn, Co, Cu, Pb, and Cd. Peanut plants were found to accumulate heavy metals and store Zn, Mn, Cu, Pb, and Cd in their seeds, proving hazardous to human health. Irrigation with wastewater negatively impacts the general economy and human well-being; therefore, this study recommends the enactment of legislation that prohibits irrigation with untreated drainage and prevents the disposal of domestic, industrial, and agricultural wastewater into irrigation canals.

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Effects of Untreated Wastewater Irrigation on Peanut (Arachis hypogea) Productivity and Human Health

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“…CFPPs were one of the most important anthropogenic emission sources of Cr into the environment (Tian et al, 2014 ). The environmental problems associated with CFPPs which included the accumulation of solid wastes, pollution of ambient soil/groundwater and emission of air pollutants after power generation had attracted sustained attention (Tauqeer et al, 2022a , 2022b ; Turan et al, 2017 ). Clear understanding of the partitioning and emission characteristics of Cr in CFPPs was helpful to study the environmental impact of Cr.…”

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Chromium in Chinese coals: geochemistry and environmental impacts associated with coal-fired power plants

Tang

Zhang

Zhao

et al. 2022

Environ Geochem Health

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Chromium (Cr), one of the prime hazardous trace elements in coals, may engender adverse effects on eco-environment and threaten human health during utilization of coal. Based on the samples obtained in our laboratory and published literature, the abundance and modes of occurrence of Cr in Chinese coals, and the environmental impacts associated with coal-fired power plants (CFPPs) were elucidated in this study. With a total of 1397 sets of data, the mean concentration of Cr in Chinese coals was calculated as 21.33 μg/g by the “reserve-concentration” weighted calculation method. Spatially, the average Cr contents increased gradually from North China to South China. Temporally, coals from T 3 , E–N and P 2 were relatively enriched in Cr compared to the other geological time. The Cr concentration in coal varied with different coal ranks. The geological factors accounted for Cr enrichment in coals could be divided into the primary, secondary and epigenetic processes. Higher percentages of organically Cr occurred in low-rank coals, while inorganically associated Cr was mainly found in clay minerals. After coal combustion, most of Cr was enriched in solid wastes (e.g., fly ash and bottom ash). The leaching of Cr from solid wastes in the rainy season (especially acid rain) needs to be a concern for CFPPs. It was estimated that the atmospheric emission of Cr from CFPPs increased annually from 2015 to 2019 and reached approximately 159 tons in 2019.

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“…Heavy metals in soil can originate from natural minerals, yet anthropogenic activities are the main source ( Lebrazi & Fikri-Benbrahim, 2018 ). Heavy metal contamination is a risk to food security, ecological environment, and even to human health through bioaccumulation in the food chain ( Zhang et al, 2012 ; Zhou et al, 2013 ; Long et al, 2021 ; Qin et al, 2021 ; Tauqeer, Turan & Iqbal, 2022 ). Therefore, areas with severe heavy metal-contaminations need to be remediated before being used for the cultivation of crops, and the selected crops should not accumulate contaminants when growing on the slightly-contaminated areas.…”

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Nickel mine soil is a potential source for soybean plant growth promoting and heavy metal tolerant rhizobia

Han

Cui

Zhou

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Mine soil is not only barren but also contaminated by some heavy metals. It is unclear whether some rhizobia survived under extreme conditions in the nickel mine soil. Therefore, this study tries to isolate some effective soybean plant growth promoting and heavy metal resistant rhizobia from nickel mine soil, and to analyze their diversity. Soybean plants were used to trap rhizobia from the nickel mine soil. A total of 21 isolates were preliminarily identified as rhizobia, which were clustered into eight groups at 87% similarity level using BOXA1R-PCR fingerprinting technique. Four out of the eight representative isolates formed nodules on soybean roots with effectively symbiotic nitrogen-fixing and plant growth promoting abilities in the soybean pot experiment. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA, four housekeeping genes (atpD-recA-glnII-rpoB) and nifH genes assigned the symbiotic isolates YN5, YN8 and YN10 into Ensifer xinjiangense and YN11 into Rhizobium radiobacter, respectively. They also showed different tolerance levels to the heavy metals including cadmium, chromium, copper, nickel, and zinc. It was concluded that there were some plant growth promoting and heavy metal resistant rhizobia with the potential to facilitate phytoremediation and alleviate the effects of heavy metals on soybean cultivation in nickel mine soil, indicating a novel evidence for further exploring more functional microbes from the nickel mine soil.

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Production of Safer Vegetables from Heavy Metals Contaminated Soils: The Current Situation, Concerns Associated with Human Health and Novel Management Strategies

Cited by 30 publications

References 90 publications

Effects of Untreated Wastewater Irrigation on Peanut (Arachis hypogea) Productivity and Human Health

Effects of Untreated Wastewater Irrigation on Peanut (Arachis hypogea) Productivity and Human Health

Chromium in Chinese coals: geochemistry and environmental impacts associated with coal-fired power plants

Nickel mine soil is a potential source for soybean plant growth promoting and heavy metal tolerant rhizobia

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