DISTRIBUCIÓN DE PLOMO EN SUELOS CONTAMINADOS EN EL ENTORNO DE UNA PLANTA DE RECICLAJE DE BATERÍAS ÁCIDAS

Total Pb, Cd, Cu, Ni and Zn concentrations and the distribution of lead in soils from a farmland near a battery recycling plant in Madrid (Spain) were investigated to establish a possiblerelationship with a recent episode of horses death that presented lead intoxication symptoms before dying. Total...

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Autores: CALA, Victoria, KUNIMINE, Yukihiko
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Internacional de Contaminación Ambiental
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/23751
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistascca.unam.mx/rica/index.php/rica/article/view/23751
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:lead distribution
acid lead battery
soils
lead contamination
sequential extraction
distribución de plomo
baterías ácidas
suelos
contaminación por plomo
extracción secuencial
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Sumario:Total Pb, Cd, Cu, Ni and Zn concentrations and the distribution of lead in soils from a farmland near a battery recycling plant in Madrid (Spain) were investigated to establish a possiblerelationship with a recent episode of horses death that presented lead intoxication symptoms before dying. Total Pb and Cd levels presented a clear decrease with distance to the battery recycling plant, ranging from 5906 to 171 mg Pb/kg soil and 11.0 to 1.58 mg Cd/kg in soils from 40 to 400 m from the plant. A five-step chemical fractionation procedure revealed that lead was mainly in the non residual fractions that accounted for more than 96 % of total lead in the most polluted soils. Acidification caused by acid effluents from the recycling plant drecreased markly the pH of the soils (from aprox. 7.0 to 3.14) and increased the soil Pb extracted in the soluble andexchangeable fraction for more than 37 % of Pb total soil.