Heavy-metal absorption by perennial ryegrass and Swiss chard grown in potted soils amended with ashes from 18 municipal refuse incinerators. [Lolium perenne; Beta vulgaris L]

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990 · Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jf00091a042· OSTI ID:6798962

Bache, C A; Lisk, D J ^[1]

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1. Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (USA)

Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) and swiss chard (Beta vulgaris L.) were grown in pots of mardin silt loam soil amended with 5 or 10% by weight of fly ash, bottom ash, or mixtures of both from 18 municipal refuse incinerators representing about one-fourth of all those operating in the US. The ash and plant material were analyzed for total cadmium, lead, and zinc. The correlation coefficients (r) for the concentration of cadmium, lead, and zinc in the ashes and that in the following crops were, respectively, as follows: ryegrass (first cutting), 0.9964, 0.7600, 0.9699; ryegrass (second cutting), 0.9946, 0.6895, 0.9474; swiss chard, 0.9153, 0.7609., 0.9580. Poor plant growth occurred in a few of the treatments containing ash notably higher in dissolved solids, cadmium, and zinc. The origin and association of heavy metals in refuse ash and their reactions in soils are reviewed.

• OSTI ID: 6798962
• Journal Information: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry; (USA), Vol. 38:1; ISSN 0021-8561
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
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BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
LEAD
ZINC
FLY ASH
INCINERATORS
MUNICIPAL WASTES
PLANT GROWTH
RYE
SOILS
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VEGETABLES
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ASHES
CEREALS
ELEMENTS
FOOD
GRAMINEAE
GROWTH
LILIOPSIDA
MAGNOLIOPHYTA
METALS
PLANTS
RESIDUES
WASTES
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