Exceedance of air quality standards resulting from pyro-metallurgical production of copper: a case study, Bor (Eastern Serbia)

Serbula, Snezana M.; Kalinovic, Tanja S.; Kalinovic, Jelena V.; Ilic, Ana A.

doi:10.1007/s12665-012-1886-6

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“…Mn concentrations in the pine needles are about the value (≤ 40 μg/g), thus being below the suggested minimum amounts (Rademacher, 2001). Literature data show that the increased SO 2 concentrations in the air can lead to the Mn deficit in the plants (Kozlov et al, 1995), which also may be the case for pine in this research, considering the long-term pollution by SO 2 in Bor and the surroundings (Serbula et al, 2011(Serbula et al, , 2012b. The contents of Mn in pine needles in this study are lower compared to the concentrations in the study of Yang et al (2008).…”

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“…Open pits and flotation tailing ponds are also big sources of dust, which endangers the surrounding villages and agricultural soil, leading to reduced agricultural production and health threat for people who live there. Serbula et al (2010Serbula et al ( , 2011Serbula et al ( , 2012b. The annual concentrations of total atmospheric deposition at the four measuring sites in the urban-industrial and rural zone of Bor (MMI Bor, 1994-2008 and annual anode copper production in the period from 1994 to 2008 (nine months) are given in Fig.…”

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Assessment of Airborne Heavy Metal Pollution Using Pinus spp. and Tilia spp.

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Kalinovic

Ilic

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Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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The influences of airborne pollution originating from the Mining-Metallurgical Complex Bor (Serbia) on the concentrations of Cu, Pb, Zn and Mn in the samples of Tilia spp. and Pinus spp. were examined. The roots, branches, leaves/needles and soil were sampled in urban-industrial, rural and background zone at different distances from the copper smelter and at prevailing wind directions. According to the results of the enrichment factors, branches were the plant parts most enriched with Cu and Pb. The results of cluster analysis indicate that the most endangered zone in Bor is urban-industrial (at sites 0.5 km and 1 km away from the copper smelter). Aerial parts of both plant species can be used for biomonitoring of air pollution, although pine needles showed a higher level of response to pollution. According to the bioconcentration factor, translocation factor and translocation index, high concentrations of Cu and Pb in aerial parts of pine and linden are mostly a consequence of airborne pollution.

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Assessment of Airborne Heavy Metal Pollution Using Pinus spp. and Tilia spp.

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Kalinovic

Ilic

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“…The subsequent relaxation produces fluorescence radiation, which is measured by a non-cooled photomultiplier tube. The analyser provides 15-min concentra- [13]. Determination of total atmospheric deposition was conducted by the sedimentation method [15,16].…”

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“…Smelter waste gases containing on average 3--7% SO 2 are converted to H 2 SO 4 in the sulphuric acid plant located within the Mining-Metallurgical Complex Bor. Since the plant provides accepting and processing less than 60% of the gases from the smelter, the rest of the gases are emitted untreated into the atmosphere [13].…”

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Emission of SO2 and SO42- from copper smelter and its influence on the level of total s in soil and moss in Bor and the surroundings

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Ţivkovic

Radojević

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The city of Bor and the surroundings (Eastern Serbia) have been known for exploitation and processing of sulphide copper ores for more than 100 years. Emissions of waste gases and particulate matter rich in heavy metals are characteristic for pyrometallurgical production of copper. Long-term measurement results (2005-2008) indicate an increased sulphur dioxide level in the urban-industrial zone of Bor since it is closest to the copper smelter which is a dominant source of air pollution in the studied area. Average annual sulphur dioxide concentrations at four measuring sites in the urban-industrial zone exceeded the maximum allowable value of 50 µg/m 3. However, the maximum allowable value of the total atmospheric depositions (200 mg/m 2 per day on an annual basis) exceeded only at two of 15 measuring sites in the urban-industrial and rural zone. The highest annual deposition rate of sulphates from deposition was detected in the urbanindustrial zone. Since the maximum permitted value for sulphates is not defined by the Serbian regulations, the extent of the pollution cannot be discussed. Since the environment can continuously be polluted through the wet and dry depositions, the biomonitoring by moss was conducted, which revealed significantly higher concentrations of total sulphur in moss in the urban-industrial zone, compared to the background zone. The obtained results confirm the reliability of moss as a bioindicator of ambient pollution. Higher total S concentration in soil samples was noted at the rural site (Ostrelj) located in the close vicinity of two tailing ponds.

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“…Environment and health in China has an international perspective as well as can be seen (Al-Khashman 2013) about introducing a land-use-based spatial analysis method for human health risk evaluation of soil heavy metals, natural and artificial radioactivity distribution in soil, rock and water of in gold mines (Faanu et al 2013), exceedance of air quality standards resulting from pyro-metallurgical production of copper (Serbula et al 2013), exceedance of air quality standards resulting from pyro-metallurgical production of copper (Tay and Biney 2013). Several thematic issues in EES are dedicated to this topic, in particular dealing with safe water supply in growing urban catchments in China related to mega-cities such as Beijing, Chaohu, Hefei, Kunming (Wang et al 2015a, b, c, d), Shenyang, Harbin and greater Shanghai (Xi et al 2015).…”

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