Biomonitoring of heavy metals using soil near Teluk Ewa cement plant: Preliminary study

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franky S. Lias ◽  
K. Jamil ◽  
D. B. T. Norsila
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Cement Plant ◽  
Preliminary Study

Uptake of heavy metals by some edible vegetables irrigated using wastewater: a preliminary study in Accra, Ghana

2013 ◽  
Vol 186 (1) ◽  
pp. 621-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Ackah ◽  
Alfred Kwablah Anim ◽  
Eva Tabuaa Gyamfi ◽  
Nafisatu Zakaria ◽  
John Hanson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Preliminary Study

scholarly journals EMISSIONS MONITORING OF HEAVY METALS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS RESULTED FROM COMBUSTION PROCESSES IN CLINKER KILNS IN ROMANIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
CRISTIAN CIOBANU ◽  
GHEORGHE VOICU ◽  
MAGDALENA – LAURA TOMA ◽  
PAULA TUDOR
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Contaminated Soil ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Cement Plant ◽  
Combustion Gases ◽  
Waste Oils ◽  
Industrial Sources ◽  
Combustion Processes

<p>With the dust arising from the clinker kilns and grill coolers (the major pollution sources in a cement plant), also heavy metals and their compounds (in the form of powders and vaporous), originating from fuels and raw materials, are pumped into the air. The paper presents some aspects regarding the monitoring of heavy metals contained in the combustion gases from a Romanian cement factory. The fuels used in the incinerator varied from coal/petroleum coke, refuse oils (from waste oils and their emulsions, up to sludge, paraffin, tars, contaminated soil), rubber (including whole used tires), plastic, paper, leather, textiles, wood (including sawdust), as such or impregnated/contaminated with various substances from industrial sources or sorted household wastes, sludge (previously dried) from wastewater treatment plants. In addition, the list of over 100 types of waste that can be co-processed can be found in integrated authorizations of cement plants. However, the level of heavy metals in the combustion gases was in allowed limits.</p>

A Preliminary Study on the Soil Heavy Metals of Spatial Variability and Sampling Model in Field Scale

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shengwei Wang ◽  
Juan Feng ◽  
Yulin Guo ◽  
Gang Liu ◽  
Juan Feng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Spatial Variability ◽  
Field Scale ◽  
Soil Heavy Metals ◽  
Preliminary Study

PAHs and heavy metals in the surrounding soil of a cement plant Co-Processing hazardous waste

Chemosphere ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 210 ◽  
pp. 247-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Wang ◽  
Zhenzhou Yang ◽  
Yanhao Zhang ◽  
Zuotai Zhang ◽  
Zongwei Cai
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Cement Plant ◽  
Surrounding Soil

scholarly journals Tracing heavy metals in urban ecosystems through the study of bat guano - a preliminary study from Kerala, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 16377-16379
Author(s):  
Jithin Johnson ◽  
Moncey Vincent
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Urban Ecosystems ◽  
Contamination Level ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Copper Manganese ◽  
Heavy Metals Contamination ◽  
Indian State ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Bat Guano

Abstract: Bat guano serves as a potential bio-indicator tool for accessing the heavy metals contamination level in bats.  Such a non-invasive tool also permits an assessment of the plausible risks of heavy metal pollution among wildlife, humans, and the ecosystem.  The study provides the first assessment of metals such as mercury, chromium, copper, manganese, and nickel in bat guano from the Indian state of Kerala, thus providing us valuable information on the quality of the environment.

scholarly journals Topsoil Magnetic Susceptibility and Heavy Metal Contamination: A Case Study in Al-Muthanna Province, Iraq

2020 ◽  
pp. 371-381
Author(s):  
Nawrass Ameen
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Magnetic Properties ◽  
Magnetic Susceptibility ◽  
Metal Pollution ◽  
Heavy Metal Pollution ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Oil Refinery ◽  
Cement Plant ◽  
Rapid Urbanization

     Due to rapid urbanization and industrialization that occurred in Al- Muthanna province in southeastern Iraq during the last decade, pollutants such as heavy metals were emitted into the environment and became a serious threat to human health. Environmental pollution could be caused by different types of pollutants, which come from different sources.      This study aims to assess the environmental magnetism efficiency for heavy metal pollution assessment using the magnetic susceptibility technique which became a more rapid and cost-effective compared to conventional methods. Increasing heavy metal contents in soils causes an increase in the magnetic mineral concentration. The study area is located in Al- Muthanna province, southeast of Iraq, and contains three cement plants, an oil refinery, bricks factories, and power plants. Fifty topsoil and subsoil samples (0-50 cm depth) were collected from five sites; Al-Jinoob cement plant (one site), Samawa oil refinery (two sites) and Al- Muthanna cement plant (two sites). In this study, magnetic properties of samples in vertical sections and levels of heavy metal elements; of selected samples from regions with different geological settings were compared. The heavy metals analysis included chromium (Cu), iron (Fe), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), Arsenic (As) and lead (Pb), which could give indications of heavy metal pollution in soil. The highest magnetic susceptibility value (65.23 x10-8 m3kg-1) was recorded in Al-Muthanna cement plant (TSL-4) and the highest Cu concentration (602.57 ppm) was also recorded in Al-Muthanna cement plant (TSL-5-3). The results of magnetic properties show the dominance of coarse magnetite, which is supposed to have originated from pedogenic particles in natural soils, causing the positive correlation between magnetic susceptibility (χ) and anhysteretic remanent magnetisation (ARM). According to the results of frequency dependent susceptibility ratio (κfd%), the magnetic particles showed an admixture of multi-domain and pseudo-single domain behaviour. Magnetic susceptibility and heavy metal analyses results indicated emissions from nearby industrial plants. X-ray fluorescence (XRF) was carried out for heavy metal analyses which supported our results. Results of this study demonstrate the suitability of applying magnetic techniques for assessing environmental situations.  

scholarly journals Assessment of some trace heavy metals and radioactivity concentration in drinking water of Saudi Arabia

2017 ◽  
pp. 4838-4845
Author(s):  
Rafat M. Amin
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Trace Elements ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Radioactivity Concentration ◽  
Gross Beta ◽  
Gross Alpha ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Water Radioactivity

Concentration of trace elements and natural gross radioactivity were measured in the drinking water in Jizan region (Saudi Arabia). A preliminary study on trace elements (Zn, Fe, Mn, Ni, Cu, Cr, Co, Se, Sr, V, Ti, Mo, Hg, Cd, Ba, As, Al and Pb) concentrations and natural radioactivity related to gross-α and gross-β radiations in the drinking water were determined. The obtained results showed that, in general, the trace elements concentrations in water did not exceed WHO [1], and GSO [2] guidelines. Generally, heavy metals concentration of the drinking water were found to be in the sequence of Sr > Ti > Fe > Al > Zn > Ba > As > Cu > Mo > Ni > Cr > Co > Se >Hg > Mn, respectively. The results of this study indicated that a general absence of serious pollution in the drinking water used in this region. The results obtained from the radioactivity determination indicate that the drinking water radioactivity concentration of gross-α and gross-β were ranging from 0.06±0.001 to 0.45±0.03 Bq/l and from 0.05±0.006 to 2.95±0.23 Bq/l, respectively. The gross alpha values were found to fall below the GSO and WHO recommended MCL of 0.5 Bq/l while the gross beta values in two samples only exceeds the MCL value of 1 Bq/l, respectively.

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