Geochemical Speciation and Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Soils and Sediments
Santosh Kumar Sarkar,Paulo J.C. Favas,Dibyendu Rakshit,Kamala Kanta Satpathy +3 more
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In this paper, heavy metals entering natural water become part of the watersediment system and their distribution processes are controlled by a dynamic set of physico-chemical interactions and equilibria.Abstract:
Heavy metal pollution is a serious and widely environmental problem due to the persistent and non-biodegradable properties of these contaminants. Sediments serve as the ultimate sink of heavy metals in the marine environment and they play an important role in the transport and storage of potentially hazardous metals. They are introduced into the aquatic system as a result of weathering of soil and rocks, from volcanic eruptions and from a variety of human activities involving mining, dredging, processing and use of metals and/or substances containing metal contaminants. Heavy metals entering natural water become part of the watersediment system and their distribution processes are controlled by a dynamic set of physico‐ chemical interactions and equilibria. The properties of metals in soils and sediments depend on the physiochemical form in which they occur [1]. Heavy metals are distributed throughout soil and sediment components and associated with them in various ways, including adsorp‐ tion, ion exchange, precipitation and complexation and so on [2]. Changes in environmental conditions, such as temperature, pH, redox potential and organic ligand concentrations, can cause metals to be released from solid to liquid phase and sometimes cause contamination of surrounding waters in aquatic systems [3]. They are not permanently fixed by soil or sediment. Therefore, it cannot provide sufficient information about mobility, bioavailability and toxicity of metals if their total contents are studied alone.read more
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