The risks for human health and the ecosystem due to potentially toxic elements (PTEs) were investigated in a farmland classified as potentially contaminated by Cr and Zn by analysing native vegetation and relative rhizo-soils. Rhizo-soils of different plant species were found to be enriched by Cr and Zn as well as by elements omitted from official environmental characterization, namely Cd, As and Pb. The ecological risk index (ERI) had a mean value of 510, indicating high to “very high” risk in different habitats. ERI above the very high risk threshold characterized the rhizo-soils of Lolium perenne, Erigeron sumatrensis, Oloptum thomasii and Amaranthus retroflexus. Two of these plant species (E. sumatrensis and A. retroflexus) are exotic in Italy and accumulated Cd in the shoots above the EU threshold for forage, suggesting a potential risk of Cd transfer to the food chain. Hence, this element was found to contribute most to the ERI. Cynodon dactylon was recognized as the most suitable plant species for the phytostabilization of the contaminated site, as it showed the highest bioavailable Cd accumulation in roots coupled with the highest frequency and soil-cover capacity during spring-summer, when the risk of soil resuspension is generally more intense.

Analysis of native vegetation for detailed characterization of a soil contaminated by tannery waste / Visconti, D.; Fiorentino, N.; Caporale, A. G.; Stinca, A.; Adamo, P.; Motti, R.; Fagnano, M.. - In: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION. - ISSN 0269-7491. - 252:Pt B(2019), pp. 1599-1608. [10.1016/j.envpol.2019.06.125]

Analysis of native vegetation for detailed characterization of a soil contaminated by tannery waste

Visconti D.
;
Fiorentino N.
Writing – Review & Editing
;
Caporale A. G.
Membro del Collaboration Group
;
Stinca A.
Membro del Collaboration Group
;
Adamo P.
Membro del Collaboration Group
;
Motti R.
Membro del Collaboration Group
;
Fagnano M.
Supervision
2019

Abstract

The risks for human health and the ecosystem due to potentially toxic elements (PTEs) were investigated in a farmland classified as potentially contaminated by Cr and Zn by analysing native vegetation and relative rhizo-soils. Rhizo-soils of different plant species were found to be enriched by Cr and Zn as well as by elements omitted from official environmental characterization, namely Cd, As and Pb. The ecological risk index (ERI) had a mean value of 510, indicating high to “very high” risk in different habitats. ERI above the very high risk threshold characterized the rhizo-soils of Lolium perenne, Erigeron sumatrensis, Oloptum thomasii and Amaranthus retroflexus. Two of these plant species (E. sumatrensis and A. retroflexus) are exotic in Italy and accumulated Cd in the shoots above the EU threshold for forage, suggesting a potential risk of Cd transfer to the food chain. Hence, this element was found to contribute most to the ERI. Cynodon dactylon was recognized as the most suitable plant species for the phytostabilization of the contaminated site, as it showed the highest bioavailable Cd accumulation in roots coupled with the highest frequency and soil-cover capacity during spring-summer, when the risk of soil resuspension is generally more intense.
2019
Analysis of native vegetation for detailed characterization of a soil contaminated by tannery waste / Visconti, D.; Fiorentino, N.; Caporale, A. G.; Stinca, A.; Adamo, P.; Motti, R.; Fagnano, M.. - In: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION. - ISSN 0269-7491. - 252:Pt B(2019), pp. 1599-1608. [10.1016/j.envpol.2019.06.125]
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