Quantifying factors related to urban metal contamination in vegetable garden soils of the west and north of Melbourne, Australia

2019 ◽  
Vol 251 ◽  
pp. 193-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Slavica Kandic ◽  
Susanne J. Tepe ◽  
Ewan W. Blanch ◽  
Shamali De Silva ◽  
Hannah G. Mikkonen ◽  
...  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 532-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashwani Kumar Tiwari ◽  
Prasoon Kumar Singh ◽  
Mukesh Kumar Mahato

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 1256-1265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Peng ◽  
Ziyu Liu ◽  
Xinyue Su ◽  
Yaqian Xiao ◽  
Yuechen Wang ◽  
...  

The protection of Dongting Lake is important because it is an overwintering and migration route for many rare and endangered birds of East Asia and Australasia, but an assessment of heavy metal contamination in West Dongting Lake is lacking.


2016 ◽  
Vol 108 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 268-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guangming Zhao ◽  
Qingyuan Lu ◽  
Siyuan Ye ◽  
Hongming Yuan ◽  
Xigui Ding ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 631-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
. Ahyar ◽  
Dietriech G. Bengen ◽  
Yusli Wardiatno

Madura strait receives waste disposal from various activites in the mainland, making it vulnerable to contamination of harmful pollutants. Some of the harmful pollutants are heavy metal Pb and Cd. The high concentration Cd and Pb give negative impacts to the biota including bivalves. This study was conducted to assess the distribution of heavy metals Pb and Cd in the waters and their accumulation in bivalves Anadara nodifera, Meretrix lyrata, and Solen lamarckii in coastal waters of the West Madura Strait. Heavy metal analysis refer to APHA 2012 using AAS. The results showed that concentration of Cd and Pb in water were below the quality standards, while in sediment were above the standard (Cd of 7.20 mg/kg and Pb of 62.06 mg/kg). The concentration of Cd in bivalve were different among the species tested A. nodifera of 6.10 mg/kg, M. lyrata of 3.65 mg/kg, and S. lamarckii of 2.74 mg/kg, as well as Pb concentration A. nodifera of 60.10 mg/kg, M. lyrata of 51.48 mg/kg, and S. lamarckii of 45.29 mg/kg). These results indicated that the three shells have exceeded the maximum limit of heavy metal contamination in food (Cd of 1.0 mg/kg and Pb of 1.5 mg/kg). Keywords: bivalve, heavy metal, Madura Strait


DEPIK ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 238-242
Author(s):  
Fauziah Fauziah ◽  
Abdullah Abdullah ◽  
Supriatno Supriatno ◽  
Firdus Firdus ◽  
Muhammad Nasir ◽  
...  

Violet Batissa (Batissa violacea) is an important economic organism on the west-south coast of Aceh, because it is relatively high consumed by the community. However, gold mining activities carried out around the watershed are estimated to pollute the river and cause B. violacea to also be affected. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of mercury (Hg) and Lead (Pb) contamination in clam meat in Teunom, Aceh Jaya Regency. The research was conducted from June to September 2021. Sampling of clam was done by purposive sampling method. Hg and Pb were analyzed in clam meat using the Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS) method. The results of the analysis showed that the Hg content in clam meat was between 0.12-0.63 mg/kg (mean 0.35±0.26 mg/kg), water 0.0026-0.0103 mg/kg (mean 0.0052±0.004 mg/kg), and sediment 1.3224-3.8767 mg/kg (mean 2.2324±1.427 mg/kg). Furthermore, the results of the analysis showed that the Pb content in clam meat, water and sediment had the same value at 3 stations with values 0.0002±0 mg/kg, 0.0003±0 mg/kg, and 0.0002±0 mg/kg, respectively. The conclusion of this study is that the Hg content in water and sediment has exceeded the threshold, while the clam meat is still in good quality standards. The Pb content in clam meat, water and sediment were also in good quality standards. Based on our study, B. violacea is still safe for consumption, while the water has been polluted and is recommended not to be utilized for human consumption.Keywords:Heavy metalRiverWaterSedimentBatissa violacea


Author(s):  
G. W. Bryan ◽  
L. G. Hummerstone

A map of the Looe Estuary in south-east Cornwall is shown in Fig. 1. As it flows to the western branch of the estuary, the West Looe River passes through the Herodsfoot mining area which lies about 5 km above Sowden's Bridge. By Cornish standards, this was a productive area for lead and Dewey (1921) gives the output of Herodsfoot mine as 13470 tons of metal between 1848 and 1884 and more than 17 tons of silver between 1853 and 1884.


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