加纳纳夫朗戈开放式垃圾场的土壤质量和重金属污染
Olutayo A Oluyinka1, Mary-Magdalene Pedavoah2, James Abugri3
1Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemical and Biochemical Sciences, C. K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Navrongo, Ghana. biodunolu@gmail.com.
Environmental monitoring and assessment
|August 3, 2024
概括
加纳杜杜姆比亚垃圾场附近的土壤显示营养物质有所改善,但严重受到重金属污染,特别是 (Cd) 和 (Hg),造成严重的健康风险.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 土壤科学 土壤科学
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
背景情况:
- 人类定居点附近的开放式垃圾场对环境和健康构成风险.
- 废弃物中的重金属污染是全球日益关注的问题.
- 加纳纳夫朗戈的杜杜姆比亚垃圾场越来越多地侵占住宅区.
研究的目的:
- 评估垃圾倾倒对土壤物理化学性质的影响.
- 量化重金属污染 (Pb,Cd,Ni,Cr,As,Hg,Cu,Mn,Zn) 和相关的生态风险.
- 评估土壤质量,以便进行潜在的整治和土地利用规划.
主要方法:
- 土壤采样和物理化学性质分析.
- 使用已建立的指数 (Igeo, PLI, Er, PERI) 量化重金属.
- 污染和生态风险评估工具的应用.
主要成果:
- 土壤营养素 (P,C,N,Ca,Mg,K,Na) 和CEC (50.82078.3%) 的显著增加.
- 几种金属的地质积累指数 (Igeo) 表示中度至极度污染.
- 16.241的污染负荷指数 (PLI) 和1810的潜在生态风险指数 (PERI) 表示高污染.
- 生态风险值 (Er) 从低到非常高,其中 (Cd) 和 (Hg) 构成最大的威胁.
结论:
- 杜杜姆比亚遗址的垃圾倾倒改善了土壤的一些营养参数,但严重污染了土壤的重金属.
- 土壤恶化,并带来严重的健康风险,主要是由于 (Cd) 和 (Hg) 的污染.
- 优先考虑修复策略以减轻 (Cd) 和 (Hg) 的风险,对于环境和人类健康的保护至关重要.
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