The content of toxic elements in soil-plant system based on ombrotrophic peat with the copper smelting slag recycling waste

Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

A.N. Zavaritsky Institute of Geology and Geochemistry, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 15 Akad. Vonsovsky street, Yekaterinburg, Russia, 620110

10.22059/poll.2022.346474.1551

Abstract

Mining wastes occupy huge areas around the world, therefore, research aimed at their disposal and reclamation of disturbed territories is very relevant. We studied artificial soil based on neutralized ombrotrophic peat (Histosols Fibric) with different content (5% and 10% by weight) of copper smelting slag recycling waste ("technical sand"): finely dispersed (less than 0.05 mm), mechanically activated material. We analyzed the content of toxic element in peat, underground and aboveground parts of lawn grasses and potatoes. The coefficients of concentration and accumulation of elements were calculated. It was found that the introduction of 5% waste leads to exceeding the maximum permissible concentrations and approximately permissible concentrations (the regulated values for Russia) for zinc, copper, arsenic, antimony, and lead. The molybdenum content exceeds the Soil Quality Guidelines accepted in Canada, for selenium the values are at the limit level. The content of zinc, copper, cobalt, arsenic, molybdenum, antimony is significantly reduced (by 2-3 times) during the growing season. Ecological assessment of agricultural plants grown on artificial soil with 5% of "technical sand" showed that there are no excesses of the maximum permissible levels for any regulated element for potato tubers; a slight excess of arsenic was detected for lawn grasses. We additionally assessed the safety of potato tubers using the maximum permissible concentrations for food and established an excess of cadmium (3.4 times on the peat, with the addition of waste almost unchanged) and zinc (1.6 times on peat, 2.8 times for a peat with 10% waste).

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