Health and environment
Mohsen Yazdani; Hosein Alidadi; Aliakbar Dehghan; Mojtaba Davoudi; Mahmood Dankoob; Mahmoud Taghavi; Reza Ataei; Aliasghar Navaei
Volume 26, Issue 1 , March and April 2019, , Pages 153-159
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Pistachio hull, a by-product of Pistachio processing, is a source of environmental pollution and can cause the health problems. Therefore, it must be treated by proper, sanitary and economical manners. One of the basic parameters for compost valuation is determine the amount of heavy metals. The objective ...
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Pistachio hull, a by-product of Pistachio processing, is a source of environmental pollution and can cause the health problems. Therefore, it must be treated by proper, sanitary and economical manners. One of the basic parameters for compost valuation is determine the amount of heavy metals. The objective of the present study was to determiner the concentration of heavy metals (pb, Cd, cr, Zn, Ni, Cu ) in the compost produced from mixed Pistachio Hull and livestock and Compare levels of heavy metals with the limits of international and internal standards.Material & Methods: This study is a descriptive cross-sectional that in sampling was two-stage in September 2014 and October 2015 A total from 2 composting pile , Compound sampling based ,26sample were selected. After digestion of the samples, the concentrations of metals( Pb ,Cd, Zn,Cr,Cu,Ni) by means of atomic absorption analysis and the concentration of a component in the sample based on mg / kg dw were reported.
Health and environment
Amirhossein Baghaie
Volume 25, Issue 5 , November and December 2018, , Pages 659-668
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Background: Interaction effect of heavy metal and some metals such as Fe can affect soil heavy metal availability. Thus, this research was conducted to investigate the effect of Arak municipal sewage sludge compost with iron slag on decreasing cadmium uptake by pot marigold. Materials and methods:: Treatments ...
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Background: Interaction effect of heavy metal and some metals such as Fe can affect soil heavy metal availability. Thus, this research was conducted to investigate the effect of Arak municipal sewage sludge compost with iron slag on decreasing cadmium uptake by pot marigold. Materials and methods:: Treatments were consist of applying enriched Arak municipal sewage sludge compost (0, 15 and 30 t ha-1) with 0 and 5% pure Fe from iron slag of Mobarakeh Steel Complex in a polluted soil (0, 5, 10 and 15 mg Cd kg-1 soil). After 60 days, soil physic-chemical properties and root and shoot Cd concentration of pot marigold was measured and the least significant difference (LSD) statistical analysis was used to determine the differences between the means (p=0.05).Results: Increasing the loading rate of Arak municipal sewage sludge compost from 0 to 15 and 30 t ha-1 in a Cd polluted soil (10 mg Cd soil-1) caused a decreasing in Cd availability by 15 and 35 percent, respectively, while the Fe availability increased by 5.6 and 8.4 times, respectively. Similar to this result, root and shoot Cd concentration was decreased by 24 and 18%, respectively. Conclusion: The result of this study showed that applying sewage sludge compost enriched with 5% Fe pure can probably affect soil physico-chemical properties that increasing soil and plant Fe availability and thereby, decreasing Cd availability.
Ghasem Kiani Feizabadi; Amir Hossein Mahvi; Mohammad Hadi Dehghani; Ramin Nabizadeh; Morteza Barani
Volume 22, Issue 1 , March and April 2015, , Pages 57-65
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Background: Leachate, including various pollutants such as heavy metals, is generated during collection, trasportation and disposal of solid waste as well as composting process. Lack of control, disregarding the leachate treatment and heavy metals removal cause environmental pollution. This study was ...
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Background: Leachate, including various pollutants such as heavy metals, is generated during collection, trasportation and disposal of solid waste as well as composting process. Lack of control, disregarding the leachate treatment and heavy metals removal cause environmental pollution. This study was aimed to investigate the efficiency of heavy metals removal from Isfahan composting leachate, using the following coagulants ferric chloride, poly ferric sulfate and poly aluminium chloride.
Materials and Method: In this experimental study, leachate samples were collected from the Isfahan composting leachate´s collection ponds. At first, leachate characteristics including TSS, BOD, COD and pH as well as the following heavy metals: Cd, Cr, Zn, Cu and Ni were measured according to the standard methods. Jar-test experiments were carried out to examine the effects of changing coagulants' dosage (0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 and 3 g/L) and pH values (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12) on the removal of heavy metals. As a result, the effective dosage, optimum pH and the most convenient coagulant were identified.
Results: Investigating the average concentration of mentioned heavy metals, Zn had the highest concentration in leachate (6.2 mg/L) followed by Ni, Cu, Cr and Cd with the concentrations of 2.15, 0.62, 0.48 and 0.21 mg/L, respectively. The optimum pH for precipitation of the metals using poly aluminium chloride, Ferric chloride and poly ferric sulfate was 7, 10 and 11, respectively. Optimum concentration of the three mentioned coagulants was 1.5, 1.5 and 2 g/L, respectively. Poly ferric sulfate with 70% to 87% of heavy metals and 50% of COD removal has the highest efficiency, followed by poly aluminium chloride with 65% to 85% and Ferric chloride with 75% to 80% of heavy metals removal.
Conclusion: Among the three mentioned coagulants, poly ferric sulfate is the most effective followed by poly aluminium chloride and ferric chloride, respectively. Since poly ferric sulfate and poly aluminium chloride are more expensive compared to other coagulants, economic estimations need to be done according to their efficiency to choose the best coagulant.
Roshanak Rezaei Kalantary; Ahmad Allah-Abadi; Mehdi Farzadkia; Ayyob Rastgar; Ahmad Joneidi Jafari; Abdolmajid Gholizadeh
Volume 19, Issue 3 , September and October 2012, , Pages 277-286
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Background: Leaching of nutrients and heavy metals from municipal solid waste compost leads to accumulation of certain elements in soil layers, causing underground water pollution. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of compost on leaching and adsorption of heavy metals and nutrients ...
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Background: Leaching of nutrients and heavy metals from municipal solid waste compost leads to accumulation of certain elements in soil layers, causing underground water pollution. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of compost on leaching and adsorption of heavy metals and nutrients (sodium, potassium, and sulfate) from silt-loamy soils. Materials and Methods: In this empirical, applied study, three polyethylene columns (height 50 cm, inner diameter 10 cm), filled with sandy clay loam soil, were randomly selected. Then, 10 kg of compost per square meter were sprayed onto the columns, and leachates exiting the columns were routinely analyzed for pH, electrical conductivity, sulfate, sodium, potassium, lead, chromium, and cadmium. Data analysis was performed with Excel and SPSS software using Kruskall-Wallis test. Results: The data showed that the use of enriched and unenriched compost leachate decreased pH (from 7.43±17.0 to 6.7±0.25 and 7.07±0.11, respectively) and increased the electrical conductivity (EC) (from 1.8±0.3 mSiemens/m to 3.7±0.12 and 12.87±0.41 mSiemens/m respectively). Leakage of metals in the unenriched treatments was not significantly different from the control (p>0.78), but leakage with three metal-enriched compost applications was significant compared with control (p