The term heavy metal refers to any metallic chemical element that has a relatively high density and is toxic or poisonous at low concentrations.
Heavy metals are Globally distributed
pollutants
Heavy metals and its effects on plants and environmentHaider Ali Malik
Heavy metals are natural constituents of the earth’s crust , but indiscriminate human activities have drastically altered their geochemical cycles and biochemicals balance.
Any toxic metals may be called heavy metals.
Since heavy metals have a propensity to accumulate in selective body organs.
The average safety levels in food or water are often misleading high.
Heavy is any metal or metalloid of environmental concern.
Heavy metals are metallic element that have relatively high density usually greater than 5 g/cm3, or their density is greater than the density of water.
The term heavy metal refers to any metallic chemical element that has a relatively high density and is toxic or poisonous at low concentrations.
Heavy metals are Globally distributed
pollutants
Heavy metals and its effects on plants and environmentHaider Ali Malik
Heavy metals are natural constituents of the earth’s crust , but indiscriminate human activities have drastically altered their geochemical cycles and biochemicals balance.
Any toxic metals may be called heavy metals.
Since heavy metals have a propensity to accumulate in selective body organs.
The average safety levels in food or water are often misleading high.
Heavy is any metal or metalloid of environmental concern.
Heavy metals are metallic element that have relatively high density usually greater than 5 g/cm3, or their density is greater than the density of water.
Vegetables are grown all over the world for human needs and proper supply nutritional supplement. Recently due to various anthropogenic activities such as mining, industrialization and agricultural activities like application of pesticides, fungicides and fertilizers, heavy metals are released in to the atmosphere, soil and water. These released heavy metals enter into the plant system through various physiological processes and it affects the plant growth and development. The concentration of heavy metals in the environment varies due to various activities and it becomes toxic when it reaches above the permissible limits. Accumulation of heavy metals occurs only when the vegetable crops are exposed to heavy metal contaminated environment, thus it enters into the food chain. When these heavy metals contaminated vegetables are consumed by human beings it causes various severe health ailments. In order to reduce the heavy metal toxicity, proper remediation steps have to be carried out in soil and irrigation water. Before consumption of any vegetables washing has to be done to reduce the adhered heavy metal particulates and through these simple steps we can remove the heavy metal adhered on the vegetable surface.
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A heavy metal is toxic when relatively it is dense metal or metalloid that is noted for its potential toxicity, especially in environmental contexts.
Heavy metal toxicity means excess of required concentration or it is unwanted which were found naturally on the earth, and become concentrated as a result of human caused activities.
Then enter in plant, animal and human tissues via inhalation, diet and manual handling, and can bind to, and interfere with the functioning of vital cellular components.
Primary source is atmosphere, Rocks, fertiliser, crop residue, organic manure, ammonium and nitrate salts. Available in both anionic and cationic forms.
Common Heavy Metal Contaminations and Its Hazard Sotheara Kong
This piece of education slide provide you a general information about 4 Common Heavy Metal Contamination and its Hazard in ground water. It consist of many information that may has advantage to the researcher especially someone who researching on removable of chemical contamination from ground water.
Vegetables are grown all over the world for human needs and proper supply nutritional supplement. Recently due to various anthropogenic activities such as mining, industrialization and agricultural activities like application of pesticides, fungicides and fertilizers, heavy metals are released in to the atmosphere, soil and water. These released heavy metals enter into the plant system through various physiological processes and it affects the plant growth and development. The concentration of heavy metals in the environment varies due to various activities and it becomes toxic when it reaches above the permissible limits. Accumulation of heavy metals occurs only when the vegetable crops are exposed to heavy metal contaminated environment, thus it enters into the food chain. When these heavy metals contaminated vegetables are consumed by human beings it causes various severe health ailments. In order to reduce the heavy metal toxicity, proper remediation steps have to be carried out in soil and irrigation water. Before consumption of any vegetables washing has to be done to reduce the adhered heavy metal particulates and through these simple steps we can remove the heavy metal adhered on the vegetable surface.
REDOX POTENTIAL MEASUREMENT AND ITS APPLICATION IN SOIL FERTILITYKARTHIKEYANB30
What is mean redox reaction, How to measure redox condition in soil, Application of redox potential in nutrient management, Kinetics of pH, EC, Nutrients in soil
A heavy metal is toxic when relatively it is dense metal or metalloid that is noted for its potential toxicity, especially in environmental contexts.
Heavy metal toxicity means excess of required concentration or it is unwanted which were found naturally on the earth, and become concentrated as a result of human caused activities.
Then enter in plant, animal and human tissues via inhalation, diet and manual handling, and can bind to, and interfere with the functioning of vital cellular components.
Primary source is atmosphere, Rocks, fertiliser, crop residue, organic manure, ammonium and nitrate salts. Available in both anionic and cationic forms.
Common Heavy Metal Contaminations and Its Hazard Sotheara Kong
This piece of education slide provide you a general information about 4 Common Heavy Metal Contamination and its Hazard in ground water. It consist of many information that may has advantage to the researcher especially someone who researching on removable of chemical contamination from ground water.
2022 PA AMR Conference Domestic Production of Critical Minerals 9:30AM 6/22/22Michael Hewitt, GISP
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Fly ash as a management would remain a great concern with the century. Practical value of fly ash in agriculture especially in wheat can be established after repeated field experiments. Bakri et al. (2012) reported 1.85% K2O in fly ash. Fly ash also a good source of potassium as it contains 3.01% K2O. Anguissola et al., (1999). Fly ash is although rich in majority of micro and macro nutrient such as Fe, Mn , Zn , Cu , Ca , and N ,P ,K, Mg, etc.
Abstract - Combustion of solid fuels used for household energy needs in developing communities generates poor indoor air quality. The particulate matter (PM) emitted from this combustion contains elemental carbon (EC), organic carbon (OC), and even traces of toxic metals. Using a standard water boiling test (WBT), three solid fuels (Kingsford Charcoal, Black Mesa Coal, and Pinon Pine) were combusted and the PM emissions were measured.
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change, and increasing global population, crop yield and quality need to be improved in a sustainable way over the coming decades. Genetic improvement by breeding is the best way to increase crop productivity. With the rapid progression of functional
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be linked to genomics information for crop improvement at all growth stages have become as important as genotyping. Thus,
high-throughput phenotyping has become the major bottleneck restricting crop breeding. Plant phenomics has been defined as the high-throughput, accurate acquisition and analysis of multi-dimensional phenotypes
during crop growing stages at the organism level, including the cell, tissue, organ, individual plant, plot, and field levels. With the rapid development of novel sensors, imaging technology,
and analysis methods, numerous infrastructure platforms have been developed for phenotyping.
Remote Sensing and Computational, Evolutionary, Supercomputing, and Intellige...University of Maribor
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11th International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (IcETRAN), Niš, 3-6 June 2024
Inter-Society Networking Panel GRSS/MTT-S/CIS Panel Session: Promoting Connection and Cooperation
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The ability to recreate computational results with minimal effort and actionable metrics provides a solid foundation for scientific research and software development. When people can replicate an analysis at the touch of a button using open-source software, open data, and methods to assess and compare proposals, it significantly eases verification of results, engagement with a diverse range of contributors, and progress. However, we have yet to fully achieve this; there are still many sociotechnical frictions.
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spanning 0.4−0.9µm) and novel JWST images with 14 filters spanning 0.8−5µm, including 7 mediumband filters, and reaching total exposure times of up to 46 hours per filter. We combine all our data
at > 2.3µm to construct an ultradeep image, reaching as deep as ≈ 31.4 AB mag in the stack and
30.3-31.0 AB mag (5σ, r = 0.1” circular aperture) in individual filters. We measure photometric
redshifts and use robust selection criteria to identify a sample of eight galaxy candidates at redshifts
z = 11.5 − 15. These objects show compact half-light radii of R1/2 ∼ 50 − 200pc, stellar masses of
M⋆ ∼ 107−108M⊙, and star-formation rates of SFR ∼ 0.1−1 M⊙ yr−1
. Our search finds no candidates
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infer the properties of the evolving luminosity function without binning in redshift or luminosity that
marginalizes over the photometric redshift uncertainty of our candidate galaxies and incorporates the
impact of non-detections. We find a z = 12 luminosity function in good agreement with prior results,
and that the luminosity function normalization and UV luminosity density decline by a factor of ∼ 2.5
from z = 12 to z = 14. We discuss the possible implications of our results in the context of theoretical
models for evolution of the dark matter halo mass function.
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Seminar of U.V. Spectroscopy by SAMIR PANDASAMIR PANDA
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Soilpollution with special reference to heavy metal toxicity and possible mitigation option
1. Soil pollution with special reference
to heavy metal toxicity
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya
Mohanpur-741252 District: Nadia West BengalMohanpur-741252 District: Nadia West Bengal
Dr. P.K. Mani
Lecturer (Res), Sr. Scale
pabitramani@gmail.com
www.bckv.edu.in
Department of Agricultural Chemistry & Soil Science
AICRP on Cropping Systems, Kalyani Centre
Winter school presentation
2. Fig. 1: How healthy soil is linked with healthy people
3. Rocks
in
Earth’s
crust
Air
Soil
Water
Plants
Birds
Domestic
animals
Fish
Humans
Source: Brady, N. C. The nature and properties of soil, 1994
Sources of heavy metals and their cycling in the soil-water-air organism ecosystem.
•Industrial
Products
•Burned
fuel
•Fertilizers
Pesticides
It should be noted that the content of metals in
tissue generally builds up from left to right, indicating
the vulnerability of humans to heavy metal toxicity
5. Oxidative stress: Redox active transition
metals (e.g. Fe2+, Cu2+) produce free radicals
Replace other essential metals in pigments
and enzymes
Some metal ions (Hg2+, Cu2+) react to thiol
groups to interfere protein structure and
functions
Some metals occur as radioactive isotopes
(238U, 137Cs etc.) to pose health risks`
Why metals are toxic to living organisms?Why metals are toxic to living organisms?
6. Chemical Major uses and sources of soil contamination
Arsenic Pesticides, plant desiccants, animal feed additives, coal and
petroleum, mine tailings and detergents
Cadmium Electroplating, pigments for plastics and paints, plastic
stabilizers and batteries, fertilizers
Chromium Stainless steel, chrome–plated metals, pigments and
refractory brick manufacture
Copper Mine tailings, fly ash, fertilizers, wind blown copper-
containing dust
Lead Combustion of oil, gasoline, and coal; iron and
steel production
Mercury Pesticides, catalysts for synthetic polymers,
metallurgy, thermometers
Nickel Combustion of coal, gasoline, and oil; alloy
manufacture, electroplating, batteries
Zinc Galvanized iron and steel, alloys, batteries, brass,
rubber manufacture
Source: Moore and Ramamoorthy (1984)
8. Global Emissions of trace Metals into theGlobal Emissions of trace Metals into the Atmosphere, Water and SoilAtmosphere, Water and Soil
Element
Air Water Soil
(in 1000 metric tones/yr)
As 18.8 41.0 82.0
Cd 7.6 9.4 22.0
Cr 30.0 142.0 896.0
Cu 35.0 112.0 954.0
Hg 3.6 4.6 8.3
Mn 38.0 262.0 1670.0
Mo 3.3 11.0 88.0
Ni 56.0 113.0 325.0
Pb 332.0 138.0 796.0
Sb 3.5 18.0 26.0
Vd 86.0 12.0 132.0
Zn 132.0 226.0 1372.0
Third North Sea Conference( Nriagu,1988)
9. ElementElement Essential or beneficial toEssential or beneficial to Potential toxicity toPotential toxicity to
PlantsPlants AnimalsAnimals PlantsPlants AnimalsAnimals
Arsenic (As)Arsenic (As) NoNo YesYes YesYes YesYes
CadmiumCadmium(Cd)(Cd) NoNo NoNo YesYes YesYes
ChromiumChromium(Cr)(Cr) NoNo YesYes YesYes DUDU
Cobalt (Co)Cobalt (Co) YesYes YesYes YesYes YesYes
Copper (Cu)Copper (Cu) YesYes YesYes YesYes YesYesbb
Lead (Pb)Lead (Pb) NoNo NoNo YesYes YesYes
Marcury (Hg)Marcury (Hg) NoNo NoNo DUDUaa
YesYes
Molyb (Mo)Molyb (Mo) YesYes YesYes DUDU YesYesbb
(5-20 ppm)(5-20 ppm)
Nickel (Ni)Nickel (Ni) NoNo YesYes YesYes YesYes
SeSe YesYes YesYes YesYes Yes(4ppm)Yes(4ppm)
Zinc (Zn)Zinc (Zn) YesYes YesYes DUDU DUDU
a
DU = Critical data on limits unavailable.b
Toxic to ruminants (sheep, cattle).
After Adriano 1986.
10. Sewage sludge –a potential threat to
heavy metal pollution in Indian soils
Fly-Ash: A meanace to the environment
Ground water pollution- Nitrate and ArsenicGround water pollution- Nitrate and Arsenic
Nuclear fallout and radioactive hazardsNuclear fallout and radioactive hazards
Inorganic fertilsersInorganic fertilsers
Tanery efflents and Waste waterTanery efflents and Waste water
11. Some of the potentially adverse Environmental and Health effects
Caused by forms of Nitrogen
Effect Causative Agent
Environmental quality
Eutrophication Nitrogen sources in surface waters
Corrosive damage HNO3
in rainfall (acid rain)
Ozone layer depletion Nitrous oxides from fuels, denitrification
And industrial stack emissions
Human Health
Methemoglobinemia Excess NO3
–
and NO2
–
in water and food
In infants, livestock
Respiratory illness PANs and other nitrogen oxides
Cancer Nitrosamines from NO2
–
and
secondary Amines in foodSoils- An Introduction to Soils and Plant Growth, Miller and Donahue
12. Heavy metal concentrations in soil amendments, expressed inHeavy metal concentrations in soil amendments, expressed in ppmppm
on a dry weight basison a dry weight basis
Soil amendment Cd Co Cr Cu Ni Pb Zn
Triple superphosphate 9 5 92 3 36 3 108
(0-46-0)
Urea (46-0-0) <0.1 <1 <3 <0.4 <1 <3 <1
Potassium chloride <0.1 2 <3 <0.6 4 3 <1
(0-0-60)
Agricultural lime <0.1 <1 <3 <0.2 5 <3 <2
Cow manure 1 6 56 62 29 16 71
Sewage sludgea 5 5 350 660 35 980 800
After Freedman and Hutchinson 1981, except aWebber and Nichols 1995
13. Contents of some heavy metals in fertilizers and sludges
Source Metal mg/kg dry material
Cd Cr Cu Pb Zn
Ammonim
Niitrate (A/N)
1.1 2.5 3.6 5.4 11.7
SSP 16.6 157.0 22.6 20.6 244.0
Compound
8-10-8
4.9 54.3 8.3 3.2 97.5
Sewage Sludge 20.0 500.0 250.0 700.0 3000.0
Source: Pain et al., 1991
14. Heavy metal composition of sewage sludge from different
cities in India
City Cu Zn Cd Cr Ni Pb
mg/kg
Ahmeda
bad
535 2147 3.5 60.4 32.3 76.8
Delhi 440 1610 5.5 53.5 81.5 34.5
Nagpur 272 832 1.5 49.2 14.8 24.3
Chennai 210 935 8.3 38.5 60.5 16.6
Jaipur 265 1720 7.3 17.6 37.5 66.9
Source : Maity et al (1992).
15. Reported range
(mg/kg dry digested sludge)
Element
Minimum Maximum
As 1.1 230
Cd 1.0 3410
Co 11.3 2990
Cu 84.0 17000
Cr 10.0 99000
F 80.1 33500
Hg 0.60 56
Mn 32.0 9870
Pb 13.0 26000
Se 1.70 17.2
Zn 101.0 49000
Concentrations of Trace elements in Municipal Sewage Sludges
Source: Lagon, T.J. (1990) Advances in Soil Science, Vol. 11
16. • Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Soil and Plant (mg/g)
Zn Cu Pb Cd Cr
Soils of Dhapa 1038-1256 154-196 79-113 0.38-0.52 9.1-17.0
Spinach 320-340 60-72 60-82 0.8-2.2 6.5-15.8
Cauliflower
Head
300-1100 20-30 30-90 Trace 5.2-5.7
Source: S. K. Gupta et al., 1997, Calcutta University
• Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Rohu fish (1.5 kg) on dry weight Basis (µg/g)
Parts Zn Cu Pb Cd Cr
Brain 3.2 trace 2.9 0.4 11.3
Muscle 29.1 3.4 2.4 0.5 0.9
Liver 53.1 79.5 3.3 6.1 3.2
Kidney 62.6 8.9 11.9 12.3 14.9
Source: Dr. R. N. Bhattacharyya, Head, CPCB, Kolkata, 1997
17. DTPA-extractable heavy metal in soils under different crops
irrigated with sewage and underground water
Crop Source of
irrigation
water
Zn Fe Cu Mn Cd
mg/kg
Berseem Sewage 13.4 75.3 24.4 33.2 0.119
Underground 4.2 38.0 7.8 28.4 0.074
Spinach Sewage 41.2 65.6 32.2 28.8 0.253
Underground 4.2 59.4 7.0 24.4 0.079
Coriander Sewage 21.1 69.0 49.4 23.0 0.208
Underground 6.6 32.4 9.5 18.4 0.054
Source : Sharma and Kansal (1986).
18. Some characteristics of waste water from domestic and
industrial locations in Ludhiana – An industrial city of Punjab
Location pH BOD Cr Ni CN
mg/kg
Electroplating
Industry
6.2-7.2 60-380 0.2-2.5 1.0-3.0 0.42-0.97
Sugar
Industry
7.1-7.9 1058-
1640
- - -
Paper
Industry 7.0-10.1 560-1113 - - -
Household 6.7-7.8 80-460 0.1-0.2 0.2-2.0 0.05-0.07
Max. limits for
disposal on
agril. land
5.5-9.0 100 0.1 0.005 0.2
Source : Tiwana et al (1987).
19. Tolerance limits for disposal of tannery effluents
Parameters Effluents to be discharged
Into inland surface
water
On land for
irrigation
pH 6.0-9.0 6.0-9.0
BOD (mg.L-1
) 30 100
Suspend solids 100 200
Chloride (as Cl) 1000 200
Cr 2.0 2.0
Sulphides 2.0 -
Na+
- 60
Oil and grease 10 10
Source: Environmental (Protection ) Rules (1986)
20. Recommended maximum concentrations (ppm) of heavy metals in
soils based on their cation exchange capacities (CEC)
CECa
Cu Co Hg Cd Cr Zn Pb Ni
CEC>15 50 34 0.14 2.4 120 160 70 60
CEC<15 25 >17 0.07 1.2 0 80 35 30
a
Measured as milliequivalents per 100 grams.
Source: Giroux et al. 1992.
“In agriculture CEC is next to photosynthesis ”-C.E .Marshal
21. Ash (generated from coal combustion) which is fine and carried away with
the flue gases is known as FA
Fly ash (FA) is finely divided residue resulting from the combustion of
pulverized bituminous coal or lignite
FA is gray in colour, abrasive, acidic, refractory in nature, fineness
4000-8000 sq. cm/g, size 5-120 equivalent diameter
FA is essentially an Amorphous ferroaluminosilicate minerals
Concentration of heavy metals in sized fractions of Fly-ash
Particle size Cr Mn Ni Pb Cd Cu
µg/g (average)
>150 67 355 86 86 15 67
150-106 78 368 98 54 16 66
106-75 86 425 98 62 15 64
75-53 80 445 102 59 13 69
<53 87 390 116 56 13 80
Average 80 396 100 57 14 61
Fulekar and Dave, 1986Fulekar and Dave, 1986
22. Concentration of HM in coal ash generated in power plants of
West Bengal
BTPS KTPS STPS DTPS FSTPS
Cr 20-100 40-80 80-200 <10-20 120-180
Cu 10-25 20-30 10-15 <10-15 10-20
Pb 10-20 10-40 10-35 <10-50 10-45
Mn 150-1000 300-2100 150-800 200-1000 400-800
Ni 10-35 74 - - -
V 15-90 - 15-150 - -
Mo - <10 <10 <10 <10
Zn - 200 200 200 200
Cd - BDL - - -
After: Saha, A. K., CSME, Kolkata
23. Nitrate concentration in Ground waters amples from
Tubewells located in Cultivated areas of Punjab
BlockBlock
No. ofNo. of
samplessamples
Mean NOMean NO33
mg/lmg/l
N-fert.applicationN-fert.application
kg/ha/yrkg/ha/yr
DehlonDehlon 8484 17.017.0 249.0249.0
LudhianaLudhiana 3333 13.813.8 258.0258.0
SudharSudhar 4343 17.417.4 242.0242.0
KartarpurKartarpur 3434 12.112.1 193.0193.0
JandialaguruJandialaguru 2424 18.318.3 172.0172.0
MalerkotlaMalerkotla 1818 17.817.8 151.0151.0
Bajwa et al. 1992Bajwa et al. 1992
24. Gary Bañuelos, Soil Scientist with the USDA
Agricultural Research Service, inspects the
leaves of a transgenic Indian mustardIndian mustard
plant used to remove seleniumselenium from
contaminated soil. (Photo by Stella
Zambrzuski, USDA ARS)
25. Canola and Kenaf plants do a good job of cleaning
up of soil and water contaminated with Selenium
26. The ultimate solution is to volatilise Se completely from the
ecosystem using plants like Indian mustardIndian mustard and pickleweedpickleweed that
convert toxic selenateselenate and seleniteselenite into volatile non-toxic Se
forms such as dimethyl selenidedimethyl selenide. A recent breakthrough has
enabled Prof Terry'Terry's team to genetically engineer Indian mustard
to enhance the rate of Se volatilisation. Both Prof Terry and Dr
David Salt10 from Purdue University are looking at ways to use
plants like Indian mustard11 to clean up cadmium-laden soils.
27. Arsenic source in groundwater in the Ganga basin
Holocene periodHolocene period
Basalt rock
29.
Air
As2O5 As2O3 (CH3)3As (CH3)2AsO(OH)
Water Oxidation
H3AsO4 H3AsO3 (CH3)3As (CH3)2AsH
microbes
Sediment
biomethylation
AsO2(OH)2
-
AsO(OH) (CH3)2AsO(OH)
redn.
FeAsO4 As2S3 (CH3)3As
Arsenic speciation in soil, water and air
30. The Eh -pH diagram for As at 250
C,1 atm. with total arsenic 10-5
mol L-1
and total sulfur 10-3
mol L-1
(Ferguson and Gavis,1972)
Eh,Volts
pH
31. Source: Arsenic is a new terror; Asit Kumar Roy; Desh
D
R
A
W
D
O
W
N
Radius of influence
Cone of
Depression
WT
Vadose zone
Arseno
pyrite
Darcy’s Law
Pitticite
32. Crop Arsenic conc. (mg/kg) at harvest
Leaf Stem Root Eco. Produce
Ele-foot-yam 4.30 8.0 - 4.0
Green gram 5.10 4.9 4.7 4.3
Cowpea 4.91 5.1 5.2 2.1
Maize 3.30 6.2 5.2 2.6
Rice (boro) 10.2 5.7 5.9 10.0
Jute 3.5 8.0 6.8 4.0
Potato 3.9 9.3 - 5.9
Mustard 7.1 9.8 5.7 3.3
Ground nut 2.0 2.0 2.2 4.0
Sesame 2.0 2.0 4.0 0.6
Crops were subjected to irrigation with water containing 0.22 mg As / lit of water
Soil had an Olsen-extractable arsenic content of 1.23 to 1.37 mg/kg of soil (initial)
Source : Prof. S. K. SanyalSource : Prof. S. K. Sanyal
Arsenic uptake by different plant parts of crops grown in Gotera, Chakdah
33. Measured total Arsenic content in the various
plant parts
Total arsenic is not so fatal-it is only theTotal arsenic is not so fatal-it is only the
trivalent form which is highly toxic thantrivalent form which is highly toxic than otherother
formsforms
So we need speciation of arsenicSo we need speciation of arsenic
Speciation of arsenic can be done by FlameSpeciation of arsenic can be done by Flame
Ionisation Atomic Spectrometer (FIAS)Ionisation Atomic Spectrometer (FIAS)
attachment in AASattachment in AAS
34. Mechanism of As mobilization in groundwater in Bengal Basin
Hypothesis1 ‘ Pyrite oxidation hypothesis’
Arsenic rich iron bearing minerals like “Arsenopyrite” may be present in the aquifer
sediments. Aresenopyrite is being oxidized by atmospheric oxygen which invades the
aquifer in response to lowering of groundwater level (Mandal et al. 1996)
♣ Hypothesis 2 ‘Oxyhydroxide reduction hypothesis’
ii) The burial of the sediments, rich in organic matter, has led to strongly reducing
groundwater conditions. Arsenic may be released when arsenic-rich iron oxyhydroxides, which
are efficient arsenic –scavengers, are reduced in anoxic groundwater.
♣ Order of toxicity : AsH3
> (CH3
)2
AsH, > (CH3
)3
As >As2
O3
>H3
AsO3
>As2
O5
> H3
AsO4
♣ Max. Health permissible limit in drinking water : 0.05 ppm (WHO)
♣ Biochemical effects
SH O S
+ As O-
As O-
SH O S
enzyme
enzyme
35. Arsenic affected people of Chakdaha blockArsenic affected people of Chakdaha block
Can Arsenicum 30 reduce the toxicity?Can Arsenicum 30 reduce the toxicity?
A
R
S
E
N
I
C
O
S
I
S
36. Then what is the way out???Then what is the way out???
PHYTOREMEDIATION
THE GREEN-CURE TECHNOLOGY
37. Natural Microbial Bioremediators
On March 24, 1989, an oil tanker ( Exxon Valdez) crashed into a reef
Alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of oil . 10 weeks after the spill, the
U.S.E.P.A applied P and N fertilizers
to 750 oil-soaked sites.
Hudson River in New York with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by the
Company GEC
Buried anaerobic bacteria strip off chlorines.
In the water column, aerobic bacteria cleave the two organic rings of the
PCBs.
Other microorganisms degrade the dechlorinated, broken rings into
CO2,H2O,Cl .
Natural Plant Bioremediators
Hyperaccumulators, cope with excess heavy metals in the environment by
taking them in and sequestering them in vacuoles.
Chelation : when the plant combines a pollutant with another molecule,
Organic acids often serve this role.
Citric acid, detoxifies cadmium, and malic acid does the same for zinc.
phytochelatins -a class of polypeptides can also bind metals and escort
them .
metal-lothioneins - metal-binding proteins
39. What is phytoremediation?
“Use of green plants to remove pollutants
from the environment or render them
harmless”
Salt et al. (1998)
This concept has emerged from a broader
philosophy of Bioremediation where besides
plants, soil microorganisms are also used for
amelioration of organic and inorganic
contaminants
40. Phytoextraction Phytodegradation Rhizofiltration Phytostabilization Phytovolatilization
Phytorem ediation
Different approaches of phytoremediation
Accumulati
on of
metals in
shoot
tissues
followed by
harvesting
Use of plants
and
associated
microbes to
degrade
organic
pollutants
Use of plant
roots to
absorb and
adsorb
metals from
aqueous
waste stream
Reduction in
leaching,
runoff, soil
erosion and
bioavailability
of toxic
metals
Use of
plants to
volatilize
pollutants
41. Advantages and disadvantages of PhytoremediationAdvantages and disadvantages of Phytoremediation
Advantages Limitations
Amendable to a variety of organic
and inorganic compounds
Restricted to sites with shallow
contamination within rooting
zone of remediative plants
In Situ/Ex Situ application possible
with effluent/soil
May take up several years to
remediate a contaminated site
In Situ applications decrease the
amount of soil disturbance
Restricted to sites with low
contaminant concn.
Reduces the amount of waste to be
landfilled(upto 95%), can be
further utilized as bio ore of
heavy metals
Harvested plant biomass from
phytoextraction may be
classified as a hazardous waste
In Situ applications decrease
spread of contaminant via air
and water
Climatic conditions are limiting
factor
47. Uptake,transport and metabolism in transgenic A. thaliana plants
overexpressing two bacterial genes, arsC and Y-ECS(gamma
glutamyl cysteine synthatase.
48. Tolerance mechanisms for inorganic and organic pollutants in
plant cells.
Detoxification generally involves conjugation followed by active
sequestration in the vacuole and apoplast,where the pollutant can
do the least harm
Pollutant
(inorg)
Pollutant
(organic)
Cell Wall
VacuoleVacuole
SequestrationSequestration
Conjugation
GSH,Glutathion
MT, Metallothioneins
Phytochelatins
49. Disposal of hyper-accumulator plant refuse
Harvest
Incineration
Controlled disposal of
ash to underground –
away from root zone
and aquifer
Phytomining
Jade green alkaloid from cut stem of
Phyllanthus palawanensis contains
88,580 µg Ni g-1
dry weight
50. Bio-accumulation coefficients of
Brassica sp. at maturity stage
Bio-accumulation coefficients of
Brassica sp. at maturity stage
Species Zn Cu Ni Pb Yield*
B. juncea 6.83 3.08 3.21 12.86 25.40
B.
campestris
12.48 2.59 13.61 2.56 18.66
B. carinata 11.89 1.94 12.30 17.72 37.70
B. napus 9.87 1.14 8.98 9.37 31.70
B. nigra 9.56 2.04 8.66 7.94 31.04
*Above ground biomass yield expressed in g/pot
Bioaccumulation coefficient: Metal content in plant biomass
Labile metal content in soil
51. Novel Finding!Novel Finding!
For the first time Brassica carinata is
being reported as a possible hyper-
accumulator for Zn, Ni and Pb
Chhonker et al, 2004Chhonker et al, 2004
52. Defective baby due to radioactivity is known as Down’s syndrome
Radioactivity due to nuclear fall out leads several pollution to soil
Source of radioactive contamination:
Fallout from testing of nuclear weapons
Waste products and effluents from nuclear reactors
Sr90
, Cs137
, I131
Max. permissible limit of absorbing radiation : 0.5 REM
53. The chemicals to which life is asked to make
its adjustment are . . . the synthetic creations
of man's inventive mind, brewed in his
laboratories, and having no counterparts in
nature.
Rachel Carson
Silent Spring
54. Upon this handful of soil
Our Survival depends
Husband it & it will grow
Our food, fiber & fuel
& surround us with beauty,
Abuse it, the soil will degrade
& collaspe taking mankind