Heavy metals in agricultural landscapes as hazards to human and ecosystem health: a case study on zinc and cadmium in drainage channel sediments

Abstract

There is a strong need for the establishment of qualitative monitoring of channel sediment media in agro-ecosystems closely linked with complex pollution sources (intensive agriculture, industry, urban zones).

Monitoring kvaliteta vode i sedimenta manjih vodotoka u Vojvodini – primer vodotoka Tatarnica

“…Kvalitet vode i sedimenata melioracionih kanala posebno je važno pitanje kada su nepovoljnim uticajima ugrožene okolne obradive poljoprivredne površine i navodnjavane kulture ili su degradaciji izložena područja od izuzetne ekološke vrednosti (Savić et al, 2015). Upravo u takvim prirodnim i antropogenim uslovima nalazi se slivno područje i sam vodotok -kanal Tatarnica čije vode se ulivaju u Dunav u zoni akvatorije ekološki značajnog i zaštićenog područja Parka prirode Begečka jama (Savić et al, 2009;.…”

Land and Water Management Strategies for the Improvement of Crop Production

“…For example, wastewaters are used in irrigating B20 million ha (7% of total irrigated area) (UNDP, 2006), and the use of treated wastewater is on the increase in urban areas, known as periurban cropping. Given that different chemicals-trace elements, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), radionucleotides-in wastewater may pose serious threats to humans and the ecosystems (Savic et al, 2013c and references therein), it is crucial to appropriately design and successfully implement policies and institutional regulations related to wastewater treatment and usage (Sato et al, 2013). Given that different chemicals-trace elements, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), radionucleotides-in wastewater may pose serious threats to humans and the ecosystems (Savic et al, 2013c and references therein), it is crucial to appropriately design and successfully implement policies and institutional regulations related to wastewater treatment and usage (Sato et al, 2013).…”

“…For instance, in southeastern European agroecosystems (Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, and Herzegovina), one of the most common types of open drainage-channel system is a network with 3 to 4 channel classes (Romic et al, 2005;Petosic and Tomic, 2011;Savic et al, 2013c). For instance, in southeastern European agroecosystems (Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, and Herzegovina), one of the most common types of open drainage-channel system is a network with 3 to 4 channel classes (Romic et al, 2005;Petosic and Tomic, 2011;Savic et al, 2013c).…”

Biochar effects on soil chemical properties and mobilization of cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) in paddy soil

“…This includes transition metals that cannot be biodegraded and toxic metals such as cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As), lead (Pb), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni) and mercury (Hg). These metals are adsorbed in plants or transported into deeper layers of the soil for later adsorption exchange and contribute to many serious health concerns (Savic et al., ). For example, intake of lead can damage humans’ circulatory, nervous, endocrine, enzymatic and skeletal systems (Zhang et al., ).…”