Heavy metals distribution in soils surrounding an abandoned mine in NW Madrid (Spain) and their transference to wild flora

Moreno-Jiménez, Eduardo; Peñalosa, Jesús M.; Manzano, Rebeca; Carpena‐Ruiz, Ramón O.; Gamarra, Roberto Gamarra; Esteban, Elvira

doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.05.109

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“…There was not a lineal relation between BCFplants and metal soil concentration because the BCFplants values in each zone depended on soil concentration and naturally occurring plant species (see Section 2.2.3). BCFplants was less than 1 for all elements except for Cd, which was consistent with the described high bioavailability of Cd to plants ( Moreno-Jiménez et al, 2009). The lowest BCFplants value was for As, approximately two orders of magnitude less than for the other elements, indicating very low transfer of As from soil to plants.…”

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“…Site description The site extends across 200,000 m 2 within La Mina stream valley, between the following UTM coordinates: 30 T -X = 0438606, Y=4524302; X=0437797, Y=4523518, where a shrub land (higher sites) and a woodland (lower sites) are developed. Further description is detailed in Moreno-Jiménez et al (2009, 2010. Two water streams (with water depth between 10 and 15 cm) were present at the studied site: La Mina and La Barranca.…”

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“…Plants (shoots) were sampled in the surroundings of the Mónica mine in May and June 2006. They were natural species from the mining site and previously identified (Moreno-Jiménez et al, 2009). They were selected on the basis of their abundance in each vegetation unit of each plant group (ferns, herbaceous plants, shrubs and trees).…”

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“…Furthermore, the mine site itself is the object of a national rehabilitation project creating the first Geological and Mining Interpretation Centre in Madrid as well as cultural and scientific facilities. The potential environmental risk on this site comes mainly from the tailings with high concentrations of arsenic and metals such as copper, cadmium and zinc leading to significant contamination of soil, plants and waters at the streams (Moreno-Jiménez et al, 2009, 2010 which may represent an environmental concern.…”

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Screening risk assessment tools for assessing the environmental impact in an abandoned pyritic mine in Spain

Moreno-Jiménez

García‐Gómez

Oropesa

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Science of The Total Environment

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El acceso a la versión del editor puede requerir la suscripción del recurso Access to the published version may require subscription This paper describes a new methodology for assessing site-specific environmental impact of contaminants. The proposed method integrates traditional risk assessment approaches with real and variable environmental characteristics at a local scale. Environmental impact on selected receptors was classified for each environmental compartment into 5 categories derived from the whole (chronic and acute) risk assessment using 8 risk levels. Risk levels were established according to three hazard quotients (HQs) which represented the ratio of exposure to acute and chronic toxicity values. This tool allowed integrating in only one impact category all the elements involved in the standard risk assessment. The methodology was applied to an abandoned metal mine in Spain, where high levels of As, Cd, Zn and Cu were detected. Risk affecting potential receptors such as aquatic and soil organisms and terrestrial vertebrates were assessed. Whole results showed that impact to the ecosystem is likely high and further investigation or remedial actions are necessary. Some proposals to refine the risk assessment for a more realistic diagnostic are included.Published by Elsevier B.V.

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Screening risk assessment tools for assessing the environmental impact in an abandoned pyritic mine in Spain

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“…Tailing dumps were established on the slopes above the stream banks, using the natural depression of the two rivers, so contamination may reach water bodies through soil erosion and contamination dispersion. Further information about the description of the mine location and the contamination dispersion across the area can be found in Moreno-Jiménez et al (2009.…”

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Amendment application in a multi-contaminated mine soil: effects on soil enzymatic activities and ecotoxicological characteristics

Manzano

Esteban

Peñalosa

et al. 2013

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Esta es la versión de autor del artículo publicado en: This is an author produced version of a paper published in: El acceso a la versión del editor puede requerir la suscripción del recurso Access to the published version may require subscription AbstractSeveral amendments were tested on soils obtained from an arsenopyrite mine, further planted with Arrhenatherum elatius and Festuca curvifolia, in order to assess their ability to improve soil's ecotoxicological characteristics. The properties used to assess the effects were: soil enzymatic activities (dehydrogenase, β-glucosidase, acid phosphatase, urease, protease and cellulase), terrestrial bioassays (Eisenia fetida mortality and avoidance behavior), and aquatic bioassays using a soil leachate (Daphnia magna immobilisation and Vibrio fischeri bioluminescence inhibition).The treatment with FeSO4 1% w/w was able to reduce extractable As in soil, but increased the extractable Cu, Mn and Zn concentrations, as a consequence of the decrease in soil pH, in relation to the unamended soil, from 5.0 to 3.4, respectively. As a consequence, this treatment had a detrimental effect in some of the soil enzymatic activities (e.g. dehydrogenase, acid phosphatase, urease and cellulase), did not allow plant growth, induced E. fetida mortality in the highest concentration tested (100% w/w), and its soil leachate was very toxic towards D. magna and V. fischeri. The combined application of FeSO4 1% w/w with other treatments (e.g. CaCO3 1% w/w and paper mill 1% w/w) allowed a decrease in extractable As and metals, and a soil pH 3 value closer to neutrality. As a consequence, dehydrogenase activity, plant growth and some of the bioassays identified those as better soil treatments to this type of multicontaminated soil.

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Heavy Metal Contamination as a Global Problem and the Need for Prevention/Reduction Measurements

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2014

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Heavy metals distribution in soils surrounding an abandoned mine in NW Madrid (Spain) and their transference to wild flora

Cited by 169 publications

References 34 publications

Screening risk assessment tools for assessing the environmental impact in an abandoned pyritic mine in Spain

Screening risk assessment tools for assessing the environmental impact in an abandoned pyritic mine in Spain

Amendment application in a multi-contaminated mine soil: effects on soil enzymatic activities and ecotoxicological characteristics

Heavy Metal Contamination as a Global Problem and the Need for Prevention/Reduction Measurements

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