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Distribution of Cd, Ni, Cr, and Pb in Amended Soils from Alicante Province (SE, Spain)

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Heavy metals can be transferred from soils to other ecosystem parts and affect ecosystems and human health through the food chain. Today the use of biosolids to improve the nutrient contents of a soil is a common practice. Contamination of soils by potentially toxic elements (e.g., Cd, Ni, Cr, Pb) from amendments of biosolids is subject to strict controls within the European Community in relation to total permissible metal concentrations, soil properties and intended use. In this context, heavy metal concentrations were studied in agricultural soils devoted to vegetable crops in the province of Alicante (SE Spain), where an intensive agriculture takes place. This study is aimed at ascertaining the chemical partitioning of Cd, Ni, Cr, and Pb in agricultural soils repeatedly amended with sludge. Selected soil properties relevant to control the mobility and bioavaibility of heavy metals were analyzed for the general characterisation of these agricultural soils. The distribution of chemical forms of Cd, Ni, Cr, and Pb in five biosolids-amended soils was studied using a sequential extraction procedure that fractionates the metal into soluble-exchangeable, specifically sorbed-carbonate bound, oxidizable, reducible, and residual forms. The biosolids incorporation has modified the soil composition, leading to the increment of heavy metals. The residual, reducible, and carbonate-sorbed forms were dominant. Detailed knowledge of the soil at the application site, especially pH, CEC, buffering capacity, organic matter, clay minerals, and clay content, is essential.

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  1. Department of Agrarian Sciences and Environment, University Jaume I, Campus de Riu Sec s/n, 12080, Castellón, Spain

    Francisco Pardo & Teófilo Sanfeliu

  2. Department of Agrochemistry and Environment, University Miguel Hernandez, Elche. Avda. de la Universidad s/n, Elche, Alicante, 03202, Spain

    Manuel Miguel Jordán & Silvia Pina

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Pardo, F., Jordán, M.M., Sanfeliu, T. et al. Distribution of Cd, Ni, Cr, and Pb in Amended Soils from Alicante Province (SE, Spain). Water Air Soil Pollut 217, 535–543 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-010-0607-6

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