Analysis of the concentration of heavy metals in soil, vegetables and water around the bole Lemi industry park, Ethiopia

Lemessa, Fituma; Simane, Belay; Seyoum, Assefa; Gebresenbet, Girma

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12429

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“…The Pasrur millet that was irrigated with canal water had the lowest concentration of chromium, meanwhile the barseem that also was watered with untreated wastewater had the highest concentration. The main sources of large concentrations of chromium in waste water are from the leather, gilding, tanning, and textile industries 15 , 32 . However, leaching from rocks and earth is the natural source of chromium access to ground water aquifers 1 .…”

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“…Atomic absorption spectrometer was used to determine the heavy metals concentration in soil, water and fodder as reported by Lemessa et al 15 and flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry (FA-AAS) method was used to determine the heavy metals in the animal milk as reported by Sikirić et al 16 . In distinguishing examination www.nature.com/scientificreports/ work, values of Ni, Cd, Cu and Pb were analyzed by using their specific standard curves (BDH atomic absorption standards).…”

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Transformation of heavy metals from contaminated water to soil, fodder and animals

Kanwal,

Raza,

Zaheer

et al. 2024

Sci Rep

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A serious environmental problem that threatens soil quality, agricultural productivity, and food safety is heavy metal pollution in water sources. Heavy metal pollution is the main problem in tehsil Pasrur, Sialkot, Pakistan. Present study was arranged to notice the heavy metals in water, soil, forages and buffalo milk. There are seven sites that were used for this experiment. Highest malondialdehyde (MDA) contents (3.00 ± 0.01) were noticed in barseem roots at site 7. Ascorbate Peroxidase (APX) was reached at its peak (1.93 ± 0.01) at site 7 in the fresh barseem. Maximum protein contents (0.36 ± 0.01) were observed in fresh plant samples at site 2. Site 3's buffalo milk samples had the highest Ni content (7.22 ± 0.33 ppm), while Site 3's soil samples had the lowest Cr content (8.89 ± 0.56 ppm), Site 1's plant shoots had the lowest Cr content (27.75 ± 1.98 ppm), and Site 3's water had the highest Cr content (40.07 ± 0.49 ppm). The maximum fat content (5.38 ± 2.32%) was found in the milk of the animals at site 7. The highest density (31.88 ± 6.501%), protein content (3.64 ± 0.33%), lactose content (5.54 ± 0.320%), salt content (0.66 ± 0.1673%), and freezing point (− 0.5814 ± 0.1827 °C) were also observed in the milk from animals at site 7, whereas site 5 displayed the highest water content (0.66 ± 0.1673%) and peak pH value (11.64 ± 0.09). In selected samples, the pollution load index for Ni (which ranged from 0.01 to 1.03 mg/kg) was greater than 1. Site 7 has the highest conductivity value (5.48 ± 0.48). Values for the health risk index varied from 0.000151 to 1.00010 mg/kg, suggesting that eating tainted animal feed may pose health concerns. Significant health concerns arise from metal deposition in the food chain from soil to feed, with nickel having the highest health risk index.

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Transformation of heavy metals from contaminated water to soil, fodder and animals

Kanwal,

Raza,

Zaheer

et al. 2024

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“…The use of suitable native plants for restoration of contaminated soil is a potential technique because it can enhance the area ecological environment standards [13]. Several authors have used BAF, BCF and TF to investigate the phytoremediation potentials of plants [3,11,13,31] The BCF show heavy metals concentrations in plants and soil indicating the transfer of heavy metals from soil into plants [64]. The plants reported to stabilize heavy metals in the roots are Dodonaea viscosa (Cd, Cu and Ni), Ajuga bracteosa and Sochus espera (Cd), Sisybrium officinale and Platango ovata (Cr) and Amaranthus spinosus (Ni) respectively.…”

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Phytoremediation potential and vegetation assessment of plant species growing on multi-metals contaminated coal mining site

Shakeel,

Shah,

Zeb

et al. 2024

Environ. Res. Commun.

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This study aims to evaluate the plant species potential to accumulate, concentrate and translocate the heavy metals around the coal mining contaminated site with heavy metals at Harnoi, Abbottabad. The phytosociological surveys involve the systematic study of plant communities within the particular area to show their composition, structure and distribution showed that the contaminated coal mining-associated area was poor in vegetation. Among these, 11 plant species with higher important values (IV) are collected with associated soil and analyzed for the total concentrations of Cadmium (Cd), Copper (Cu), Chromium (Cr), Lead (Pb) and Nickel (Ni) using Atomic Spectrophotometer. The phytoremediation indices (BAF, BCF, TF and TI) were used to evaluate the multi-metals hyperaccumulator and stabilizer plant species. Dodonaea viscosa was evaluated as multi-metals (Cd, Cu and Ni) stabilizer. While the Ajuga bracteosa and Sonchus espera, Sisybrium officinale and Platango ovata stabilize Cd and Cr respectively. The other plant species that can stabilize as single heavy metal are Ajuga bracteosa and Sonchus espera (Cd), Sisybrium officinale and Platango ovata (Cr) and Amaranthus spinosus (Ni) respectively. While the multi-metals accumulator plant species are Bidens pilosa (Cu, Pb and Ni), Chenopodium ambrosioides (Cd, Cu and Ni), Amaranthus spinosus (Cd, Cu and Cr), Ajuga bracteosa (Pb and Ni) and Rumex hastatus (Cd and Ni). However, the single heavy metal accumulator plant species are Sonchus espera (Pb), Conyzea Canadensis (Ni), Platango ovata and Malvastrum coromandelianum (Cu) respectively. These plants could find valuable applications in practical phytoremediation for the remediation near mining tailings at Abbottabad. Moreover, the use of local plants is a promising approach not only for in-situ accumulation and stabilization of heavy metals but also for tolerance and environmental adaptations in the contaminated area.

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“…Homogenized onion and soil samples were grounded using titanium blades and stored for further analysis. A 0.5 grams of each onion and soil samples, were accurately weighed directly into separate digestion vessels in microwave digestion and 7.0 mL of concentrated HNO 3 and 2.0 mL of H 2 O 2 were added in to onion samples [9], and 10 mL of HNO 3 and 3.0 mL of HF were added for soil samples [10,11]. To assess instrumental drift, a number of analytical blanks that underwent the identical digestion and dissolving process were also included and examined [7 and 8].…”

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Heavy metal contamination in soil and health risk assessment through onion consumption in Mojo and Koka, Ethiopia

Reta,

Mekonen,

Leta

2024

Preprint

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The objective of this study was to determine the concentration of heavy metals in the soil and horticultural crops grown under irrigation in the Mojo and Koka sites in Oromia, Ethiopia, and to evaluate the potential health risks that these metals may cause to consumers. For this investigation, a total of 50 onion (Allium porrum L.) and 50 soil samples were gathered. The content of heavy metals was measured using Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES) after the samples' digest using microwave-assisted digestion. The mean concentrations of examined trace elements in onion (mg/kg) were found in the range of 0.80 to 0.95, for As 1.77 to 0.91 for Sn, 2.09 to 1.49 for Pb, 12.29 to 7.31 for B, 13.85 to 12.33 for Zn, 0.34 to 0.25 for Cd, 1.83 to 1.78 for Hg, 11.29 to 7.54 for Cu, 0.83 to 0.78 for Ni, 0.34 to 0.31 for Co, 78.39 to 42.19 for Fe, 17.03 to 11.56 for Mn, and 1.03to 1.02 for Cr. Given that the average levels of Pb, Hg, Cd, and As in onions at both irrigation sites surpassed the upper limit of allowable levels established by the joint FAO/WHO commission. These metals' concentrations in soil are found to be within acceptable bounds. As compared to other literatures, their concentration really exceeded in both irrigation sites. According to the metal pollution load index, the overall pollution load of trace metals, including As, Pb, Cd, and Hg, was found to be moderately higher in both irrigation locations for the majority of the onions under study. The results, which were computed using an adult consumer's food intake, indicated that the Pb and Hg dietary exposure levels were much higher than the daily intake amounts that were considered tentatively tolerated. The soil-to-onion transfer factor showed that whereas Fe has a strong sorption to the soil colloids, metal Cu is comparatively poorly maintained in the soil. The degree of metal enrichment in soils and sediments is higher than in other literatures, according to the soil pollution indices. Thus, swift action is needed to stop the issue and guarantee public safety along the food system's supply chain.

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Analysis of the concentration of heavy metals in soil, vegetables and water around the bole Lemi industry park, Ethiopia

Cited by 21 publications

References 70 publications

Transformation of heavy metals from contaminated water to soil, fodder and animals

Transformation of heavy metals from contaminated water to soil, fodder and animals

Phytoremediation potential and vegetation assessment of plant species growing on multi-metals contaminated coal mining site

Heavy metal contamination in soil and health risk assessment through onion consumption in Mojo and Koka, Ethiopia

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