Cement dust pollution induces toxicity or deficiency of some essential elements in wild plants growing around a cement factory

Mutlu, Salih; Atıcı, Ökkeş; Gülen, Y.

doi:10.1177/0748233712442727

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“…Also, extensive work has shown that this dust does affect the health of people living around the cement plant. Air quality of areas within and around the plant are always affected [30][31][32][33][34][35].…”

Section: Pollutants Sources and Classificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Kumar et al [81] reported that lives around the cement plant suffer chlorosis and necrosis. Also, Salih et al [31] revealed that the levels of P (phosphorus), K (potassium), S (sulfur), and Cl (chlorine) have been reported to be high around factories while Ca (Calcium) and Fe (Iron) elements reduced. This result in stunted growth, leaf resetting, chlorosis, brown-gray necrosis, reduced long term yield.…”

Section: Effects On Plant and Aquatic Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

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Exposure effect to cement dust pollution: a mini review

Adeyanju

Okeke

2019

SN Appl. Sci.

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The aim of this paper is to illuminate the impacts of cement production emissions on the environment. Various research work has shown that countries in sub-Saharan Africa, suffer the most from environmental pollution especially air pollution. One of such contributing factors is the behavioural pattern of workers and traders living close to production plants. Significantly also, data are not available in this region. The need for cement as well as the presence of local raw materials, coupled with the need for local content has resulted in an increase in the number of cement plants. Areas within and around the cement plant are exposed to various air pollutants. These pollutants affect the life and wellbeing of workers, children and people in close communities as well as the flora and fauna. Diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary, silicosis, preterm delivery, psychasthenia, endocrine disruption, cancer and infertility are associated with these pollutants. This paper describes the impacts of these pollutants on human's health and plant's growth as well as where studies should focus on in the future. Various high impact papers were selected and cogent findings as it affects different classes of people were discussed in this paper. It is recommended that more data collection, pollutant characterization, risk assessment and dispersion analysis should be carried out in developing countries. More research should be undertaken to determine the impact of alternative fuel and the effectiveness of dust control technologies used in various cement plants.

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Section: Pollutants Sources and Classificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Effects On Plant and Aquatic Lifementioning

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Exposure effect to cement dust pollution: a mini review

Adeyanju

Okeke

2019

SN Appl. Sci.

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“…Exposure to cement dust consistently resulted in leaf yellowing and necrosis (Mutlu et al 2013), altered leaf anatomy (Lukjanova and Mandre 2010), delayed germination (Lafragüeta et al 2014), growth reduction (Iqbal and Shafig 2001), and losses in crop yield (Misra et al 1993). Cement dust inputs on soil were shown to affect normal ionic homeostasis by interfering with the uptake, transport and use of several elements by plants (Mandre and Tuulmets 1997).…”

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Transcriptome analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana in response to cement dust

Abu-Romman

Alzubi

2016

Genes Genom

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Cement dust is a major particulate air pollutants and can cause negative impacts on plant growth and development. The molecular bases of plant responses to cement dust are not elucidated. Therefore, a transcriptome analysis of Arabidopsis in response to cement dust was performed. In the present study, seedlings of Arabidopsis thaliana were exposed to cement dust at a rate of 1.5 g per 1 m 2 area. Total RNA from control and cement-dust treated plants were used for transcriptome analysis using GeneChip Ò Arabidopsis ATH1 Genome Array. In response to cement dust application, the transcriptional profiling identified 1599 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) using a two-fold cutoff. Of these DEGs, 831 were up-regulated, and 768 were downregulated. Differential expression of 15 genes from this list was validated using qRT-PCR. Gene ontology analysis using AgriGo program revealed that a large proportion of upregulated DEGs are related to response to stimulus, response to stress, response to chemical stimulus, transcription factor activity, hydrolase activity, and carboxylesterase activity. While, a large proportion of down-regulated DEGs were mainly in the following categories: biosynthetic process, biological regulation, and response to stimulus, nucleic acid binding, transcription regulator activity, transcription factor activity, organelle lumen, nuclear lumen, and nucleolus. The DEGs up-regulated in response to cement dust include a set of reactive oxygen species scavenging enzymes (e.g., ascorbate peroxidase 2, peroxidases, glutathione S-transferases), heat shock proteins, late embryogenesis abundant proteins, D 1 -pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthase 1, as well as transcription factor genes of different families. This study is the first to provide a global view of the transcriptomic profiling of Arabidopsis in response to cement dust. The results will be helpful for better understanding the molecular basis for plant responses to cement dust pollution.

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“…Almost every stage of cement manufacture, including extraction of raw materials, crushing, packing and dispatching of cement from the facility, involves the emission of considerable amounts of dust (Mutlu et al, 2013). In addition to dust, the combustion of fuels during cement manufacturing releases injurious gases such as sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide (Kampa and Castanas, 2008).…”

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

Abu-Romman¹,

Alzubi²

2015

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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Air pollution exerts detrimental effects on plant ecosystems and restricts agricultural productivity. Cement dust is considered to be one of the most harmful air pollutants of industrial origin and is a limiting factor for plant growth and productivity. This study aims to uncover the impacts of cement dust on photosynthetic pigments, protein content, hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) accumulation, lipid per oxidation and antioxidant enzyme activities of Arabidopsis thaliana. In this study, Arabidopsis plants were dusted with cement at a rate of 1.5 g per 1-m 2 area and measurements were undertaken at 10 days after cement dust application. Treatment with cement dust resulted insignificant reductions in chlorophyll content and total soluble protein accumulation. Neither carotenoid nor starch content of Arabidopsis plants was affected by exposure to cement dust, whereas protease activity was significantly enhanced in cement dust-treated plants. Furthermore, exposure to cement dust significantly enhanced the production of H 2 O 2 , a product of oxidative stress, in the leaves of Arabidopsis plants. Moreover, Malondialdehyde (MDA) content, a product of lipid per oxidation, significantly increased after exposure to cement dust. In response to cement dust, activities of scavenging enzymes such as Ascorbate Peroxides (APX), Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) and Guaiacol Peroxidase (GPX) increased, whereas the activity of Catalase (CAT) activity decreased. The present results suggest that cement dust induced oxidative stress in Arabidopsis plants through the generation of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS), induction of lipid peroxidation and up regulation of antioxidant enzyme activities.

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Cement dust pollution induces toxicity or deficiency of some essential elements in wild plants growing around a cement factory

Cited by 19 publications

References 34 publications

Exposure effect to cement dust pollution: a mini review

Exposure effect to cement dust pollution: a mini review

Transcriptome analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana in response to cement dust

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

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