Mobilization and attenuation of metals downstream from a base-metal mining site in the Mátra Mountains, northeastern Hungary

Ódor, László; Wanty, Richard B.; Horváth, István; Fügedi, Ubul

doi:10.1016/s0375-6742(98)00056-9

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“…The Danube River basin has long suffered from the impacts of industrial activity, including metalliferous waste discharges from precious (Au, Ag) and base (Cu, Pb, Zn) metal mining activity in Romania (Bird et al 2003a(Bird et al , c, 2009, Hungary (Odor et al 1998) and other countries (ICPDR 2001;Jovic et al 2002;Sakan et al 2007). These impacts have been recently exacerbated by two mine tailings dam failures in Maramureş County, northwestern Romania (Bird et al 2008;Macklin et al 2003).…”

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Dispersal of Contaminant Metals in the Mining-Affected Danube and Maritsa Drainage Basins, Bulgaria, Eastern Europe

Bird

Brewer

Macklin

et al. 2009

Water Air Soil Pollut

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Bird, G., Brewer, P. A., Macklin, M. G., Nikolova, M., Kotsev, T., Mollov, M., Swain, C. (2010). Dispersal of Contaminant Metals in the Mining-Affected Danube and Maritsa Drainage Basins, Bulgaria, Eastern Europe. Water Air and Soil Pollution, 206(1-4), 105-127. Sponsorship: Royal Society Joint ProjectMetal dispersal in the Danube and Maritsa drainage basins resulting from metal mining activities in Bulgaria has been assessed through the collection of 611 samples of river water, river channel and floodplain sediment, and mine waste from over 218 sites. Concentrations of Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn in river water were found to be highest in close proximity to locations of Cu and Pb?Zn mining regions in the Maritsa catchment. Downstream dispersal of solute metals in these catchments, and into the River Danube, was found to be limited by physical dilution and a well-buffered pH environment. Dispersal of contaminant metals in channel and floodplain sediment was found to be extensive. Contamination was particularly severe in the Rivers Timok and Iskar (Danube catchment) and the Topolnitsa, Chepelarska, and Arda Rivers (Maritsa catchment) and creates the potential of transboundary dispersal of contaminant metals.Peer reviewe

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Dispersal of Contaminant Metals in the Mining-Affected Danube and Maritsa Drainage Basins, Bulgaria, Eastern Europe

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Brewer

Macklin

et al. 2009

Water Air Soil Pollut

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“…The elemental mobility of As in the environment is normally low (Young and McDonald 2013) but As is known to become soluble and mobile under reducing conditions with iron oxides (ATSDR, 2007). Arsenic is strongly absorbed onto the surface of hydrous iron oxides in a low pH environments (Odor et al 1998). Young and McDonald (2013) state that in the absence of Fe and Mn oxides in stream sediments, such as over limestone bedrock,…”

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Investigating relations between environmental toxins in Northern Irish soils and streams and Chronic Kidney Disease prevalence

Jackson¹,

McKinley²,

Ofterdinger³

et al. 2016

Applied Geochemistry

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The unknown aetiology of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) has attracted recent attention as a result of the increasing global prevalence and recent reviews of occupational and environmental exposure to nephrotoxins. The main focus of this research is to examine the potential relationship between environmental exposure to known nephrotoxins including arsenic, cadmium and lead and the potential health risk associated with the progressive dysfunction of the kidneys in renal impaired patients with CKD across Northern Ireland. In addition to these known nephrotoxins, co-abundance with several essential elements has been found to play a role as protecting mechanisms while others increase the uptake of nephrotoxic elements as a result of similar absorption mechanisms within the body. Key elements protecting the body from toxicity include selenium and zinc, whereas those which have been attributed to enhance the uptake of arsenic, cadmium and lead include iron and calcium. The compositional nature of the soil and stream geochemical data is explored to aid in the analysis of interactions between elements. Two approaches, one data-driven and the other knowledge-driven, are explored to investigate the associations between co-abundant elements. The bioaccessibility of these elements, which is the portion of the relevant toxin absorbed within the M A N U S C R I P T A C C E P T E D ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT2 body, is also investigated to identify areas across Northern Ireland with an increased environmental hazard and potential health risk. The study uses a combination of datasets from the United Kingdom Renal Registry (UKRR) unknown aetiology subset, the soil and stream geochemical dataset from the Tellus Survey (GSNI) with the addition of a bioaccessibility subset. Findings suggest a relationship between the presence of elevated arsenic in stream waters and impaired renal function of the kidneys.Interactions between essential elements and potentially toxic elements could explain the regional variation of CKD of uncertain aetiology across Northern Ireland.

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“…Untreated was set as 100%. 4 Luminescence inhibition compared to 2% NaCl solution. 5 Root and shoot growth inhibition compared to distilled water.…”

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Remediation of metal ore mine waste using combined chemical- and phytostabilisation

Feigl¹,

Gruiz²,

Anton

2010

Per. Pol. Chem. Eng.

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The combination of chemical stabilisation (using fly ash, lime and steel shots) and phytostabilisation (using grass mixture and two Sorghum species) were applied to remediate a highly acidic metal ore mine waste in Gyöngyösoroszi, Hungary. The change in metal mobility was monitored by chemical, biological and ecotoxicological methods. Chemical stabilisation reduced the amount of Cd from 441 to 0.42 µg l −1 , Cu from 1510 to 11.7 µg l −1 and Zn from 89079 to 48.8 µg l −1 in drainage water and extractable As from 0.404 to 0.086 mg kg −1 in waste within two years. The high toxicity of the mine waste was reduced to nontoxic and healthy vegetation developed on the previously barren surface with metal content fulfilling animal fodder quality criteria. The technology reduced the risk on all possible pathways fulfilling all target criteria.

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Mobilization and attenuation of metals downstream from a base-metal mining site in the Mátra Mountains, northeastern Hungary

Cited by 36 publications

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Dispersal of Contaminant Metals in the Mining-Affected Danube and Maritsa Drainage Basins, Bulgaria, Eastern Europe

Dispersal of Contaminant Metals in the Mining-Affected Danube and Maritsa Drainage Basins, Bulgaria, Eastern Europe

Investigating relations between environmental toxins in Northern Irish soils and streams and Chronic Kidney Disease prevalence

Remediation of metal ore mine waste using combined chemical- and phytostabilisation

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