Effect of coal mining activities and related industry on composition, cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of surrounding soils

Fiket, Željka; Medunić, Gordana; Vidaković-Cifrek, Željka; Jezidžić, Petra; Cvjetko, Petra

doi:10.1007/s11356-019-07396-w

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“…The region belongs to the northern part of the Adriatic Sea. The Raša Bay area is a locality that has exemplified insufficient environmental protection measures in terms of the waste legacy of its Raša coal industry (Medunić et al, 2018b(Medunić et al, , 2019Fiket et al, 2020).…”

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Levels of Hazardous Trace Elements in Estuarine Sediments, Fish, Mussels and Wild Boar Collected From the Raša Bay Area (Croatia)

Ivošević

Momčilović

Bilandžić

et al. 2022

MGPB

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A part of the Raša Bay (western Croatia) is an estuary that is fed by the sediment load from the Raša River. The local area had been affected by the former Raša coal industry. The aim of this study was to determine levels of hazardous trace elements (HTEs) in bottom estuarine sediments, fish and mussels collected from two sites downstream of the Raša River mouth, and a wild boar’s kidney donated by hunters. The pseudo-total concentrations of 21 HTEs in sediments were obtained by the X-ray fluorescence (XRF) technique. The results showed that sediment collected closest to the former Raša coal separation unit Štalije was enriched in V, Sr, Ni, Cu, and Pb. Concentrations of HTEs in flathead grey mullet, wild blue mussels, and wild boar were obtained by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The results showed that Pb, Cd and Hg in fish and wild mussels were not elevated compared to the Regulation levels of contaminants in food. Lead and Cd in the kidney of a wild boar exceeded the prescribed maximum values for food. This study warrants further geochemical investigations of the Raša Bay environment.

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Levels of Hazardous Trace Elements in Estuarine Sediments, Fish, Mussels and Wild Boar Collected From the Raša Bay Area (Croatia)

Ivošević

Momčilović

Bilandžić

et al. 2022

MGPB

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“…Bioaccumulation of lead in the food chain can cause risks to human health and damage plant organs [8]. Airborne lead content from anthropogenic activities (mining activities, processing industry, and coal fly ash) affects the composition, cytotoxicity, and genotoxicity of surrounding soils [9,10]. Plants have a high accumulation potential to uptake lead in urban areas [11], posing a risk to safe urban farming or kitchen gardening trends.…”

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Magnetic nanocomposite-system for the remediation of lead-contaminated urban surface

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Lead pollution contributes 2% to environmental health and is found in air, dust, soil, and water. The presence of lead on the urban surface can put at risk human health and hinder sustainable urban development. The existing strategies are not feasible to remediate lead from the urban surface due to heavy infrastructure, long-term monitoring, and less space availability. Therefore, the magnetic nanocomposite-system is designed to remove lead from the urban surface regardless of contaminated sites within a short period of time and is immediately applicable. The magnetic nanocomposite is synthesized by hydrothermal treatment and has plenty of hydroxyl and carboxyl functional groups with mesoporous surfaces. The results showed that the leadremoval efficiency exceeded 97% even at a high concentration of 300 mg/L. pH has no significant effect on the removal efficiency. Also, it has shown stability and removal efficiency over 96% even after five reuse cycles. The proposed mechanism for the implication and separation of the magnetic nanocomposite system for the in-situ remediation approach has also highlighted the various applicable sites.

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“…Analyzing the mechanism of mining activities on vegetation growth in mining areas provides significant insight for constructing ecological coal mining [14]. Researchers have made many findings through field surveys and experiments focusing on soil parameters [15], microorganisms [16], root environments [17], toxicological effects [18,19], colony symbiosis and photosynthesis [20], heavy-metal pollution and enrichment in vegetation [21,22], the extinction of major dominant species [23], and biodiversity loss [24]. Related studies have revealed that mining approaches impacting vegetation growth are diversiform on a local scale and more complicated on a regional scale [25].…”

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Spatial Heterogeneity of Vegetation Response to Mining Activities in Resource Regions of Northwestern China

Xie

Wang

et al. 2020

Remote Sensing

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Aggregated mining development has direct and indirect impacts on vegetation changes. This impact shows spatial differences due to the complex influence of multiple mines, which is a common issue in resource regions. To estimate the spatial heterogeneity of vegetation response to mining activities, we coupled vegetation changes and mining development through a geographically weighted regression (GWR) model for three cumulative periods between 1999 and 2018 in integrated resource regions of northwestern China. Vegetation changes were monitored by Sen’s slope and the Mann–Kendall test according to a total of 72 Landsat images. Spatial distribution of mining development was quantified, due to four land-use maps in 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2017. The results showed that 80% of vegetation in the study area experienced different degrees of degradation, more serious in the overlapping areas of multiple mines and mining areas. The scope of influence for single mines on vegetation shrunk by about 48%, and the mean coefficients increased by 20%, closer to mining areas. The scope of influence for multiple mines on vegetation gradually expanded to 86% from the outer edge to the inner overlapping areas of mining areas, where the mean coefficients increased by 92%. The correlation between elevation and vegetation changes varied according to the average elevation of the total mining areas. Ultimately, the available ecological remediation should be systematically considered for local conditions and mining consequences.

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Effect of coal mining activities and related industry on composition, cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of surrounding soils

Cited by 28 publications

References 48 publications

Levels of Hazardous Trace Elements in Estuarine Sediments, Fish, Mussels and Wild Boar Collected From the Raša Bay Area (Croatia)

Levels of Hazardous Trace Elements in Estuarine Sediments, Fish, Mussels and Wild Boar Collected From the Raša Bay Area (Croatia)

Magnetic nanocomposite-system for the remediation of lead-contaminated urban surface

Spatial Heterogeneity of Vegetation Response to Mining Activities in Resource Regions of Northwestern China

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