Cadmium uptake by wheat from sewage sludge used as a plant nutrient source: a comparative study using flameless atomic absorption and neutron activation analysis

Journal Article · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1973 · Arch. Environ. Health; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/00039896.1973.10666306· OSTI ID:6093890

Linnman, L; Andersson, A; Nilsson, K O; Lind, B; Kjellstroem, T; Friberg, L

Wheat has been grown in test pots at four different sewage sludge concentrations and three different pH levels in order to study the cadmium uptake from sewage sludge. The sludge contained 10 parts per million (ppm) cadmium, which is below the average cadmium concentration in sludge from Swedish sewage sludge plants. The analysis of cadmium in wheat has been performed by two methods, atomic absorption and neutron activation analysis, and good agreement was found between results from the methods. The results show that the cadmium uptake increases strongly with increasing sewage sludge concentrations. It can be concluded beyond any doubt that cadmium from sewage sludge used as a plant nutrient source is resorbed by plants. The pH of the soil was found to be of great importance for the uptake of cadmium. Lower pH gave greater cadmium uptake. 7 references, 1 figure, 4 tables.

• Research Organization: National Swedish Environment Protection Board, Stockholm
• OSTI ID: 6093890
• Journal Information: Arch. Environ. Health; (United States), Journal Name: Arch. Environ. Health; (United States) Vol. 27; ISSN AEHLA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ABSORPTION
ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY
ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
CADMIUM
CEREALS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CHRONIC EXPOSURE
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
GRASS
GROUND DISPOSAL
MANAGEMENT
METALS
PLANTS
ROOT ABSORPTION
SEWAGE
SEWAGE SLUDGE
SLUDGES
SPECTROSCOPY
UPTAKE
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WHEAT