In this paper, occurrence, environmental mobilities and ecological cycling of nickel up to daily intake and allergic reactions of humans is discussed, mainly based on data of the author and others, which are often hidden in multi-element tables, and not available via keywords. Whereas, apart from some hotspots of geology, nickel occurrence in Central Europe is moderate, sources of pollution are mainly smelters and oil production. Oil combustion is likely a main source of nickel pollution in street dust, and after oil spills. Remediation and phytomining may be possible by use of special accumulator plants. Fertilizers do not increase nickel levels in soils. In green plants, nickel levels are much higher than in animal tissues and products of animal origin, and in fungi they are highly variable. From this, vegans have 4-5 times the daily intake compared with mixed diet feeders, which already touches the range of allergic reactions of sensitive persons. Essentiality and toxic effects are also discussed.
Soiling and Blackening in archaeological sites and monuments of Iranian Cultu...Progetto Pervinca
The document analyzes soiling and blackening on archaeological sites and monuments in Iran. Laboratory analysis found secondary calcite, quartz, sheet silicates and iron oxides in brown surface layers. The organic fraction was composed mainly of aliphatic compounds like fatty acids and alkanes from cyanobacteria and algae. This points to a major biological contribution from phototrophic microorganisms in the soiling, as the blackening is caused by chemical changes and oxidation of materials from desiccated cyanobacteria colonizing the stone surfaces.
Kerogen is composed of the insoluble organic matter in sedimentary rocks that is capable of generating petroleum. It is formed from the decomposed remains of organisms like bacteria, algae, and plants. Kerogen is classified into four main types - Type I kerogen forms from algal matter and yields large amounts of oil; Type II kerogen is a mix of marine and terrestrial organic matter and is the most prolific source; Type III kerogen derives from woody plant debris and yields more gas; Type IV kerogen is highly carbonaceous but incapable of generating petroleum. The composition and source of the organic matter determines the type of kerogen formed and ultimately influences the hydrocarbon products generated during maturation.
This document discusses naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) found in produced water from offshore oil and gas production platforms in the North Sea. It focuses on which radioactive isotopes are present, how they distribute and accumulate in marine ecosystems, and possible environmental consequences. While large amounts of radioactivity are released annually, increases in radioactivity levels are not measurable in North Sea ecosystems. The document concludes there is no evidence NORM from produced water is increasing sediment or organism radioactivity levels or having effects in the region.
COAL MICROLITHOTYPES AND THEIR USAGE IN INTERPRETING DEPOSITION ENVIRONMENTOlusegun Ayobami Olatinpo
This document discusses coal microlithotypes and how their analysis can be used to interpret depositional environments. It defines microlithotypes as natural rock associations found within coal that are differentiated based on maceral percentages. Specific microlithotypes form from different plant communities and depositional conditions. Analyzing the microlithotype composition of coal samples can provide insights into the swamp environment where peat formed, such as forested, reed, or open water settings. This information is valuable for geological research and coal quality evaluation.
The document discusses the mineralization of organic nitrogen in soil through three processes: aminization, ammonification, and nitrification. Aminization and ammonification are anaerobic processes mediated by heterotrophic bacteria that convert organic nitrogen into ammonia. Nitrification is an aerobic process mediated by autotrophic bacteria that converts ammonia to nitrite and nitrite to nitrate. Key factors that affect the rates of these processes include soil aeration, moisture, temperature, pH, and the carbon to nitrogen ratio.
The document discusses various instrumentation techniques used in the exploration and production of hydrocarbons. It describes techniques such as Rock Eval analysis, pyrolysis, kerogen extraction, vitrinite reflectance measurement, elemental analysis, total organic carbon determination, and continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry. These techniques are used to characterize the organic matter in petroleum source rocks and determine properties like richness, thermal maturity and hydrocarbon generating potential.
This project aims to (1) study the cycling of natural and anthropogenic carbon in Ireland's marine environment and (2) examine chemical and biological processes at cold seeps in Irish waters. Advanced molecular and analytical techniques will be used to characterize the source and fate of organic compounds like hydrocarbons in sediments and identify the microbial communities involved in degradation. Specifically, the project will analyze carbon cycling in the Irish Sea mudbelt and at cold seep sites, and seek to understand the controls on organic compound distribution and the microbes breaking them down.
The document discusses several biogeochemical cycles including oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and mercury. It provides details on the sources and sinks involved in each cycle, as well as rates of flows and inventories. It also examines how human activities have perturbed the natural mercury cycle through fuel combustion and waste incineration.
Soiling and Blackening in archaeological sites and monuments of Iranian Cultu...Progetto Pervinca
The document analyzes soiling and blackening on archaeological sites and monuments in Iran. Laboratory analysis found secondary calcite, quartz, sheet silicates and iron oxides in brown surface layers. The organic fraction was composed mainly of aliphatic compounds like fatty acids and alkanes from cyanobacteria and algae. This points to a major biological contribution from phototrophic microorganisms in the soiling, as the blackening is caused by chemical changes and oxidation of materials from desiccated cyanobacteria colonizing the stone surfaces.
Kerogen is composed of the insoluble organic matter in sedimentary rocks that is capable of generating petroleum. It is formed from the decomposed remains of organisms like bacteria, algae, and plants. Kerogen is classified into four main types - Type I kerogen forms from algal matter and yields large amounts of oil; Type II kerogen is a mix of marine and terrestrial organic matter and is the most prolific source; Type III kerogen derives from woody plant debris and yields more gas; Type IV kerogen is highly carbonaceous but incapable of generating petroleum. The composition and source of the organic matter determines the type of kerogen formed and ultimately influences the hydrocarbon products generated during maturation.
This document discusses naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) found in produced water from offshore oil and gas production platforms in the North Sea. It focuses on which radioactive isotopes are present, how they distribute and accumulate in marine ecosystems, and possible environmental consequences. While large amounts of radioactivity are released annually, increases in radioactivity levels are not measurable in North Sea ecosystems. The document concludes there is no evidence NORM from produced water is increasing sediment or organism radioactivity levels or having effects in the region.
COAL MICROLITHOTYPES AND THEIR USAGE IN INTERPRETING DEPOSITION ENVIRONMENTOlusegun Ayobami Olatinpo
This document discusses coal microlithotypes and how their analysis can be used to interpret depositional environments. It defines microlithotypes as natural rock associations found within coal that are differentiated based on maceral percentages. Specific microlithotypes form from different plant communities and depositional conditions. Analyzing the microlithotype composition of coal samples can provide insights into the swamp environment where peat formed, such as forested, reed, or open water settings. This information is valuable for geological research and coal quality evaluation.
The document discusses the mineralization of organic nitrogen in soil through three processes: aminization, ammonification, and nitrification. Aminization and ammonification are anaerobic processes mediated by heterotrophic bacteria that convert organic nitrogen into ammonia. Nitrification is an aerobic process mediated by autotrophic bacteria that converts ammonia to nitrite and nitrite to nitrate. Key factors that affect the rates of these processes include soil aeration, moisture, temperature, pH, and the carbon to nitrogen ratio.
The document discusses various instrumentation techniques used in the exploration and production of hydrocarbons. It describes techniques such as Rock Eval analysis, pyrolysis, kerogen extraction, vitrinite reflectance measurement, elemental analysis, total organic carbon determination, and continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry. These techniques are used to characterize the organic matter in petroleum source rocks and determine properties like richness, thermal maturity and hydrocarbon generating potential.
This project aims to (1) study the cycling of natural and anthropogenic carbon in Ireland's marine environment and (2) examine chemical and biological processes at cold seeps in Irish waters. Advanced molecular and analytical techniques will be used to characterize the source and fate of organic compounds like hydrocarbons in sediments and identify the microbial communities involved in degradation. Specifically, the project will analyze carbon cycling in the Irish Sea mudbelt and at cold seep sites, and seek to understand the controls on organic compound distribution and the microbes breaking them down.
The document discusses several biogeochemical cycles including oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and mercury. It provides details on the sources and sinks involved in each cycle, as well as rates of flows and inventories. It also examines how human activities have perturbed the natural mercury cycle through fuel combustion and waste incineration.
Nitrogen transformations in wet soils are markedly different from those in drained, aerated soils. These differences affect the prevalent soil microorganisms and microbial activities and the turnover, availabilility, and losses of N.
The document discusses several key points about nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and their compounds:
1) Nitrogen makes up 80% of air and is essential for living things. It is obtained commercially from air through fractional distillation or by removing oxygen over hot coke.
2) Oxygen makes up 23% of the atmosphere and is vital for life. It is industrially produced by fractionally distilling air. Ozone is a reactive form of oxygen that protects from UV rays but contributes to smog.
3) Sulfur exists in many forms and reacts with most elements. It is mined as free sulfur near the Gulf of Mexico. Sulfuric acid is very important and
This document summarizes research assessing the source rock potential of organic-rich shales using solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy and Rock-Eval pyrolysis. The objectives were to relate the chemical structure of kerogen to its pyrolysis behavior and develop a predictive model for hydrocarbon potential. Samples from the Eagle Ford Shale were analyzed using 13C NMR to quantify functional groups. Rock-Eval pyrolysis provided data on hydrocarbon content and quality. Strong correlations were found between kerogen structure parameters from NMR and pyrolysis yields, supporting the hypothesis that hydrocarbon generation potential is linked to kerogen chemistry.
Sulfur exists in many forms including elemental sulfur and in compounds. It is a nonmetal that is extracted using the Frasch process. Sulfur has several allotropes depending on temperature and exists as S-8 rings at room temperature. Important sulfur compounds include sulfur dioxide, sulfur trioxide, hydrogen sulfide, and sulfuric acid. Sulfuric acid is the most widely produced sulfur compound and is used mainly in fertilizer production.
Nitrogen is the fifth most abundant element in the universe and makes up 78% of the Earth's atmosphere. It was discovered in 1772 and has an atomic number of 7. Nitrogen's largest use is in ammonia and it does not burn. Some key properties include a melting point of -210 Celsius, boiling point of -195.79 Celsius, and oxidation states of -3 and +5. Important nitrogen compounds include ammonia (NH3) and nitric acid (HNO3). Nitrogen plays a vital role in proteins, fertilizers, explosives, and is essential to plant and human life.
BEHAVIOUR OF HEAVY METALS IN SEWAGE-SLUDGE AMENDED SOILP.K. Mani
Heavy metals in sewage sludge-amended soils can impact food safety when crops uptake the metals. The document discusses:
1) Heavy metal concentrations vary in soils depending on soil properties like pH, organic matter and clay content which influence metal availability.
2) Uptake by plants depends on plant species and cultivars, with some accumulating more metals than others.
3) The transfer coefficient measuring the relationship between soil metal concentrations and levels in plants can identify risks of food contamination. Managing soil properties and plant selection are important for limiting metal uptake into the food chain.
PETROGRAPHIC COMPOSITION AND DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS OF CRETACEOUS COALSAgbaje Mayowa
This document summarizes a study of the petrographic composition and depositional environments of Cretaceous coals in the Middle Benue Trough of Nigeria. Three coal facies were identified based on maceral analysis: a vitrinite-fusinite facies deposited in wet forest swamps, a trimaceritic facies deposited in delta plains, and a shaly facies deposited between dry-wet forest swamps and limno-telmatic clastic marshes. Tissue preservation indices and fossil evidence from interbedded sediments were used to interpret the depositional environments of each facies. The study provides insight into the paleoenvironmental conditions during formation of the coals in the Cretace
This document summarizes research on agricultural and industrial applications of fly ash from lignite combustion power plants in Greece. Chemical and mineralogical characterization of the fly ash revealed that it has an average grain size of a few to 200 micrometers, with glassy and spherical parts. Leaching experiments showed certain elements like sulfur, calcium, and potassium are mobile in the fly ash, while others like silicon, iron and magnesium exhibit low mobility. Preliminary results found that adding 5% fly ash to acidic soil can increase the pH to suitable levels for agriculture. The research aims to develop sustainable uses of fly ash in constructions, environment and agriculture applications.
This document discusses sulfur oxides, including:
- Their main natural sources are volcanic activity and biological activity in oceans.
- Major human-generated sources are the combustion of fossil fuels like coal and oil.
- The main sulfur oxides are sulfur dioxide and sulfur trioxide. SO2 is the primary emission and can be oxidized to SO3.
- SO2 and SO3 can further react to form sulfuric acid, contributing to acid rain which damages plants, aquatic life, and materials like limestone and metals.
This document discusses the key attributes of source rocks: organic richness, kerogen type, and thermal maturity. Organic richness and kerogen type are determined by depositional environment, while thermal maturity depends on tectonic history. Source rocks must contain sufficient organic carbon (>0.5-1% TOC) and be thermally mature to generate hydrocarbons. Kerogen types I-III generate oil, wet gas, and dry gas respectively. Thermal maturity is assessed using indices like Tmax, S1/S2, and spore color. The samples discussed are immature based on their thermal maturity parameters.
Bioavailabilty and crop uptake of heavy metals from Sewage sludge P.K. Mani
Application of sewage sludge to agricultural soils can increase the concentration of heavy metals in soil and plants. A study found increasing rates of untreated sewage sludge application from 10 to 80 tonnes/hectare led to a corresponding increase in extractable zinc, copper, lead and cadmium levels in soil. Similarly, Chinese cabbage grown in soils amended with increasing rates of sewage sludge from 5% to 25% showed higher accumulation of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, nickel, copper, and zinc in leaves compared to the unamended control. Several soil properties and plant factors influence the availability and uptake of heavy metals from sludge-amended soils into food crops.
This document discusses heavy metal pollution, specifically focusing on mercury pollution. It defines marine pollution and contamination, and how contamination is measured. It then discusses how mercury pollution occurs through bioaccumulation and biomagnification within marine ecosystems. Sources of mercury pollution discussed include atmospheric deposition, rivers, groundwater seepage, and deliberate discharge. Effects of mercury toxicity in humans and marine life are outlined, including specific examples like Minamata disease. High levels of mercury found in fish, marine mammals, and whale meat intended for human consumption are noted as a health concern.
The document summarizes the nitrogen cycle. It describes the nitrogen cycle as the process by which nitrogen is converted between various chemical forms through biological and physical processes. The main steps of the nitrogen cycle are nitrogen fixation, nitrogen assimilation, ammonification, nitrification, denitrification, and sedimentation. Nitrogen fixation involves converting nitrogen gas from the atmosphere into biologically usable forms. The nitrogen is then assimilated by plants and converted into organic compounds.
Sulphur-Source, forms, fertilizers, their behaviour in soils, factors affecti...Abhishika John
Sulphur is an essential secondary nutrient for plant growth. It is the 13th most abundant element in the earth's crust and is absorbed by plants primarily as sulfate ions. Several factors affect the availability of sulphur in soils, including soil texture, organic matter content, pH, and the presence of other ions and nutrients. Sulphur exists in soils in both inorganic and organic forms, and the mineralization of organic sulphur by microorganisms makes it available to plants. Fertilizer application may be needed to supplement sulphur in deficient soils.
- The document discusses characterizing the surface chemistry of ferrihydrite by determining proton stability constants and binding site concentrations.
- Ferrihydrite and silica-enriched ferrihydrite were synthesized and subjected to acid-base titrations to determine proton stability constants (pKa values).
- The pKa values determined from modeling the titration data ranged from 1.71 to 8.28 for ferrihydrite and were lower (3.01 to 7.66) for silica-enriched ferrihydrite, indicating lower reactivity in the presence of silica.
- The study provides insights into how ferrihydrite may have contributed to trace metal sequestration
Heavy metal pollution from sources like industrial effluents and vehicle emissions is a growing global problem. Some key heavy metals that are toxic to humans include cadmium, lead, and mercury. Cadmium toxicity can cause vomiting, diarrhea and bone deformities. Lead exposure is linked to anemia, kidney problems, and changes in bone marrow. Mercury poisoning results in issues like diarrhea, breathing difficulties, and abdominal pain. Heavy metals are a threat because unlike some other pollutants, they do not break down in the environment.
This document provides an outline of a lecture on the generation of petroleum. It discusses:
1) The origin of petroleum from organic matter formed by photosynthesis and preserved in sediments.
2) The processes of early sediment diagenesis that degrade organic matter and form kerogen.
3) Catagenesis, where increasing heat and pressure during burial matures kerogen to form petroleum like oil and gas.
This document outlines several potential environmental problems from mining operations including waste disposal, noise, dust, subsidence, acid mine drainage, and disposal of waste rock and tailings. It also discusses issues from smelting/refining like air pollution and impacts on land, water and air from mineral extraction, processing, and waste disposal. Finally, it covers ways to minimize impacts through regulations, reclamation, recycling, and developing more sustainable practices.
Detection of the Presence of Heavy Metal Pollutants in Eleme Industrial Area ...theijes
The presenceof some heavy metal pollutants which are deposited on soil in the Eleme environment due to the operational activities of some companies in the area have been studied. Some soil samples in areas situated around industrial installations were collected and analyzed using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS). Results obtained show the presence and concentration distributions of nine heavy metals. The metals are Iron (Fe), Manganese (Mn), Zinc (Zn), Lead (Pb), Copper (Cu), Chromium (Cr), Cobalt (Co) and Cadmium (Cd). It was observed that over 90% of each of the metals was located in communities hosting the industrial corporations while the remaining 10% is distributed to areas away from the source or host communities. This reveals that, a link exists between the pollutants and the activities of these industries.
Nitrogen transformations in wet soils are markedly different from those in drained, aerated soils. These differences affect the prevalent soil microorganisms and microbial activities and the turnover, availabilility, and losses of N.
The document discusses several key points about nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and their compounds:
1) Nitrogen makes up 80% of air and is essential for living things. It is obtained commercially from air through fractional distillation or by removing oxygen over hot coke.
2) Oxygen makes up 23% of the atmosphere and is vital for life. It is industrially produced by fractionally distilling air. Ozone is a reactive form of oxygen that protects from UV rays but contributes to smog.
3) Sulfur exists in many forms and reacts with most elements. It is mined as free sulfur near the Gulf of Mexico. Sulfuric acid is very important and
This document summarizes research assessing the source rock potential of organic-rich shales using solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy and Rock-Eval pyrolysis. The objectives were to relate the chemical structure of kerogen to its pyrolysis behavior and develop a predictive model for hydrocarbon potential. Samples from the Eagle Ford Shale were analyzed using 13C NMR to quantify functional groups. Rock-Eval pyrolysis provided data on hydrocarbon content and quality. Strong correlations were found between kerogen structure parameters from NMR and pyrolysis yields, supporting the hypothesis that hydrocarbon generation potential is linked to kerogen chemistry.
Sulfur exists in many forms including elemental sulfur and in compounds. It is a nonmetal that is extracted using the Frasch process. Sulfur has several allotropes depending on temperature and exists as S-8 rings at room temperature. Important sulfur compounds include sulfur dioxide, sulfur trioxide, hydrogen sulfide, and sulfuric acid. Sulfuric acid is the most widely produced sulfur compound and is used mainly in fertilizer production.
Nitrogen is the fifth most abundant element in the universe and makes up 78% of the Earth's atmosphere. It was discovered in 1772 and has an atomic number of 7. Nitrogen's largest use is in ammonia and it does not burn. Some key properties include a melting point of -210 Celsius, boiling point of -195.79 Celsius, and oxidation states of -3 and +5. Important nitrogen compounds include ammonia (NH3) and nitric acid (HNO3). Nitrogen plays a vital role in proteins, fertilizers, explosives, and is essential to plant and human life.
BEHAVIOUR OF HEAVY METALS IN SEWAGE-SLUDGE AMENDED SOILP.K. Mani
Heavy metals in sewage sludge-amended soils can impact food safety when crops uptake the metals. The document discusses:
1) Heavy metal concentrations vary in soils depending on soil properties like pH, organic matter and clay content which influence metal availability.
2) Uptake by plants depends on plant species and cultivars, with some accumulating more metals than others.
3) The transfer coefficient measuring the relationship between soil metal concentrations and levels in plants can identify risks of food contamination. Managing soil properties and plant selection are important for limiting metal uptake into the food chain.
PETROGRAPHIC COMPOSITION AND DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS OF CRETACEOUS COALSAgbaje Mayowa
This document summarizes a study of the petrographic composition and depositional environments of Cretaceous coals in the Middle Benue Trough of Nigeria. Three coal facies were identified based on maceral analysis: a vitrinite-fusinite facies deposited in wet forest swamps, a trimaceritic facies deposited in delta plains, and a shaly facies deposited between dry-wet forest swamps and limno-telmatic clastic marshes. Tissue preservation indices and fossil evidence from interbedded sediments were used to interpret the depositional environments of each facies. The study provides insight into the paleoenvironmental conditions during formation of the coals in the Cretace
This document summarizes research on agricultural and industrial applications of fly ash from lignite combustion power plants in Greece. Chemical and mineralogical characterization of the fly ash revealed that it has an average grain size of a few to 200 micrometers, with glassy and spherical parts. Leaching experiments showed certain elements like sulfur, calcium, and potassium are mobile in the fly ash, while others like silicon, iron and magnesium exhibit low mobility. Preliminary results found that adding 5% fly ash to acidic soil can increase the pH to suitable levels for agriculture. The research aims to develop sustainable uses of fly ash in constructions, environment and agriculture applications.
This document discusses sulfur oxides, including:
- Their main natural sources are volcanic activity and biological activity in oceans.
- Major human-generated sources are the combustion of fossil fuels like coal and oil.
- The main sulfur oxides are sulfur dioxide and sulfur trioxide. SO2 is the primary emission and can be oxidized to SO3.
- SO2 and SO3 can further react to form sulfuric acid, contributing to acid rain which damages plants, aquatic life, and materials like limestone and metals.
This document discusses the key attributes of source rocks: organic richness, kerogen type, and thermal maturity. Organic richness and kerogen type are determined by depositional environment, while thermal maturity depends on tectonic history. Source rocks must contain sufficient organic carbon (>0.5-1% TOC) and be thermally mature to generate hydrocarbons. Kerogen types I-III generate oil, wet gas, and dry gas respectively. Thermal maturity is assessed using indices like Tmax, S1/S2, and spore color. The samples discussed are immature based on their thermal maturity parameters.
Bioavailabilty and crop uptake of heavy metals from Sewage sludge P.K. Mani
Application of sewage sludge to agricultural soils can increase the concentration of heavy metals in soil and plants. A study found increasing rates of untreated sewage sludge application from 10 to 80 tonnes/hectare led to a corresponding increase in extractable zinc, copper, lead and cadmium levels in soil. Similarly, Chinese cabbage grown in soils amended with increasing rates of sewage sludge from 5% to 25% showed higher accumulation of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, nickel, copper, and zinc in leaves compared to the unamended control. Several soil properties and plant factors influence the availability and uptake of heavy metals from sludge-amended soils into food crops.
This document discusses heavy metal pollution, specifically focusing on mercury pollution. It defines marine pollution and contamination, and how contamination is measured. It then discusses how mercury pollution occurs through bioaccumulation and biomagnification within marine ecosystems. Sources of mercury pollution discussed include atmospheric deposition, rivers, groundwater seepage, and deliberate discharge. Effects of mercury toxicity in humans and marine life are outlined, including specific examples like Minamata disease. High levels of mercury found in fish, marine mammals, and whale meat intended for human consumption are noted as a health concern.
The document summarizes the nitrogen cycle. It describes the nitrogen cycle as the process by which nitrogen is converted between various chemical forms through biological and physical processes. The main steps of the nitrogen cycle are nitrogen fixation, nitrogen assimilation, ammonification, nitrification, denitrification, and sedimentation. Nitrogen fixation involves converting nitrogen gas from the atmosphere into biologically usable forms. The nitrogen is then assimilated by plants and converted into organic compounds.
Sulphur-Source, forms, fertilizers, their behaviour in soils, factors affecti...Abhishika John
Sulphur is an essential secondary nutrient for plant growth. It is the 13th most abundant element in the earth's crust and is absorbed by plants primarily as sulfate ions. Several factors affect the availability of sulphur in soils, including soil texture, organic matter content, pH, and the presence of other ions and nutrients. Sulphur exists in soils in both inorganic and organic forms, and the mineralization of organic sulphur by microorganisms makes it available to plants. Fertilizer application may be needed to supplement sulphur in deficient soils.
- The document discusses characterizing the surface chemistry of ferrihydrite by determining proton stability constants and binding site concentrations.
- Ferrihydrite and silica-enriched ferrihydrite were synthesized and subjected to acid-base titrations to determine proton stability constants (pKa values).
- The pKa values determined from modeling the titration data ranged from 1.71 to 8.28 for ferrihydrite and were lower (3.01 to 7.66) for silica-enriched ferrihydrite, indicating lower reactivity in the presence of silica.
- The study provides insights into how ferrihydrite may have contributed to trace metal sequestration
Heavy metal pollution from sources like industrial effluents and vehicle emissions is a growing global problem. Some key heavy metals that are toxic to humans include cadmium, lead, and mercury. Cadmium toxicity can cause vomiting, diarrhea and bone deformities. Lead exposure is linked to anemia, kidney problems, and changes in bone marrow. Mercury poisoning results in issues like diarrhea, breathing difficulties, and abdominal pain. Heavy metals are a threat because unlike some other pollutants, they do not break down in the environment.
This document provides an outline of a lecture on the generation of petroleum. It discusses:
1) The origin of petroleum from organic matter formed by photosynthesis and preserved in sediments.
2) The processes of early sediment diagenesis that degrade organic matter and form kerogen.
3) Catagenesis, where increasing heat and pressure during burial matures kerogen to form petroleum like oil and gas.
This document outlines several potential environmental problems from mining operations including waste disposal, noise, dust, subsidence, acid mine drainage, and disposal of waste rock and tailings. It also discusses issues from smelting/refining like air pollution and impacts on land, water and air from mineral extraction, processing, and waste disposal. Finally, it covers ways to minimize impacts through regulations, reclamation, recycling, and developing more sustainable practices.
Detection of the Presence of Heavy Metal Pollutants in Eleme Industrial Area ...theijes
The presenceof some heavy metal pollutants which are deposited on soil in the Eleme environment due to the operational activities of some companies in the area have been studied. Some soil samples in areas situated around industrial installations were collected and analyzed using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS). Results obtained show the presence and concentration distributions of nine heavy metals. The metals are Iron (Fe), Manganese (Mn), Zinc (Zn), Lead (Pb), Copper (Cu), Chromium (Cr), Cobalt (Co) and Cadmium (Cd). It was observed that over 90% of each of the metals was located in communities hosting the industrial corporations while the remaining 10% is distributed to areas away from the source or host communities. This reveals that, a link exists between the pollutants and the activities of these industries.
This document summarizes a student research project on analyzing heavy metal contamination in the plant Celosia argentea collected from four different locations. The student describes collecting plant samples, using atomic absorption spectrometry to determine metal concentrations, and finding that levels of metals like iron, copper, zinc, manganese, and chromium were below permissible limits set by the FAO and WHO. However, the student notes that farming along roadsides should still be discouraged due to potential heavy metal pollution from vehicular traffic.
IOSR Journal of Applied Chemistry (IOSR-JAC) is an open access international journal that provides rapid publication (within a month) of articles in all areas of applied chemistry and its applications. The journal welcomes publications of high quality papers on theoretical developments and practical applications in Chemical Science. Original research papers, state-of-the-art reviews, and high quality technical notes are invited for publications.
Distribution and mobility of lead and zinc atmospheric depositions in industr...INFOGAIN PUBLICATION
This document summarizes a study on the distribution and mobility of lead and zinc in soils near an industrial foundry in Tiaret, Algeria. Samples were taken from 35 soil sites within 2 parcels near the foundry. Analysis found lead levels varied from 0-13.7 ppm and zinc from 0-21.96 ppm depending on soil properties. The study found lead and zinc mobility correlated positively with pH, limestone content, and each other, but negatively with cation exchange capacity. Higher pH, limestone, and moisture increased heavy metal solubility by forming complexes while fine particles promoted dispersion. The results indicate soil properties significantly influence heavy metal distribution from atmospheric depositions near industrial areas.
The document summarizes research on using activated carbon prepared from olive stone waste to sorb copper, zinc, and nickel ions from aqueous solutions. Olive stone activated carbon (OSAC) was prepared under different physical activation conditions and characterized. OSAC-3, activated at 900°C for 3.5 hours, had the highest surface area and was selected for further study. Batch experiments were conducted to determine optimum sorption conditions and kinetics. The maximum sorption capacities were 25.38 mg/g for Cu2+, 16.95 mg/g for Zn2+, and 14.65 mg/g for Ni2+. Sorption was best described by pseudo-second order kinetics and was spontaneous and endothermic/exothermic
The document discusses several biogeochemical cycles including the hydrologic cycle, carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, phosphorus cycle, and sulfur cycle. It notes how each cycle moves key elements through the biosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere. It also describes some major human impacts on each cycle such as withdrawing fresh water, burning fossil fuels, using fertilizers, and emitting pollutants that can disrupt the natural cycling of elements. Understanding these biogeochemical cycles is important because they are integral to maintaining life on Earth.
ORIGIN AND Nature OF COAL Coal is a fossil fuel composed essentially o.pdflonkarhrishikesh
ORIGIN AND Nature OF COAL Coal is a fossil fuel composed essentially of compressed
altered plant remains. Under circumstances which have been replicated in many places on the
planet over the past 350 to 400 million years, plant tissue has been buried under anoxic (oxygen-
free) conditions, allowing plant tissue to be incompletely decomposed by anaerobic bacteria.
Economically viable coal deposits form when remains of entire forests are buried and preserved
by later sediments. Over millennia,such buried plant tissue may be converted through a series of
stages involving microbial activity, pressure,and heat into peat, lignite, sub-bituminous, and
bituminous coal,or the rarest coal, anthracite, the form of coal with the highest amount of energy
per kilogram. Coal is composed predominantly of the element carbon ( C ) along with hydrogen (
H ) and nitrogen ( N ) . Carbon content of coal ranges from 45 percent up to as much as 98
percent in rare anthracite. Most coal used to produce electricity contains between 50 and 70
percent carbon. Buming coal,therefore, produces large amounts of , themain agent of global
climate change. Question 4: Burning 1 kilogram of C produces about 3.7 kilograms of CO 2 .
Assume typical coal contains 60 percent C . How much CO 2 is released per tonne of coal
burned? Question 5: Recall that the United States produces about 1,100 million tons of coal each
year-equal to 1,000 million tonnes. How much CO 2 would be released each year? Question 6:
Slightly more than 4,000 million tonnes of coal were burned globally in 2003. How much CO 2
was produced, assuming 60 percent C content? Question 7: According to the World Coal
Institute, the world is expected to consume 7,000 million tonnes of coal each year by 2030, with
China accounting for half the projected increase. How much CO 2 would be produced by coal
burning in 2030 ? Question 8: How can global CO 2 emissions be controlled, in your view, if
these forecasts prove accurate? Discuss the implications if they are not controlled. DAL BED
METHANE When plant matter is converted into coal,methane is also formed,the main ingredient
in natural gas. The methane may be trapped in the sedimentary rock containing the coal. Some of
this trapped gas is released when coal is mined, which can lead to dangerous explosions. These
explosions are the reason for most miners' deaths in underground mines. Large mines may
release up to 1 million cubic feet per day of methane. This can be a significant souree of
atmospheric methanc, a powerful greenhouse gas. It is also a potentially valuable energy
resource. OXIDAtion of Pyrite and Water PolLUTION One of the most widespread and
polluting reactions is that of the oxidation of the minetn): pyrite, illes galled "fool's gold." Pyrite
is found in virtually all coals as well as in the When the coal is stripped away,the pyrite-bearing
sediment is exposed to oxidation fossil soils immediately below the coal seams: and
hydration,producing sulfaric acid. The.
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Nickel – A Trace Element Hardly Considered
Manfred Sager
PhD,. MSc, Bioforschung Austria, Esslinger Hauptstrasse 134, A-1220 Wien
Abstract— In this paper, occurrence, environmental
mobilities and ecological cycling of nickel up to daily
intake and allergic reactions of humans is discussed,
mainly based on data of the author and others, which are
often hidden in multi-element tables, and not available
via keywords. Whereas, apart from some hotspots of
geology, nickel occurrence in Central Europe is
moderate, sources of pollution are mainly smelters and
oil production. Oil combustion is likely a main source of
nickel pollution in street dust, and after oil spills.
Remediation and phytomining may be possible by use of
special accumulator plants. Fertilizers do not increase
nickel levels in soils. In green plants, nickel levels are
much higher than in animal tissues and products of
animal origin, and in fungi they are highly variable.
From this, vegans have 4-5 times the daily intake
compared with mixed diet feeders, which already touches
the range of allergic reactions of sensitive persons.
Essentiality and toxic effects are also discussed.
Keywords— Nickel – environmental occurrence, feeds,
food, daily intake, metabolism, toxicity, allergy.
PREFACE
A comprehensive review issued by EFSA in 2015
(CASALEGNO ET AL., 2015) concerning nickel in food,
feeds and potable water, as well as oral toxicity and
dermatitis has urged me to compile values of my own
multi-element screenings, within the context of other
authors. Because the EFSA-authors have just looked for
nickel among the keywords, they missed a lot of data
issued in multi-element databases, like mine. Frequently,
data of my own department have not been entered into the
internal database, because they were not requested for,
but measured within the frame of multi-element
screening. Among items of human nutrition, only those
matrices have been outlined, if sufficient numbers of
samples resp. representative sampling has been assured.
Compilation of local data from the East of Austria makes
sense, because concentration levels might be different to
other regions due to climatic conditions, different soils
and environmental effects, as well as different varieties
grown. Thus in Germany, nickel levels in wheat and rye
decline from south to north (BRÜGGEMANN 1999).
Steel abrasion and corrosion of steel during
milling, cutting, and sieving can substantially increase
nickel levels in green plant samples (SAGER,
MITTENDORFER 1997), which necessitates critical views
upon the sample preparation method used, in particular in
case of papers issued some decades earlier. Increasing
awareness of blanks together with improvements in
sensivities and specifities of determination methods have
hopefully increased the reliabity of data given.
GEOLOGY
Mean crust values for nickel given in various
sources may vary, but 80 mg.kg-1 seems to be the most
plausible (WEDEPOHL 1995).
During the cooling process of the magma, nickel is
removed from the silicate melt at an rather early stage by
crystallisation of olivines, pyroxenes, and amphiboles.
The ion radius of Ni2+ ranges between Mg2+ and Fe3+.
Therefore, some more nickel has been found in basic
rocks, clays and flysch (Bodiš and Rapant 1999). In
presence of sulfur, Ni is fixed together with Fe in
pyrrhotite and pentlandite [(Ni,Fe)9S8]. Other ore veins
contain enrichments of chromium-nickel-cobalt, or NiAs.
Sediments sampled in creeks and rivers of Slovakia <
0,125 mm contained a median of 23 mg.kg-1 (25%
percentile = 16 / 75% percentile = 31 / 99% percentile =
88 mg.kg-1) (BODIŠ, RAPANT 1999). In Austria, very local
higher geological abundancies have been found around
Rechnitz in serpentinites, as well as near Preg-Kraubath,
Trieben and Heiligenblut (PIRKL ET AL., 2015).
Nickel-containing sulfides and silicates are prone
to rapid weathering, and the released nickel gets sorbed
preferably at Fe-Mn-oxide surfaces, in particular in
tropical laterites (BODIŠ, RAPANT 1999; PIRKL ET AL,
2015).
COAL AND OIL
In coals, nickel has not been enriched with respect
to its abundance in rocks and soils. Brown coals used in
Austrian power plants (sampled 1985/86) contained
nickel at a median concentration of 29 mg.kg-1 (range 2,1
– 121), and hard coals 15 mg.kg-1 (range 6,3 – 46). This
matches the range found in Chinese coals (9,3 – 18,6
mg.kg-1) or US-coals (1,1 – 19 mg.kg-1) (SAGER 1999).
After combustion in Austrian caloric power plants, slags
contained 24-398 mg.kg-1, and fly-ashes 22-153 mg.kg-1.
Similar Ni-levels for fly-ash from coal combustion have
been reported from Brazil (range 115–230 mg.kg-1)
(BELLAGAMBA ET AL., 1993). After combustion, nickel
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has an affinity towards hematite/magnetite, but not
towards CaO/CaSO4-partikels and soot, in particular after
combustion of finely ground coal with oxygen at 1400°C
(CLARKE 1993).
Mineral constituents can be removed from crude
coal by dissolution in oil and subsequent pressure
filtration at 45°C (ZIEGLER 2012).
In oil, in particular vanadium, but also nickel, have
got enriched, they are therefore regarded as markers from
oil combustion. Medium and heavy crude oils as well as
high boiling fractions contain high amounts of sulfur and
metals, like 10–160 mg.kg-1 Ni, bound to porphyrines.
The proportion V/Ni ranges from 10 to 100 and can be
used to classify oils and rocks of origin with respect to the
period of origin and redox conditions met there, as well as
the lithological facies. In oil from Venezuela, crude oils
were assigned to 5 groups, and in in each of them, a good
correlation between vanadium and nickel could be
established (LOPÉZ SALVADOR, MONACO 2017).
In oil, Ni and V are bound to 3 different high
molecular fractions. Thermal treatment during oil
distillation results in the aggregation of high-molecular-
weight fractions and thus to enrichment in the residue
(DESPREZ ET AL., 2014). During raffination, they remain
largely in the residue (asphalt), which contains an average
of 336 mg.kg-1 (range 250–500mg.kg-1) Ni and >2000
mg.kg-1 /(range 500–5000 mg.kg-1) V. Therefore, asphalt
is a main source of Ni in street dust (see chapter
„atmosphere and dust“).
De-sulfurization of oil by reaction with H2 under
pressure and release of the resulting H2S in general also
removes Na, V and Ni from the oil-made products
(ZIEGLER 2012).
In oil-contaminated soils, high degradation rates of
nickel- and vanadiumporphyrines could be established at
weak acid pH by combined actions of Bacillus
megaterium-Enterobacter cloacae as well as Aspergillus
unguis- Penicillium griseofulvum (CORDERO ET AL.,
2015).
After the explosion of the oil-drilling platform
deepwater horizon, at April 20th, 2010 in the Gulf of
Mexico, 779 million litres of crude oil dissipated within
87 days, which contaminated an area of 75000 km².
Whereas the hydrocarbons could be degraded or burnt,
the metals dissolved in the crude oil remained on site (V,
Ni, Cr), or formed fine dust particles in the course of
carburation, which led to enrichment and
biomagnification in whales (see chapter about food of
animal origin)(WISE ET AL., 2014).
SOILS AND FERTILIZERS
In soils derived from clay rocks, higher nickel
levels can be expected, whereas soils derived from
carbonaceous rocks usually contain nickel at lower levels.
Aqua regia may not release total nickel in all cases, in
particular at hotspots. Thus, median nickel for arable
topsoils in France has been determined as 21,0 mg.kg-1 in
total (4363 samples), and as 19,1 mg.kg-1 (5184 samples)
in aqua regia (BAIZE ET AL. 2007). In the UK, a median of
total Ni was found at 15,8 mg.kg-1 in arable soils and at
22,0 mg.kg-1 in urban soils. Nickel was slightly higher in
Northern Ireland than in England and Wales, some
hotspots of geological origin occurred in Scotland (ROSS
ET AL. 2007). In Taiwan, however, soils of the Central
mountain range contained just 13,2 ± 1,5 mg.kg-1 (KUO ET
AL., 2009), possible due to subtropical climate and high
precipitation rates, and generally high vertical mobility of
nickel in soils (SAGER 2001). In Austria, local
enrichments have been found in sedimentites from
cretaceous, and above serpentinites (DANNEBERG 1999).
The Austrian soil inventory done by aqua regia soil
digests found a median abundance of 34 mg.kg-1 for
nickel in arable soils (range of medians of various soil
types 25-45 mg.kg-1) (DANNEBERG 1999). Soils sampled
in Vienna city also contained just 30,3 ± 6,3 mg.kg-1
(PLAHL ET AL., 2002).
In Hokkaido (Japan) native green plants contain
20-100 mg.kg-1 Ni in dry mass due to high nickel and low
calcium levels met in local soils, which have been
developed upon ultramafic rocks, which is more than Cu,
and in some cases also more than Zn and Mn. The hyper
accumulator Thlaspi japonicum reached top levels of Ni
>0,1%, higher than Fe, but without showing toxicity
symptoms (HORIE ET AL., 2000).
On behalf of the Council Directive 1999/31/EC on
the landfill of waste, and §8 of the
Bundesbodenschutzgesetz 1999 (Federal Soil Protection
Act), the German government has set thresholds for
nickel of 70 mg.kg-1 for childrens´playgrounds, 140
mg.kg-1 for habitational areas, 350 mg.kg-1 for sport-and
leisure areas, and 900 mg.kg-1 for industrial areas, each
determined for dry soil sieved < 2mm digested by aqua
regia. In Austria, each province has issued a soil
protection act of its own.
In mine tailings, organic carbon, nutrients or soil
bacteria are hardly present. In New Caledonia at a mine
tailing of 1,8% Ni, prior to planting grass, nitrogen fixing
soil bacteria were isolated from the rhizosphere of
endemic plants Gymnostoma ebbianum and Serianthus
calycina, to modify and amplify their especially Ni-
tolerant genes by molecular genetic methods (HÉRY ET
AL., 2005).
Whereas lime addition lowers mobilities and
phytotoxicities of most metal ions for arable crops, it
increased Ni-uptake into accumulator plants of the
Alyssum family. Under various soil pH and Ni
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concentrations tested, Alyssum murale accumulated up to
1,1% Ni, and Allyssum corsicum up to 0,7% Ni in its dry
mass (KUKIER ET AL., 2001; BREWER ET AL., 2001).
Also, after NPK fertilization, Alyssum bertolonii
accumulated Ni 13400 fold from a Ni-rich substrate, and
Berksheya coddii 17000 fold (BROOKS ET AL., 1998).
Mixing of de-watered sewage sludge with equal
amounts of sawdust as well as lime gradually increased
the water-soluble and exchangeable fractions after 3
months, because of lowering of its pH (ŠČANČAR ET AL.,
2001).
After mixing the top 15 cm of various soils with
nickel-contaminated urban sewage sludge (4625mg.kg-1
Ni), elution of nickel with carbonaceous simulated river
water from respective soil columns increased
significantly. Nickel migrated faster in unsaturated
columns, except for the carbonaceous soil, in spite of
simultaneous pH increase caused by the sewage sludge.
Higher retention from carbonate or organic carbon was
achieved only at unsaturated conditions (WELCH, LUND
1987).
Sequential leaching procedures revealed high
affinities of nickel towards Mn-oxides and Fe-oxide
containing phases, depending on the geochemical matrix
(SAGER ET AL., 1989; SAGER, VOGEL 1993). About ¼ or
more remained bound to refractory phases, however. In
particular at non-contaminated sites, mobility in 0,16M
actetic acid and 0,2M oxalate solution remains marginal
(SAGER 2016). Amounts readily adsorbed from aqueous
solutions are hardly released into neutral or alkaline salt
solutions, but almost completely at pH 5 or less, because
obviously the hydroxide which gets formed at alkaline
surfaces, dissolves (SAGER 1995; ZATKA ET AL., 1992). In
acetic acid, tartaric acid or oxalic acid solutions, nickel
migrated through clayey barrier layers (Kf about 10-15
m.s-1) quicker the Cd, Cu, and Pb in any case, and
frequently even quicker than the acid itself (SAGER 2001).
Table.1: Nickel in fertilizers sold in Austria
´mg.kg-1 in TS Median Range
Arable soil (East of Austria) 34 25 - 45 Danneberg 1999
Ammonium nitrate limes < 0,5 < 0,5 – 3,7 Sager 2009
Limestones, dolomites 2,1 < 0,5 – 30,5 Sager 2009
NPK-mineral fertilizer 6,5 < 0,5 – 30,5 Sager 2009
PK-mineral fertilizer 11,4 2,2 – 23,4 Sager 2009
Di-ammonium phosphate 16,4 4,0 – 89,5 Sager 2009
Fermented urban biowaste (green
ton)
4,12 1,6 – 9,8 Sager 2012
Garden moulds 7,6 < 0,5 – 32,6 Sager 2009
Manures and dungs 10,1 1,2 – 32,7 Sager 2009
Composts 24,5 10,0 – 37,4 Sager 2009
Because nickel levels encountered in fertilizers are
usually lower than in soils, accumulations from
fertilizations need hardly to be considered (table 1).
Fertilization of an equivalent equal to 100 kg P.ha-1 is
about equal to the annual atmospheric deposition, and an
equivalent of 100 kg N is even less (SAGER 2009).
Also, composts, manures and dungs contain less
nickel than arable soils. Thus, urban biowaste of Vienna
collected separately within brown tons, contained after
pre-selection and sieving an average of 10,46 mg.kg-1
from the center, 17,12 mg.kg-1 from the suburbs, and
14,43 mg.kg-1 from the city border areas, contrary to the
urban soils (mainly parks), which had 30,25 mg.kg-1
(PLAHL ET AL., 2002).
Urban biowaste monthly collected at 4 sites of an
Austrian provincial capital city, contained even less
nickel than compost samples. In outliers due to faulty
inputs (2 out of 44 samples), however, nickel
concentrations increased 9-fold, thus necessitating control
and site selection measures (SAGER 2012).
WATER
A threshold for nickel in potable water at 20 µg.l-1
has been implemented by the Council Directive 98/83/EC
after respective recommendation of the WHO. This value
applies to a sample of water obtained at the tap and taken
so as to be representative of a weekly average value
ingested by consumers.
In Cornwall, a known metalliferous and
arseniferous region, about 500 private wells have been
tested, which were not subject to official control.
Traditionally, groundwater was filtrated through 0,45µm,
and tap water was analyzed as such, but differences were
only noted in case of Pb and Fe. Only 3% of the samples
contained Ni above theshold, and were also high in Mn.
Whereas water samples of pH <6 caused Cu-
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contaminations from tap tubes, this was not the case for
Ni, Cd, and Cr (ANDER ET AL., 2016).
Sampling of rainwater from roofs is prone to
contaminations from the roof material, dust input and
organic debris, as well as from microbial activities.
Pasteurization in black painted glass tubes by heating
from sun rays may cope with the latter. Contact of the
chloride containing rain water with a steel pot, however,
caused corrosions and subsequently an increase of nickel
in the processed water samples (DOBROWSKY ET AL.,
2015).
In fish ponds in Southern Bohemia, nickel
concentrations in aquatic macrophytes raised up to 6,1 –
28,2 mg.kg-1, which is equal to the levels in sediments
(10,1 – 25,5 mg.kg-1), though in the water just 3,7-20,4
µg.l-1 were found (DRBAL 1991). Barks from fir trees
adsorbed 58% of nickel from synthetic well water, and
desorbed it again within 8-13%. Conditioning the barks
with urea, however, raised Ni adsorption to 86%, and
decreased desorption to just 3% (KHOKHOTVA, WAARA
2011).
In surface waters, uptake of nickel into algae
increased in parallel to the incorporation of C by
photosythesis, and correlated non-linearly with the proton
flux. In freshwater of pH 7,8 and 12°C, algal nickel
uptake was 76% more at light than at dark (GRAY, HILL
1995).
1 g of barley straw can adsorb about 10 mg nickel
from aqueous solution, maximum at pH 4,85
(THEVANNAN ET AL., 2010). 1 g of montmorillonite can
sorb about 2 mg Ni at pH 5-6, which could be increased
by Fe-coatings, but not by Al-coatings (COOPER ET AL.,
2002). Aqueous suspensions of lime approach a pH 8-9,
resulting in adsorption of Ni, like Pb, Cd, Zn, Cu and
Cr(III), at < 90% at the solid. Sorption of Nickel upon
finely ground bricks at 80%, and sorption at silicate
pebbles at 65% were less effective (AZIZ ET AL., 2008).
Fly ash from coal- operated power plants is suitable for
the removal of nickel from metal contaminated effluents,
e.g. from non-ferrous smelters, which is necessary to save
the bacteria of sewage sludge treating processes, which
are harmed at Ni > 15 mg.l-1. The efficiency of fly ash
was better than active carbon, but worse than zeolite.
Above pH 8,5-9, complete and largely irreversible
adsorption at the solids occurred, but none below pH 4,5
(MAVROS ET AL., 1993).
Samples to check pollution fromtap water tubings,
which may release in particular Cu, Pb, and Ni, are
obtained from 1 liter without discarding directly at the
consumer´s site (random sampling of the day). If
thresholds are surpassed, sequential sampling has to be
done (for Austria: Trinkwasserverordnung 2001, resp.
update of the food safety act 2017). Metal water supply
tubings, particularly from water heating supplies, can
release metals into the potable water, which decrease
exponentially versus the consumed water volume
(informal measurement of the author).
ATMOSPHERE AND DUST IMMISSION
Apart from antropogenic emissions, the most
important source of atmospheric particulates is the
weathering of the continental crust. Antropogenic
emissions can be easily traced from enrichments over
iron.
In the aerosol sampled above the Atlantic Ocean,
only < 0,05 -10 ng.m-3 nickel have been found, lowest
above the Southern part, and maximum in the Channel
(VOLKENING, HEUMANN 1990). In Detroit region within
1988-92, atmospheric nickel concentrations in residential
areas were determined as 5-16 ng.m-3, and in industrial
areas 8-32 ng.m-3. Antropogenic emission sources like
vehicles, fuel and navigation remained constant, whereas
emissions from smelting and welding facilities varied due
to economic fluctuations (PIRONE ET AL. 1995).
Nickel contents in the fine dust of Santiago de
Chile (PM10) lowered in winter (July) within the period
1997 – 2003 from 60 ng.m-3 to 20 ng.m-3. Similar
concentration decreases appeared also for V, Pb, As, Cu
and Cd, which could be traced to lower industrial
emissions and lower coal heatings, just Cr increased.
Sequential extraction of the dust particles assigned nickel
to the group of immobile elements (Ni, Mo, Ca, Mg, Ba,
Al) (RICHTER ET AL. 2007). In the Saloniki region, total
nickel concentrations in fine dust (PM7,5), samples
1997/98 4m above ground, differed between urban sites at
6,8 ± 5,6 ng.m-3 and sites close to industrial areas at 12,8
± 6,2 ng.m-3. Similar effects were observed for Cd, Mn
and Zn (VOUTSA, SAMARA 2002).
At hardly populated sites in Norway, metal
deposition tends to decrease fromthe most southern point
at Birkenes towards the north, with seasonal fluctuations,
but without marked seasonal trends. This atmospheric
nickel deposition was calculated from concentrations met
in rainwater samples and annual precipitation, to be 1,2 –
12 g.ha-1a-1 (BERG ET AL. 1994), which can be regarded as
background immission.
Higher precipitation rates, in parts also as fog,
might cause much more total atmospheric deposition in
high mountain areas, far away from emission sources. At
2 stations at the Christlumkopf mountain (1768m,
Achenkirch, Tirol) close to woods, nickel deposition of
25,02 g.ha-1a-1 were measured, as the sum of 14,77 g.ha-
1a-1 wet deposition, only 0,71 g.ha-1a-1 dry deposition, and
9,54 g.ha-1a-1 g/ha.a from the fog. In some distance
downhill, at the Mühleggerköpfl, total nickel deposition
amounted only 13,62 g.ha-1a-1, as the sumof 9,78 g.ha-1a-1
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wet, 3,67 g.ha-1a-1 dry, and only 0,17 g.ha-1a-1 fromthe fog
(BAUER ET AL. 2008).
Top levels of atmospheric nickel deposition of
170-240 g.ha-1a-1 have been reported from urban districts
in Paris, sampled in 1988 (GRANIER ET AL. 1992). Also,
the atmospheric deposition at the sea of Tokyo Bight is
strongly influenced from human activities. Samples have
been obtained by collection of wet precipitation, and for
dry deposition by means of a water surface sampler
employing circulating 0,25M HCl. Total Ni deposition
was 28- 98 g.ha-1a-1, and the proportion of dry to wet
deposition was 3,7 (SAKATA, TANI, TAKAGI 2008).
Top concentrations in street dusts were found in
Tokyo at 540 mg.kg-1 (2005), whereas in Seoul it was just
62 mg.kg-1 (2010; range 42-109 mg.kg-1), and in Budapest
it was 27,5 mg.kg-1 (2010; range 19,2 – 49,9 mg.kg-
1)(SAGER ET AL. 2015); the latter is within the range of
adjacent soils. Dust, collected in 1m above a highly
frequented road in the central mountain range of Taiwan,
contained 17,1 ± 12,0 mg.kg-1, and the adjacent soil 13,2
± 1,5 mg.kg-1 Ni. Principal component analysis revealed
assignment of Ni to Cu, but not to the group of Fe, Al,
Mn resp. Pb and Zn. Road traffic increased nickel
concentration in the fine fraction PM2,5 from 5,8 to 7,3-
16,7 ng.m-3, in the medium fraction PM10-2,5 from 3,76 to
3,9 – 14,4 ng.m-3(KUO ET AL. 2009).
Whereas fly-ash of an oil-driven powerplant
contained 0,41% Ni, Ni in leaves of trees within 0,7-1,5
km nearby (Rhus typhina L.) increased just to 1,2 mg.kg-1,
which was interpreted as long-distance transport effects of
the 210 m high chimney 210m (YOUNGS ET AL. 1993).
Contrary to soils, the easily mobilisable fraction of
nickel found in street dusts can be about half and thus
rather high, which was measured in Sevilla 1996
(FERNANDEZ ESPINOSA ET AL. 2002).
Urban dust samples from the Saloniki urban region
contained about 80% of Ni soluble in 0,1M-HCl, which
was regarded as labile, contrary to dust samples from the
Saloniki industrial region of about 60% soluble in 0,1M-
HCl. The solubility in artificial serum was regarded as
bioavailable, which was 46% for the urban dust samples,
and 24% for the dust close to the industrial areas. The
soluble solid phase is presumably NiSO4, and the hardly
soluble phase presumably Ni-oxides (VOUTSA, SAMARA
2002).
Completely other particles are encountered in
industrial emissions from melters and metal processing,
like NiS, NiSe, NiTe, Ni3S2, NiAs, Ni11As8, Ni-metal,
ferronickel, ferrite and naturally occurring pentlandite
[(Ni,Fe)9S8]. Among them, some are highly carcinogenic
(NiS, Ni3S2). They could be discriminated by sequential
leaching with 0,1M ammonium citrate („soluble“), H2O2-
citrate („sulfidic“), Br2 in CH3OH („metallic“) and
HNO3-HClO4-HF („oxidic“) (ZATKA ET AL. 1992).
Occupational exposure from nickel containing
dusts occurs especially in the air at the working site of
smelters and metal processing facilities. Soluble nickel
compounds get rapidly adsorbed by the lung tissues, but
the top cancerogen is Ni2S3. To the contrary, in nickel
mining no statistically significant relationship between
lung cancer and nickel exposition could be established,
because the dominant mineral pentlandite [(Ni,Fe)9S8] is
non-cancerogenic (SCHAUMLÖFFEL 2012).
Because nickel in coal is bound to sulfides and
oxides, fly ash emissions from caloric power plants
contain NiSO4, NiS and NiS2, as well as nickel-containing
spinels NiFe2O4. but not Ni2S3. High combustion
temperatures favour the formation of the oxide, lower
temperatures favour the phosphate (SCHAUMLÖFFEL
2012).
Metallic nickel-nanoparticles of 53 nm average
diameter, have been obtained by reduction of a NiCl2-
containing aerosol with H2 at 950°C with 99% yield.
Lowering the temperature to 800°C lowered the yield, as
well as the average particle diameter to 31 nm (YONG JAE
SUH ET AL. 2004).
In Austria, thresholds have been set for the
concentration of inhalable particulate nickel compounds
in air, like NiO, NiO2, NiS, Ni2S3, and Ni2O3.
(Grenzwerteverordnung 2006, Bgbl 242/2006, Addendum
I and II).
FUNGI
In general, the composition of soil is of stronger
influence upon the contents of mushrooms than upon the
composition of green plants, but respective investigations
are scarce. In boletus edulis from central Finland,
growing upon granitoid rocks, 1,32 mg.kg-1 (of Ni in dry
mass) had been found, and from a region higher in nickel
from East of Finland, it was 1,55 mg.kg-1 (of Ni in dry
mass). The difference between these sites was much
larger for Lactarius trivialis, i.e. 0,55 mg.kg-1 resp. 1,95
mg.kg-1 (NIKKARINEN, MERTANEN 2004).
FEEDS
Commercially available composite feeds for any
kinds of animal contain about 2 mg.kg-1 of Ni. Slightly
lower levels in feeds targeted to calves and cats/dogs
probably result from higher proportions of meat and dairy
products in the composite. Some more differences appear
in commercial supplementary feeds, the median level of
which is higher for pigs, sows, and piglets, than for cattle,
calves, deer, and poultry (table 2).
In basic feeds for dairy cattle, sampled directly at
farms in Lower Austria, nickel levels were lowest in
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maize silage, like for most of trace metals, and highest in
hay. The lucerne sample (table 2) was used for a round
robin test, which had to be ground and milled in 24
different laboratories, and subsequently analyzed at the
same site by the same operators and instruments, after
dry-ashing of 4g (SAGER, MITTENDORFER 1997). The
latter should indicate the precision of the entire analytical
procedure.
Table.2: Nickel in feeds (SAGER 2006; SAGER, HOBEGGER 2013; SAGER, MITTENDORFER 1997))
´mg.kg-1 Median Range Samples
Composite feeds Calves 0,26 0,09 – 0,74 12
Sheep + goats 1,71 0,17 – 3,60 14
Pigs + sows 1,78 0,88 – 3,86 28
Piglets 1,78 0,63 – 6,55 58
Poultry 2,22 1,34 – 3,83 46
Dogs+cats(d.m.) 1,01 0,61 – 2,82 35
Fish 2,21 1,41 – 3,36 12
Supplementary feeds Cattle 3,76 1,54- 12,6 73
Calves 4,17 1,21 – 8,37 40
Sheep+goats 1,75 1,04 – 3,18 11
Horses 2,37 0,85 – 7,12 46
Pigs 5,95 2,05 – 13,8 169
Piglets 6,09 1,11 – 15,0 126
Poultry 3,52 2,00 – 10,1 44
Dogs+cats(d.m.) 1,19 0,44 – 1,80 7
Deer 2,86 2,41 – 4,83 5
Basic feed Hay 3,10 1,09 – 7,98 18
Grass silage 1,03 0,23 – 4,63 17
Maize silage 0,25 0,17 – 0,36 8
Cereals 1,00 0,31 – 1,92 18
Round robin Lucerne 1,09 0,73 – 2,44 24
FOOD OF GREEN PLANT ORIGIN
Based on dry mass, food for human nutrition of
green plant origin contain some less nickel than food for
domestic animals. Just carrots were rather high in Ni
(table 3), which needs to be confirmed, however. High
levels met in cocoa are known from other references as
well. Further sources of nickel intake of human
consumption, like nuts, spinach, or mushrooms, have not
been investigated in this work. Tea leaves and coffee
beans might contain much nickel, which is largely not
transferred to the consumed beverage.
Table 3A. Nickel in food of green plant origin, mg.kg-1
dry mass
´mg.kg-1 Median Range Samples
Potatoes 1,08 0,61 – 1,65 40 Spiegel, Sager 2008
Carrots 4,64 3,79 – 10,69 37 Sager, unpublished
Wheat (organic) 0,134 0,043 – 0,242 42 Sager, Erhart 2016
Wheat (round robin) 0,255 0,118 – 0,692 30 Sager, Mittendorfer 1997
barley (round robin) 0,34 0,18 – 1,06 24 Sager, Mittendorfer 1997
Tomatoes + seeds 0,235 0,115 – 0,485 22 Sager 2017
Tomatoes minus seeds 0,235 0,118 – 0,534 21 Sager 2017
apples 0,08 < 0,08 – 0,49 104 Sager 2014
Milk chocolate 0,98 0,52 – 1,43 19 Sager 2012
Dark chocolate 3,07 2,64 – 4,89 9 Sager 2012
Very dark chocolate 4,26 2,57 – 7,93 15 Sager 2012
cocoa 15,33 10,77 – 17,12 3 Sager 2012
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Table 3B. Nickel in food of green plant origin, mg.kg-1
wet weight (FS)
´mg.kg-1 Median Bereich Anzahl
Potatoes 0,223 0,165 – 0,317 40 Spiegel, Sager 2008
Carrots 0,445 0,36 – 1,03 37 Sager, unpublished
Tomatoes +seeds 0,018 0,011-0,038 22 Sager 2017
Tomatoes minus seeds 0,015 0,009 – 0,022 21 Sager 2017
Apples 0,011 < 0,003 – 0,035 104 Sager 2014
Soy-„Milk“ 0,59 0,43 – 1,06 5 Sager 2018
Contrary to Cd and Pb, traces of Ni are proven to
be essential and have a wide range of effects, including
plant growth, plant senescence, N metabolism (as a
component of urease), and Fe- uptake. In barley (hordeum
vulgare), Ni deficiency had been observed after grown for
three generations in purified nutrient solution <30 ng/l Ni,
resulting in a 15% reduction of optimum yield and Ni in
the grains of 90 ± 10 µg.kg-1 dry weight. Ni deficiency
inhibited the development of the embryo soon after the
formation of the shoot primordia; the root primordia of
Ni-deficient grain were poorly developed or absent at
harvest (BROWN ET AL. 1987).
Increase of total nickel in soil from 30 to 50
mg.kg-1, resp. addition of 35 µg.l-1 in hydroponic culture,
did not effect growth of various crops, like spinach
(spinacea oleracea), maize (zea mays), beans (phaseolus
vulgaris), cabbage (brassica oleracea), rice (oryza
sativa), or ryegrass (lolium perenne). All plants
investigated contained higher nickel concentrations in
their roots than in their shoots, and Ni-additions went
preferably to the roots. In the shoots, highest levels were
met in beans and ryegrass, and lowest in maize. Due to
low root masses, however, about 80% of total Ni contents
in beans, cabbage and spinach were located in the shoots
(GUO ET AL., 1995).
Additions of soluble NiSO4 to an alkaline soil
(pH=8,0 / 14,3% clay/ 5,5% CaCO3) up to 600 mg.kg-1 Ni
did not result in Ni uptake proportional to the added
amount. Just barley (hordeum vulgare) decreased growth,
but cabbage (brassica juncea), spinach (spinacea
oleracea), sorghum (sorghum vulgare), beans (phaseolus
vulgaris), tomatoes (solanum lycopersicum) and ricinus
(ricinus communis) were not effected. Nickel remained
mainly in the roots, just in the brassica the excess was
transferred to the shoots. Maximum nickel uptake was
noted into spinach leaves, and minimum into tomato
plants. Top values in edible parts were 65 mg.kg-1 in
spinach, 21 mg.kg-1 in beans, 8,1 mg.kg-1 in tomatoes, and
in sorghum and barley just 4 mg.kg-1, in dry mass each
(GIORDANI ET AL., 2005). In case of sufficient NPK
fertilization, no toxicity symptoms in pot experiments
developed in carrots, potatoes, and onions up to 250µg.l-1
nickel in irrigation water (equal to 100 g.ha-1), because
sorption of the soil was quicker than plant uptake
(STASINOS, ZABETAKIS 2013).
In case of more saline irrigation, however, like in
the delta of the Nile, spinach, maize and leeks retain less
nickel (and also cadmium) in the roots, resulting in higher
transfer to the leaves, which was traceable in the soil
saturation extract (HELAL ET AL., 1998).
Lower nickel levels encountered in white bread
from Denmark (median 101 µg.kg-1) compared with the
level in Austrian wheat (median 255 µg.kg-1) can be
explained from humidity and the milling fraction of the
cereal (LARSEN ET AL., 2002). Similar nickel levels have
been found already in 1983 in the FRG, at a median of
228 µg.kg-1 (range 60-1100 µg.kg-1). After milling, the
white flour made 70% of the total grain weight, but
contained just 12% of the entire nickel, the rest was
bound to the brans (SCHELLER ET AL. 1988). German
wholemeal bread contained 166 µg.kg-1, which was more
than double of conventional mixed bread of 69 µg.kg-1.
Abrasion in the bakery additionally increased nickel in
wholemeal bread versus nickel in wholemeal flour.
German potatoes contained just 16,5 µg.kg-1 Ni in
wet weight, but Danish potatoes had 50 µg.kg-1, and
Danish carrots 51 µg.kg-1 (LARSEN ET AL., 2002).
Because grapes have more than half of their nickel
bound to the skin, during wine processing the nickel
mainly moves to the residue, and further amounts get
adsorbed at the glass bottle. Nickel accumulates
preferably in leafy vegetables, cocoa and nuts. Within a
compilation from Great Britain about trace elements
contents of various food items, maximum nickel was
found in nuts to contain 2,5 mg.kg-1 in wet weight
(YSART ET AL., 1999).
Tea leaves also contain rather much of nickel,
median values from various tea-cropping regions in Asia
ranged 1,2 – 2,6 mg.kg-1. But as tea leaves are strong
adsorbents, the nickel level in the ready made beverage
remains very low (TADAYON, LAHIJI 2011). Also, nickel
gets adsorbed on ground coffee within 15 min at 90% in
the cold, but just at half at 44°C. For desorption into acid,
however, pH 3 is at least needed (SUK, SU 2004).
Though the components for beer brewing contain
significant amounts of nickel, like hop with 1,3 mg.kg-1
(range 0,6-2,1 mg.kg-1), and malt with 0,11 mg.kg-1
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(range 0,08 – 0,50 mg.kg-1), nickel was below detection
limits in the ready made beer because of filtration (ČEJKA
ET AL., 2011).
FOOD OF ANIMAL ORIGIN
Table 4A. Nickel in food of animal origin, mg.kg-1
in dry mass
´mg.kg-1 Median Range Samples
Egg white < 0,6 < 0,6 77 Sager 2011
Egg yolk < 0,25 < 0,25 65 Sager 2011
Sausages 0,142 0,017 – 0,304 35 Sager 2010
Chicken (breast) 0,124 0,064 – 0,313 17 Sager et al. 2018
Chicken (leg) 0,182 0,055 -. 0,325 17 Sager et al. 2018
Raw milk
(Lower Austria)
< 0,05 < 0,05 – 0,185 103 Sager, Hobegger 2013
Whole milk 0,02 < 0,02 – 0,26 30 Sager 2018
Skim milk < 0,02 < 0,02 – 0,09 6 Sager 2018
Sour cream < 0,02 < 0,02 – 0,07 6 Sager 2018
Cream 0,036 < 0,02 – 0,10 7 Sager 2018
Honey 0,033 < 0,006 – 0,33 122 Sager 2017
Table 4B. Nickel in food of animal origin, mg.kg-1
in wet weight
´mg.kg-1 Median Range Samples
Egg white < 0,28 < 0,28 77 Sager 2011
Egg yolk < 0,23 < 0,23 65 Sager 2011
Sausages 0,054 0,008 – 0,148 35 Sager 2010
Deer 0,020 < 0,005 – 0,042 15 Sager 2005
Raw milk
(Lower Austria)
< 0,007 < 0,007 – 0,024 103 Sager, Hobegger 2013
Whole milk 0,003 < 0,002 – 0,041 30 Sager 2018
Skim milk 0,002 < 0,002 – 0,019 6 Sager 2018
Sour cream < 0,002 < 0,002 – 0,015 6 Sager 2018
Cream 0,015 < 0,002 – 0,045 7 Sager 2018
Hard cheese 0,243 0,024 – 0,406 14 Sager 2012
Semi-hard cheese 0,286 0,063 - 1,062 19 Sager 2012
Soft cheese 0,304 0,126 – 0,446 18 Sager 2012
Fresh cheese (cow) 0,273 0,065 – 0,470 18 Sager 2012
Sheep/goat cheese 0,115 0,036 – 0,259 15 Sager 2012
Honey 0,030 < 0,006 – 0,296 122 Sager 2017
Compared with innards, muscles are low in nickel.
Meat products receive their nickel mainly fromspices and
additives, but not from steel vessels and cans (SCHELLER
ET AL. 1988). In pork, pig livers and pig kidneys, as well
as beef, and beef liver from Sweden, nickel was found
below the detection limit of 0,010 mg.kg-1 wet weight.
Most beef kidneys had about 0,014 mg.kg-1, only a few of
them were higher (JORHEM ET AL., 1989).In France,
commercially available fish contained just 0,056 mg.kg-1
Ni in wet weight (range 0,032–0,161), and no
accumulation was noted in predators. Nickel in other
seafood was slightly higher at 0,123 mg.kg-1 (GUÉRIN ET
AL. 2011).
To simulate corrosion of nickel-plated Cu rifle-
bullets, they were inserted into meat juice for 7 days, and
released up to 0,093 mg Ni, which did not result in a
significant increase of nickel concentrations around the
shot wound of the game meat. Average Ni release of a Ni-
plated bullet during roasting of pork was 0,0028 mg
(maximum 0,0043 mg) (PAULSEN, SAGER 2017).
In whales, higher nickel levels than in domestic
animals and fish have been encountered. Nickel in innards
from pot whales of the North Sea ranged about 2,5 mg.kg-
1 in dry weight till lower detection limit. The skin of pot
whales from 17 non-contaminated areas, sampled as
biopsies of obviously healthy free swimming individuals,
had 2,4 mg.kg-1 in wet weight. Contrary to this, the skin
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of finbacks and pot whales from the Gulf of Mexico
contained an average nickel of 15,9 mg.kg-1 (range 1,7-
94,6 mg.kg-1) in 2010, sampled soon after the large
oilspill of the drilling platform Deepwater Horizon. All
whales looked healthy and had no oil cover at their skin,
and moved far from crude oil lumps. Their nickel
contents correlated with the distance to the site of the
disaster. Because nickel resorption from the gastro-
intestinal tract is low, and pot whales and finbacks feed
on quite different prey, and sorption of the skin seems
marginal, the most probable path is the uptake of fine dust
to the lungs from the oil combustion during the oil
catastrophy (WISE ET AL. 2014).
Similar to meat, milk and dairy products are much
lower in nickel than green plants (see below).
Commercially available cheeses in Austria contained
about 0,25 mg.kg-1 in wet weight (SAGER 2012), which
was less than Ni in Turkish fresh cheeses at 0,59±0,13
mg.kg-1 wet weight sampled at about the same time.
Packing into metal containers additionally increased the
nickel level to 1,28±0,08 mg.kg-1 wet weight
(BAKIRCIOGLU ET AL. 2011).
UPTAKE IN HUMAN NUTRITION
Among human nutritional items richest in nickel,
there are cocoa (5,3-12,6 mg.kg-1) and its products, soy
beans (4,7–8,1 mg.kg-1), sun flower seeds (2,3–5,8 mg.kg-
1) and nuts (3,6 mg.kg-1). Stainless steel vessels and pots
as well as in-house water tubings can release much nickel
also (SCHELLER ET AL., 1988). Investigations of
commercial dairy products in Austria, however, revealed
no different nickel contents to raw milk sampled at the
cow, thus inputs from the dairy process remain negligible
(SAGER, HOBEGGER 2013; SAGER 2015; SAGER 2016).
Similar to many samples from Austria (table 4), nickel in
meat, fish and eggs was below detection limits in
Denmark also (LARSEN ET AL., 2002).
In cooking oils, nickel ranged within 20-70 µg.kg-
1, which makes inputs from this source marginal for the
daily intake. Hardened fat, like margarine, contains some
more nickel (1,70±0,32 mg.kg-1) because of catalysts
abrasions (IEGGLI ET AL., 2011).
METABOLISM
Nickeliferous vapours, in particular from
occupational exposition in smelters, cause lung and throat
carcinomas, especially Ni2S3 particles (COSTA ET AL.,
2005). Lung tissues stores Ni, indipendent from the kind
of exposition (DENKHAUS, SALNIKOW 2002).
The daily pulmonal uptake can be calculated from
the concentration (ng.m-3) times absorption rate times air
breath volume (15-20 m³.d-1 for an adult). The absorption
rate in lung tissue had been simulated by use of artificial
serum. For the Saloniki region in 1997/98, the daily
pulmonal intake in urban areas was thus determined as 56
ng, and in industrial areas as 65 ng (VOUTSA, SAMARA
2002)
The oral LD50 amount for rats as 350 mg.kg-1 body
weight, and for mice as 420 mg.kg-1 boddy weight, seems
rather high. Nickel, however, is teratogenic and exerts a
cancerogenic potential, lowering Mg, Mn, and Zn in
various tissues (DENKHAUS, SALNIKOW 2002). In the
gastro- intestinal tract, usually only 1-2 % get resorbed,
the rest gets excreted in the faeces. After incorporation,
nickel gets excreted half via urine and half via faeces, the
halftime for renal excretion is rather short at 20-60h, but
does not exclude deposition in the body (DENKHAUS,
SALNIKOW 2002). Quite different reports about resorption
and toxicity, however, indicate that the resorption is
strongly influenced by simultaneously ingested food, and
is maximum for potable water. Different resorption rates
resulted in significantly higher blood levels after uptake
of 2,5-5,0 mg from potable water or Coca Cola, than from
cow milk, orange juice, coffee or tea. Addition of 5 mg Ni
to a splendid breakfast did not increase blood nickel
levels (SCHELLER ET AL., 1988). In spite of high nickel
levels in tea leaves (median 1,70 mg.kg-1, range 1,2 – 2,6
mg.kg-1), sampled in entire Asia, nickel remains low in
the final beverage because of high adsorption at the leaves
(TADAYON, LAHIJI 2011).
Nickel in blood plasma of healthy patients was 1,0
± 0,3 µg.l-1, there was no difference between patients
from psychiatry and cardiology. But patients suffering
from terminal renal insufficiency had 5,2 ± 4,9 µg.l-1
before and 5,8 ± 2,9 µg.l-1 after their dialysis, which
indicates lowered renal excretion, which is not improved
by the dialysis procedure (STRECK ET AL., 2003). In serum
of newborns, average nickel was 0,38 µg.l-1 (range 0,30 –
4,80) (ALIMONTI ET AL., 1997). Contrary to Zn, Cd and
Cr, Ni contents in scalp hair did not differ between
healthy females and female diabetics 30-70 years of age
(TADAYON ET AL., 2014).
Nickel metal and nickel salts can also be
solubilized by sweat. The diffusion through the epidermis
gets favoured from sweat and detergents and is similar for
normal and nickel-sensitive persons. Nickel contact
dermatitis develop due to the attempt of the organism to
remove nickel-protein complexes, which had been formed
in the Langerhans cells in the basal layer of the epidermis
(SCHAUMLÖFFEL 2012).
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Ni and Co are bound in constant proportions to
naturally occurring porphinoid products in some living
organisms, which may be due to corresponding functions.
It can be shown by ESR-spectra that enzyme-bound
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nickel can be monovalent and trivalent also, and thus
function as a redox substrate in biosystems.
Methanogenic bacteria have a methyl-CoM- reductase
with a prosthetic group of Ni-porphinoide, where Ni is
coordinated with the N of tetrapyrrole (NIELSEN 1991).
Ni-deficiency in rats causes changed distribution
and function of Ca, Fe, Zn, and vitamine B12 in goats and
rats (NIELSEN 1991). In rats during methionine deficiency,
nickel acts synergistic to vitamine B12 and effects the
concentration of Cu, Fe, and Mo in the plasma, as well as
C, Cu and Mo in the liver, and Cu, Mn and Ni in the
kidneys (NIELSEN 1991).
Nickel has been identified as an essential nutrient
for the activations of urease in green plants
(SCHAUMLÖFFEL 2012), or in the bacterium heliobacter
pylori (DENKHAUS, SALNIKOW 2002). Nickel at ultra-
trace levels is needed to fix CO2 to propionyl-CoA, to
form D-Methyl-malonyl-CoA. It is a Co-factor of an
enzyme to degrade branched amino-acids and odd-
numbered fatty acids via the propionate route. The
methylmalonyl-CoA, which depends on vitamine B12,
catalyses the last step of the propionate metabolism,
which increases after increased uptake of odd-numbered
fatty acids. The daily need of man is below 100 µg
(NIELSEN 1991).
In human serum, the Ni gets preferably bound to
albumin, but it also moves to L-histidin and alpha-2-
macro-globulin (SCHAUMLÖFFEL 2012). Substitution at
the albumin also explains the known effects of enhanced
excretion of Zn and Cu. Similarly, Ni-intoxication of
layers reduces the zinc levels met in eggs (WILPLINGER,
PFANNHAUSER 1998).
Nickel causes oxidative damage of the DNA and
prevents its repair. It replaces Fe inside the cells and
simulates oxygen deficiency. Carcinogenesis depends
from the kind of tissue, nickel speciation, and genetic pre-
disposition. Particulate Ni gets incorporated into living
cells by phagocytes, and dissolves there slowly in
cytoplasmatic vacuoles at pH 4,5. In human lung cells,
after 24h main amounts of incorporated nickel were found
in the cytoplasm, but after 72h in the cell nucleus. In the
nucleus, substitution of Mg by Ni leads to selective
damages at the genetically inactive hetero-chromatine, but
Ni per se is not mutagenic. Induction of methylations at
the DNA results in switching off of genes because of
increased condensation of the heterochromatine. Further
on, substitution of Fe by Ni inhibits the hydroxylases of
proline and asparagine, resulting in Fe-losses and
signalling oxygen depletion inside the cell. This lowers
the aerobic metabolism of ATP gains and results in
anaerobic glycolysis, as well as to lower levels of acetyl-
CoA in the respective cells (COSTA ET AL., 2005).
Patients, who develop genetically based ekzema
and heavily itching inflammations of the upper skin
because of nickel allergy (table 5), show serious
immunological reaction towards membrane blisters of
staphylococcus aureus, which penetrate the epidermis.
Staphylococcus aureus increases a special messenger
substance. Increased water losses and pH increase
proliferate staphylococcus aureus in the skin of respective
dermatitis patients, counteracted by specific antibiotics
and vitamine D (LIMONE, JACOB 2018).
The nickel sensitivity of the skin of 28 nickel-
sensitive patients could be lowered by fixation of nickel-
soaked filterpaper disks during 3 months daily application
of 50 µg Ni. a dose which does not develop ekzema. The
area of harmed skin was lowered to ½ after an hour, and
to 1/3 after 4 days of application. Continuous Ni-release
provoked a steady substantial decrease of the reactions of
the T-cells with the metal ion to ¼. The number of in
vitro tested T-blood cells of the CD4+ and CD8+ type as
well as the number of cell partitions got severely reduced.
At the end of the treatment, the nickel-stimulated T-cells
of patients released less interferon-gamma (BONAMONTE
ET AL., 2011).
DAILY INTAKE AND ALLERGICAL REACTIONS
In Great Britain, the daily intake of nickel was
estimated from the average concentrations of 20 food
groups and the average consumption habits, to be 130 µg.
Because data below the detection limit were set as the
detection limit, the 130 µg are a maximum value (YSART
ET AL., 1999). For Austria, a similar daily intake level of
nickel was estimated as 79 µg (range 50-127 µg), but
utilizing largely different concentration levels of the
ingested nutritional items (WILPLINGER, PFANNHAUSER
1998). Therein, the high nickel levels in carrots and cocoa
were confirmed.
The median concentrations of nickel in food found
in this work, analytically obtained for wet weight, and
combined with the average figures of consumption
(Statistik Austria 2012), result in a daily intake of 152 µg
Ni. This figure has been calculated without considering
consumptions of Ni-carriers like mushrooms, nuts, rice
and leafy vegetables, but for wholemeal bread. If
consumption of white flour is assumed, the daily Ni-
intake would be just 106 µg, which resembles about the
daily needs (Table 6). Wilplinger and Pfannhauser had
estimated similar levels for Austria already in 1998.
If consumption of milk is replaced by soy-„milk“,
and the average consumption of meat replaced by nuts
and vegetables of about equal nutritional value, and the
proportion of carrots, cabbage and lettuce taken from the
harvested amounts in Austria, this results in a daily intake
of 496 µg Ni (Table 7). In this case, Ni-sensitive persons
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begin to react, and at the double amount of ingestion,
about 10-30% will react (Table 7). Nickel allergic persons
develop contact ekzema after oral ingestion of a few
milligrams, an amount which can be easily reached by
consumption of nuts, cocoa or soy drinks (JENSEN ET AL.
2006). 17 papers dealing with the probability of an onset
of Ni-dermatitis could be assigned to 3 groups, depending
on the kind of uptake – from water or solid food, on the
visible symptoms and on the observation period (JENSEN
ET AL. 2006).
APPENDIX
Table 5. Probability of nickel allergies for nickel-sensitive persons as a function of the daily intake in three groups of
experiments, after Jensen (2006)
% Reaction ´mg ´mg ´mg
90 2,7 4,2 7,7
80 2 3,2 5,5
60 1,45 2,3 3,6
50 1,27 2,0 3,1
25 0,83 1,32 2,0
10 0,55 0,87 1,33
5 0,41 0,65 1,00
2 0,29 0,45 0,70
1 0,22 0,35 0,53
Table 6: Estimation of Ni-ingestion from the average food consumption (2011/12): without rice, mushrooms, nuts and leafy
vegetables, but with wholemeal flour
´kg per year
´mg.kg-1 wet
weight
´mg Ni per year
74,8 fruits (apples) 0,011 0,82
109,1 vegetables(tomatoes) 0,018 1,96
61,1 Potatoes 0,223 13,62
99,7 meat (sausage) 0,054 5,38
89,1 Milk 0,004 0,36
19,4 Cheese 0,248 4,81
90,2 cereals(wheat)* 0,255 23,00
2,0 Chocolate 2,644 5,29
1,1 Honey 0,064 0,07
Sum 55,3 mg
156 µg/d
* If the figure for German standard bread is taken instead (0,069 mg.kg-1; BRÜGGEMANN, KUMPULAINEN 1995) the daily
intake is lowered to 106 µg; eggs contained nickel below detection limit, and need not to be considered
Table 7: Estimation of Ni-ingestion from the estimated average food consumption for vegans,substituting milk by soy-„milk“
and meat by vegetables and nuts (2011/12):
´kg per year
´mg.kg-1 wet
weight
´mg per year
74,8 fruits (apples) 0,011 0,823
109,1 vegetables(tomatoes) 0,018 1,964
61,1 Potatoes 0,223 13,625
52 Carrots 0,45 23,40
22 Cabbage 0,21 4,62 Estimated conc.
8 Lettuce 0,21 1,68 Estimated conc.
20 Nuts 2,5 50,00 Reference
89,1 Soy-„milk“ 0,635 56,52
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90,2 cereals(wheat) 0,255 23,00
2,0 Chocolate 2,644 5,288
1,1 Honey 0,064 0,070
181 mg
496 µg/d
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