Contamination and restoration of an estuary affected by phosphogypsum releases

Villa, Maria Pia; Mosqueda, F.; Hurtado, Santiago; Mantero, Juan Carlos; Manjón, G.; Periáñez, R.; Vaca, F.; Garcı́a-Tenorio, R.

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.09.028

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“…The reaction of the interaction of fluorapatite and acid mixture is: Ca 5 (PO 4 ) 3 F + 5H 2 SO 4 + nH 3 PO 4 + mH 2 O → (n + 3)H 3 PO 4 + 5CaSO 4 •mH 2 O + HF Fluorine compounds and sulfur are primary pollutants in industrial emissions generated by the production of wet-process phosphoric acid and phosphate fertilizers. Possible heavy metal pollution in areas of phosphorus-containing fertilizer production is caused by the presence of metals in phosphorite raw materials in the form of ballast elements, as described in a number of works [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9].…”

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Influence of Phosphogypsum Dump on the Soil Ecosystem in the Sumy region (Ukraine)

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This paper investigates the influence of a phosphogypsum dump on the surrounding environment (soil ecosystem) in the Sumy region (Ukraine). Analysis of the surrounding soils was performed to study the possible presence of compounds leaching from the dump. For physical chemical analysis of samples, X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis, X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, and Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometry (FTIR) were used. XRF analysis did not confirm the contamination of soils around the phosphogypsum dump, and the soil fluoride levels measured in this study were comparable to the average soil fluoride concentration of soils globally. The colonization of the surface of the phosphogypsum dump by living organisms after the reclamation process was also analyzed. Field research was carried out on the routes, which specify the boundaries of the contours of plant communities, for description of phytocenoses in the territory of the dump, where the pH value ranged from 2.5 to 5.3, depending on the age of phosphogypsum terraces. Annual and perennial herbaceous plants are dominant on the reclaimed dump slopes. On the third and fourth phosphogypsum terraces (20 and 25 years old, respectively), tree forms have begun to settle, represented mainly by Populus tgemula, Populus alba, Betula pendula, and Robinia pseudoacacia. The studied patterns of ecological groups of plants growing under natural change of species can be used for the complete reclamation of the dump.

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Influence of Phosphogypsum Dump on the Soil Ecosystem in the Sumy region (Ukraine)

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“…There are known cases of soil, natural water pollution, and contamination of plant products due to interaction with phosphogypsum in different countries, such as Brazil, China, Greece, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Poland, Russia, Spain, Turkey, and United States of America [12][13][14].…”

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Phosphogypsum Recycling: A Review of Environmental Issues, Current Trends, and Prospects

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The problem of recycling and storage of phosphogypsum is topical for many countries around the world, as it is associated with environmental problems of pollution of water bodies, land, and atmosphere. Therefore, this paper analyzes the directions of phosphogypsum recycling and possible alternatives to its use. The main disadvantages of the existing methods of phosphogypsum processing were identified and trends in this waste management were also considered. Through the VOSviewer programme, a visualization of cluster interconnections was carried out in research publications of various fields of phosphogypsum utilization. Five clusters were formed: a red cluster—phosphogypsum recycling in the construction industry; green cluster—radiation pollution problem of phosphogypsum and phosphate fertilizers; yellow cluster—monitoring migration of phosphogypsum components in the ecosystem, with the mobile forms of heavy metals and their inflow into aquifers from phosphogypsum dumps; blue cluster—use of phosphogypsum in agriculture as an ameliorant and a component of fertilizer; and a purple cluster—the impact of phosphogypsum on microorganisms, particularly in bioremediation processes. Under the proposed integrated biochemical approach, the use of various bioprocesses of phosphogypsum recovery from waste dumps and implementation of new biotechnological solutions for processing phosphorus raw materials are presented.

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“…In the waters and superficial sediments of the whole estuary, since 1998 a clear decrease in the levels of radionuclides such as 226 Ra and 210 Pb has been observed that nowadays are approaching natural background references [28].…”

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Occupational, Public and Environmental Radiological Impact Caused by the Phosphoric Acid Industry: The Case of Huelva (Spain)

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JuanMantero³

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Phosphoric Acid Industry - Problems and Solutions

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The production of phosphate fertilizers usually uses as raw material sedimentary phosphate rock, which contains enhanced concentrations from U-series radionuclides about 10-100 times higher than unperturbed soils. This fact implies the need for evaluating the radiological implications of this activity. In our case, the study has been performed in a large fertilizer industrial complex located at Huelva town (SW of Spain), where sedimentary phosphate rock has been processed since 1965 to 2010, generating annually an average of about 2.5 million tons of a by-product called phosphogypsum (PG), which has been stored in big stacks 1 km away from Huelva city, covering 1000 ha. The fluxes of the radionuclides of interest along the production process and the effective doses received by the workers have been determined. In addition, the radioecological impact associated to the waste management strategy followed has been evaluated.

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Contamination and restoration of an estuary affected by phosphogypsum releases

Cited by 55 publications

References 41 publications

Influence of Phosphogypsum Dump on the Soil Ecosystem in the Sumy region (Ukraine)

Influence of Phosphogypsum Dump on the Soil Ecosystem in the Sumy region (Ukraine)

Phosphogypsum Recycling: A Review of Environmental Issues, Current Trends, and Prospects

Occupational, Public and Environmental Radiological Impact Caused by the Phosphoric Acid Industry: The Case of Huelva (Spain)

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