scholarly journals Nickel and Chrome Pollutions Identification in the Coastal Area of Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronaldo Irzon

Abstract Kulon Progo is located in the southern part of Yogyakarta Special Province, Indonesia. The regency is famous of some tourist beach points. This study discusses the compositiom of beach sand samples in three coastal areas in Kulon Progo: Karangwuni, Glagah, and Congot in relation to environmental issues. Seven samples of four locations were megascopically descripted and analyzed using XRF and ICP-MS for geochemistry contents. Four of samples are beach sands from the surface whilst the others were collected from about 50 cm below surface. Box plots show maximum Cr outlier and minimum most of REE outliers in the group of beach sand samples. Nickel and chrome tenor anomalies were detected in samples from coastline of Karangwuni and Glagah. On the other hand, no Ni and Cr anamalies were indentified in the two samples 200 m from the seashore of Karangwuni nor the two samples near Congot seashore. In the polluted location, the two heavy metals are relatively concentrated in the surface. Two volcanic rock samples from the Andesite domain are selected to trace the origin of the heavy metals. The wastes of basic metal mining in northern Kulon Progo together with urban activities and several industries in Wates were then transported through the Serang River to Indian Ocean. Tidal currents helps the heavy metals to be deposited in the coastal areas near the mouth of Serang River. This study also concluded that folk gold mining activity in Sangon is not the source of Ni and Cr pollution to the coast of Kulon Progo.Keyword: geochemistry, beach sand, Kulon Progo, heavy metals pollution. Sari Kulon Progo berlokasi di bagian selatan Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Jakarta, Indonesia. Kabupaten ini terkenal dengan beberapa lokasi wisata pantai. Studi ini membahas mengenai komposisi pasir pantai pada tiga lokasi pantai di Kulon Progo: Karangwuni, Glagah, dan Congot terkait dengan masalah lingkungan. Tujuh contoh dari empat lokasi penelitian telah dideskripsikan secara megaskopis dan dianalisis kandungan geokimianya menggunakan XRF dan ICP-MS. Empat contoh merupakan pasir pantai yang berasal dari permukaan sedangkan contoh lain berasal dari 50 cm di bawah permukaan. Box plot dengan jelas menunjukkan keberadaan maximum outlier pada Cr dan minimum ourlier pada banyak elemen dari REE pada kelompok contoh pasir pantai. Anomali tinggi nikel dan krom terdeteksi pada seluruh contoh yang berada dekat tepi pantai di Karangwuni dan Glagah. Namun demikian, tidak terdapat anomali Ni dan Cr pada dua contoh yang berasal dari 200 m sebelum tepi pantai Karangwuni maupun dua contoh dari Pantai Congot. Pada titik yang tercemar polusi, dua logam berat ini lebih terkonsentrasi pada bagian permukaan. Dua batuan vulkanik dari wilayah Andesit dipilih dalam menelusuri asal muasal logam berat tersebut. Sampah sisa penambangan logam dasar bersama dengan aktifitas perkotaan dan industri di Kulon Progo telah terbawa oleh aliran Sungai Serang menuju Samudera Hindia. Arus bolak-balik air laut membantu logam berat tersebut terdepositkan di wilayah pantai dekat dengan mulut Sungai Serang. Studi ini turut menyimpulkan bahwa penambangan emas rakyat di Sangon bukan sebagai sumber pencemaran Ni dan Cr di tepi pantai Kulon ProgoKata kunci: geokimia, pasir pantai, Kulon Progo, polusi logam berat

2020 ◽  
Vol 103 (5) ◽  
pp. 1277-1281
Author(s):  
Tamer M A M Thabit ◽  
Shokr Abdelsalam Shokr ◽  
Dalia I H Elgeddawy ◽  
Medhat A H El-Naggar

Abstract Wheat and barley grains are two of the most important nutritional grains for humans and animals and they play an essential role in the nutritional cycle by different ratios according to people's nutritional habits. This work aimed to monitor ten of the most important heavy metals in some European-origin wheat and barley grains during the season of 2018. The measured elements, Al, As, Cd, Co, Cr, Hg, Mo, Ni, Pb, and V, are of importance ecologically and biologically and may be involved in many health disorders affecting the human body. Moisture, protein, and specific grain weights were checked. Samples were digested using microwave acid digestion and the elements measured with ICP-MS/MS in He mode to increase sensitivity, lower the background, and avoid interference. Method validation and verification were carried out through spiking at two levels (2.0 and 10 ppb), then RSD, LOD, and LOQ were calculated. Recoveries were >97% for all elements at both levels with an RSD of <7.6%. Results revealed that As, Cd, Hg, and Pb were not detected in most wheat and barley samples, whereas Cd was detected in one sample of Ukrainian wheat and two samples of Estonian barley (but in very small traces). Pb was detected in three samples of Polish wheat (in very small traces). Al, Mo, and Ni were detected in some samples of wheat and barley of all origins, whereas other elements were at very low levels considered to be negligible concentrations.


2010 ◽  
Vol 64 (6) ◽  
pp. 1585-1592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaoguo Wu ◽  
Youning Xu ◽  
Jianghua Zhang ◽  
Sihai Hu ◽  
Kai Liu

Author(s):  
Vishal Rohilla ◽  
Gambheer Singh Kathait ◽  
Don Biswas ◽  
Prashant Thapliyal ◽  
Bharti Ruhela

Background: Some of the heavy metals are considered beneficial, if intake of them is within permissible trace amount and some other are highly toxic even in trace amount. So, heavy metals intake is one of the major concerns. Heavy metals enter into body via air, water, food, clothing and some of them gets accumulate in body organs this leads to many disorders and causes life threatening diseases including cancer. All of our food comes from plants directly or indirectly. Tea the highly consuming beverage after water comes from the leaves of plant/shrub Camellia Sinensis. Methods: Aim of the present work is to determine the elements present in Tea brew (Chai, boiling the Tea leaves in water) made from black Tea leaves of major brands available in local Indian market, more specifically heavy metals Cobalt (Co), Arsenic (As), Silver (Ag), Cadmium (Cd), Indium (In), mercury (Hg) and Lead (Pb). Total eleven samples were investigated with the instrument Perkin Elmer NexIon-300x Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS). Result: Results have shown that Cobalt, Arsenic, Cadmium, Indium and Lead were present in all samples. Cobalt concentration varies from lowest 71.9 µg/kg to highest 214.3 µg/kg; Arsenic concentration varies from lowest 1.2 µg/kg to highest 53.7 µg/kg; Cadmium concentration varies from lowest 15.4 µg/kg to highest 75.03 µg/kg; Indium concentration varies from lowest 0.054 µg/kg to highest 0.70 µg/kg; Lead concentration varies from lowest 61.0 µg/kg to highest 2404.3 µg/kg. Mercury was present in two samples only in S9 and S11 with concentration 6.2 µg/kg and 1.4 µg/kg respectively; Out of eleven samples only seven samples have shown the presence of Silver its concentration varies from lowest 10.3 µg/kg to highest 193.0 µg/kg; Samples S2, S7, S8 and S10 were shown the absence of Silver and Mercury; Lead was found to be most abundant with concentration 2404.3 µg/kg and Indium was found to be least abundant with concentration 0.054 µg/kg.


2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aqeel M. Ali Al-Lami ◽  
Saba Riad Khudhaier ◽  
Omer AbdulKareem Aswad

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