Cadmium content of soybeans grown in sewage sludge amended soil

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1973 · J. Environ. Qual.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq1973.00472425000200030009x· OSTI ID:6594391

Jones, R L; Hinesly, T D; Ziegler, E L

Disposal of municipal sludge on cropland raises the question of availability to plants of Cd which is often much more concentrated in sludges compared to native levels in soil. In a greenhouse experiment, Cd added in a factorial design with heated anaerobically digested sewage sludge and Cd acetate as factors was readily available to the soybean plant (Glycine max L.) where it was translocated to aerial parts, accumulating up to 18 ppm in the mature plant. Incremental additions of sewage sludge tended to depress the Cd levels observed in the mature plant and seed. Cd contents in the plant at harvest and in seed were directly related to soil levels extractable by 0.1N HCl. Seed levels of about 1.0 ppm Cd produced by application of 144 metric tons/ha of sludge solids were not within toxic limits reported in the literature.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• OSTI ID: 6594391
• Journal Information: J. Environ. Qual.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Environ. Qual.; (United States) Vol. 2:3; ISSN JEVQA
• 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.
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CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CONTAMINATION
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