Bioavailability and risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in garden edible vegetables and soils around a highly contaminated former mining area in Germany

Antoniadis, Vasileios; Shaheen, Sabry M.; Boersch, Judith; Frohne, Tina; Laing, Gijs Du; Rinklebe, Joerg

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.04.036

Cited by 249 publications

(91 citation statements)

References 56 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…In plants, chromium toxicity is associated with the increasable production of ROS and oxidative stress development as well as with inhibition of pigment synthesis and modification of virtually all cellular components (Farooq et al 2016;Jabeen et al 2016;Ahmad et al 2017;Uliana et al 2018;Yang-ErChena et al 2018). These metabolic changes result in seedling development, cell death, reduction of plant biomass and crop yield (Antoniadis et al 2017;Yang-ErChena et al 2018) reduction of soluble protein content (Singh et al 2012;Das et al 2014;Jabeen et al 2016) and membrane stability (Begum et al 2016). Plants subjected to chromium also showed reduced growth in this study.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 48%

Calcium induces phytochelatin accumulation to cope with chromium toxicity in rice (Oryza sativaL.)

Mukta

Khatun

2019

Journal of Plant Interactions

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Heavy metal chromium (Cr) is considered to be a serious environmental contaminant due to its toxic effect on living organisms. To mitigate and reduce the negative impacts of Cr in rice plant, the effect of exogenous supplementary calcium was evaluated as it functions as a signaling molecule at cellular level. In this study, growth parameters, protein content, and membrane stability were found to be restored due to calcium under Cr stress. Further, Atomic absorption spectrophotometric analysis revealed that calcium inhibits Cr translocation from root to shoot in rice seedlings. This event was addressed by the enhanced accumulation of phytochelatin that leads to vacuolar sequestration of Cr in roots. Furthermore, increased activity of Catalase, Peroxidase, and Glutathione reductase along with elevated glutathione also assures that calcium enhances antioxidant defense mechanism to cope with Cr toxicity.

show abstract

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 48%

Calcium induces phytochelatin accumulation to cope with chromium toxicity in rice (Oryza sativaL.)

Mukta

Khatun

2019

Journal of Plant Interactions

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The average value for Pb was also greater than the median or mean concentrations of toxic metals in urban soils from some European cities, as compiled by Hiller et al (2016) and Poggio et al (2009). In a recent study by Antoniadis et al (2017b) undertaken in four gardens located in the vicinity of a mine dump area in Germany, Pb was the single most important element causing a health risk related to consumption of vegetables grown in the gardens. In a study by Madrid et al (2002), dealing with heavy metal contcentrations in garden soils of Sevilla, Alamillo Park which is located 3 km away from MI site, was considered as unpolluted background due to its unaltered status.…”

Section: [Insert Figure 2 Near Here]mentioning

confidence: 78%

Heavy metal pollution in soils and urban-grown organic vegetables in the province of Sevilla, Spain

López

Hallat

Castro

et al. 2019

Biological Agriculture & Horticulture

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Heavy metal pollution in urban-grown organic vegetables and soils of the province of Sevilla, Spain Sources of heavy metal pollution in vegetables can be varied. The focus of this study was to determine the factors affecting trace metal pollution in soils and vegetables that are grown on community urban and periurban organic farms in Spain. Results of this study shown that soil and dust deposition affected plant composition more than other anthropogenic sources, such as traffic loads, which showed a small incidence on the farm located in the largest city, Sevilla. Lettuce and broad bean samples taken at one urban farm showed high concentrations of crustal metals Fe, Ca, Mn and Cr, which was thought be due to Saharan dust deposition. The buildup of soil Cu concentration, due to the use of Cu-based fungicide over the long term, was observed on the farm where cultivation had occurred over a long period of time. On this farm, Pb in soil and vegetables had reached levels that could pose a risk to human health and/or the environment due to the random and uncontrolled locations of the disposal of demolition wastes containing lead-based white paints. The increased risks for consumers due to these several sources acting simultaneously demonstrate the need for a careful selection of the urban soils that are intended for agricultural use. Soil organic matter counteracted Pb availability, hence organic management and intensive use of organic amendments are recommended for urban farms.

show abstract

“…Enrichment ability was higher in green pepper, spinach, cabbage and Chinese cabbage. In Germany [48], soil mercury levels exceeded the maximum regulation limits in bean roots and carrot shoots planted in gardens situated in the area of a mine dump. Li et al [49] reported that soil, vegetable, and grain samples collected from field locations within 10 km distance from coal-fired power plants in China, had significantly higher mercury concentrations than the samples purchased from a grocery store away from any power plant.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Mercury accumulation in plants from contaminated arable lands in Eastern Slovakia

Kimáková¹,

Vargová²,

Onačillová³

et al. 2020

Ann Agric Environ Med.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Introduction and Objective. Contamination of soil by mercury poses several risks to human health through consumption of fruits and vegetables. In Slovakia, a high concentration of mercury is found in the soil of the Central Spiš region. The objective of the study is to measure the mercury concentrations in the parts of selected plant species and trees growing within 100 meters of a former ore processing facility. Materials and Method. A total of 24 samples of plants, 20 samples of parts of needle-leaved trees and 9 samples of parts of broad-leaved trees were collected from soils with a high concentration of mercury. The concentration was measured by atomic absorption spectrometry in different parts of the plants: leaves -18 species, roots -15 species, stems -11 species, flowers -7 species), and different parts of trees (crust -8 species, branches -8 species, needles -5 species, cones -5 species, leaves -3 species). Results. The concentrations of mercury in the soils taken at a depth of 0.25 m exceeded the maximum allowed levels more than 50-times. Potatoes, parsley and carrots from these soils exceeded the maximum allowed mercury levels 6-times, 5-times and twice, respectively. The average concentrations of mercury in the roots of 2-year onions exceeded the limit more than 50-times. The flowers of cornflower contain 18.20 mg . kg -1 , leaves of dandelion 10.61 mg . kg -1 and roots of plantain 6.80 mg . kg -1 of mercury. Regarding trees, the highest concentrations were found in the branches of juniper and leaves of aspenmore than 1 mg . kg -1 . Conclusions. The systematic monitoring of mercury is still very important, since it was found that the end of ore processing does not solve the issue of contamination in the Central Spiš region. Therefore, the consumption of fruits and vegetables from the areas of former ore processing facilities is not recommended.

show abstract

Bioavailability and risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in garden edible vegetables and soils around a highly contaminated former mining area in Germany

Cited by 249 publications

References 56 publications

Calcium induces phytochelatin accumulation to cope with chromium toxicity in rice (Oryza sativaL.)

Calcium induces phytochelatin accumulation to cope with chromium toxicity in rice (Oryza sativaL.)

Heavy metal pollution in soils and urban-grown organic vegetables in the province of Sevilla, Spain

Mercury accumulation in plants from contaminated arable lands in Eastern Slovakia

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About