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Qu H, Ding K, Ao M, Ye Z, Liu T, Hu Z, Cao Y, Morel JL, Baker AJM, Tang Y, Qiu R, Wang S. New insights into the controversy of reactive mineral-controlled arsenopyrite dissolution and arsenic release. WATER RESEARCH 2024; 262:122051. [PMID: 39024668 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2024] [Revised: 06/07/2024] [Accepted: 07/04/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
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Serious arsenic (As) contaminations could commonly result from the oxidative dissolution of As-containing sulfide minerals, such as arsenopyrite (FeAsS). Pyrite (Py) and calcite (Cal) are two typically co-existing reactive minerals and represent different geological scenarios. Previous studies have shown that a high proportion of Py can generate a stronger galvanic effect and acid dissolution, thereby significantly promoting the release of arsenic. However, this conclusion overlooks calcite's antagonistic effect on the release of As in the natural environment. That antagonistic effect could remodel the linear relationship of pyrite on the oxidative dissolution of arsenopyrite, thus altering the environmental risk of As. We examined As release from arsenopyrite along a gradient of Py to Cal molar ratios (Py:Cal). The results showed that the lowest As release from arsenopyrite was surprisingly found in co-existing Py and Cal systems than in the singular Cal system, let alone in the singular Py system. This phenomenon indicated an interesting possibility of Py assistance to Cal inhibition of As release, though Py has always been regarded as a booster, also evidenced in this research, for As release from arsenopyrite. In singular systems of Py and Cal, As continued to be released for 60 days. However, in co-existing Py and Cal systems, As was released non-linearly in three stages over time: initial release (0-1 Day), immobilization (1-15 Days), and subsequent re-release (>15 Days). This is a new short-term natural attenuation stage for As, but over time, this stage gradually collapses. During the re-release stage (> 15 Days), a higher molar ratio of Py:Cal (increasing from 1:9 to 9:1) results in a lower rate constant k (mg·L-1·h-1) of As release (range from 0.0011 to 0.0002), and a higher abundance of secondary minerals formed (up to 26 mg/g goethite and hematite at Py: Cal=9:1). This demonstrates that increasing the Py:Cal molar ratio results in the formation of more secondary minerals which compensate for the higher potential antagonistic mechanisms generated by pyrites, such as acid dissolution and galvanic effect. These results explain the mechanisms of the high-risk characteristics of As both in acidic mine drainage and karst aquifers and discover the lowest risk in pyrite and calcite co-existing regions. Moreover, we emphasize that reactive minerals are important variables that can't be ignored in predicting As pollution in the future.
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- Haojie Qu
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China; Université de Lorraine, INRAE, LSE, F-54000 Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, INRAE, LSE, F-54000 Nancy, France; School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC3010, Australia
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China.
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Colombi F, Holland A, Baldwin D, Lawrence S, Davies P, Rutherfurd I, Grove J, Turnbull J, Macklin M, Hil G, Silvester E. Legacy effects of historical gold mining on floodplains of an Australian river. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH 2024; 46:247. [PMID: 38869651 PMCID: PMC11176104 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-024-02003-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2024] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024]
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The gold rush at the end of the nineteenth century in south-eastern Australia resulted in the mobilization and re-deposition of vast quantities of tailings that modified the geomorphology of the associated river valleys. Previous studies of contamination risk in these systems have either been performed directly on mine wastes (e.g., battery sand) or at locations close to historical mine sites but have largely ignored the extensive area of riverine alluvial deposits extending downstream from gold mining locations. Here we studied the distribution of contaminant metal(loids) in the Loddon River catchment, one of the most intensively mined areas of the historical gold-rush period in Australia (1851-1914). Floodplain alluvium along the Loddon River was sampled to capture differences in metal and metalloid concentrations between the anthropogenic floodplain deposits and the underlying original floodplain. Elevated levels of arsenic up to 300 mg-As/kg were identified within the anthropogenic alluvial sediment, well above sediment guidelines (ISQG-high trigger value of 70 ppm) and substantially higher than in the pre-mining alluvium. Maximum arsenic concentrations were found at depth within the anthropogenic alluvium (plume-like), close to the contact with the original floodplain. The results obtained here indicate that arsenic may pose a significantly higher risk within this river catchment than previously assessed through analysis of surface floodplain soils. The risks of this submerged arsenic plume will require further investigation of its chemical form (speciation) to determine its mobility and potential bioavailability. Our work shows the long-lasting impact of historical gold mining on riverine landscapes.
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- Francesco Colombi
- Department of Environment and Genetics, School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment, La Trobe University, Albury/Wodonga Campus, Wodonga, VIC, 3690, Australia.
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- Department of Environment and Genetics, School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment, La Trobe University, Albury/Wodonga Campus, Wodonga, VIC, 3690, Australia
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- School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Thurgoona, NSW, 2640, Australia
- River and Wetlands, Thurgoona, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia
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- Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia
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- School of Geography, Faculty of Earth and Atmospheric Science, University of Melbourne, 22 Bouverie Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3001, Australia
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- School of Geography, Faculty of Earth and Atmospheric Science, University of Melbourne, 22 Bouverie Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3001, Australia
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- Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia
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- School of Geography and Lincoln Centre for Water and Planetary Health, College of Science, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 TS, UK
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- Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia
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- Department of Environment and Genetics, School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment, La Trobe University, Albury/Wodonga Campus, Wodonga, VIC, 3690, Australia
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Shi B, Li X, Hu W, Xi B, Liu S, Liu D, Xu C, Jia Z, Li R. Environmental risk of tailings pond leachate pollution: Traceable strategy for leakage channel and influence range of leachate. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 331:117341. [PMID: 36689861 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Identifying the leakage channel and the influencing range is essential for controlling the environmental risks of leachate from the tailings pond. The investigation of leachate pollution in tailings pond has the defect of focusing only on the scope of tailings pond in recent studies. This study innovatively built a comprehensive investigation and accurate verification system for leachate leakage of tailings pond integrated with the aeromagnetic survey, ground penetrating radar, hydrochemistry and isotope coupling methods. Geophysical exploration found that among the four fault zones, and the F1 was the channel for leachate to recharge the groundwater 2.53 km away from the tailings pond. The fissures inside the tailings pond were connected with the natural fissures outside, forming a leachate migration channel. The hydrochemistry and isotope characteristics showed that the groundwater far away from the tailings pond were polluted by arsenic containing leachate, which verified the geophysical exploration results. The significant correlation between arsenic and SO2-4 concentration indicated that arsenic in leachate originated from the oxidation release of sulfide minerals (i.e., arsenopyrite). This study sheds light on the comprehensive investigation of leachate leakage in the tailings pond. This development method also provides guidance for environmental risk identification of other contaminated sites.
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- Bowen Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China; School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Ecological Effect and Risk Assessment of Chemicals, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Ecological Effect and Risk Assessment of Chemicals, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China; Northern Region Persistent Organic Pollution Control (NRPOP) Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University, St. John's, A1B 3X5, Canada.
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China.
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- Xi'an Center of Geological Survey, China Geological Survey, Xi'an, 710054, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Ecological Effect and Risk Assessment of Chemicals, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China; School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Ecological Effect and Risk Assessment of Chemicals, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Ecological Effect and Risk Assessment of Chemicals, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China; School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Ecological Effect and Risk Assessment of Chemicals, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China.
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Yang Y, Xie Z, Wang J, Chen M. Thiosulfate driving bio-reduction mechanisms of scorodite in groundwater environment. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 311:136956. [PMID: 36280119 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Revised: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Reductive dissolution of scorodite results in the release and migration of arsenic (As) in groundwater. The purpose of this study was to explore the possible abiotic and biotic reduction of scorodite in groundwater environment and the effect of microbial-mediated sulfur cycling on the bio-reduction of scorodite. Microcosm experiments consisting of scorodite with bacterium Citrobacter sp. JH012-1 or free sulfide were carried out to determine the effects of thiosulfate on the mobilization of As/Fe. The results show arsenic release is positively correlated with iron reduction. The arsenate [As(V)] released can agglomerate with Fe(II) on the surface of scorodite to form crystalline parasymplesite, while no parasymplesite was detected in the abiotic reduction of scorodite by sulfide. The reduction of scorodite and As(V) was affected by thiosulfate. When 0.5 mM thiosulfate was added, the Fe(III) reduction rate increased from 32% to 82%, and the As(V) reduction rate rose from 54% to 64%. When the addition of thiosulfate was increased from 0.5 mM to 2 mM and 5 mM, Fe(III) reduction rate added 4% and 8%, and As(V) reduction rate increased 11% and 16%, respectively. In addition, the presence of thiosulfate promoted the scorodite almost completely converting to parasymplesite. Therefore, the effect of microbial-mediated sulfur cycling should be considered in arsenic migration and reduction from scorodite.
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- Yang Yang
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Yangtze Catchment Environmental Aquatic Science, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, PR China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Yangtze Catchment Environmental Aquatic Science, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, PR China.
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Yangtze Catchment Environmental Aquatic Science, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, PR China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Yangtze Catchment Environmental Aquatic Science, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, PR China
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Zhou J, Liu Y, Bu H, Liu P, Sun J, Wu F, Hua J, Liu C. Effects of Fe(II)-induced transformation of scorodite on arsenic solubility. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 429:128274. [PMID: 35066222 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Revised: 12/26/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Scorodite (FeAsO4·2H2O) is a pivotal secondary ferric arsenate that immobilizes most of arsenic (As) in acidic As-contaminated environments, but secondary As pollution may occur during dissolution of scorodite in environments involving redox changes. Reductive dissolution of scorodite by coexisting dissolved Fe2+ (Fe(II)aq) under anaerobic conditions and its effects on the behavior of As have yet to be examined. Here, this study monitored the changes in mineralogy, solubility and speciation of As during scorodite transformation induced by Fe(II) under anaerobic conditions at pH 7.0 and discussed the underlying mechanisms. Mössbauer and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis showed the formation of parasymplesite and ferrihydrite-like species during scorodite transformation, which was highly controlled by Fe(II)aq concentrations. 1 mM Fe(II)aq enhanced As mobilization into the solution, whereas As was repartitioned to the PO43--extractable and HCl-extractable phases with 5 and 10 mM Fe(II). The neo-formed parasymplesite and ferrihydrite-like species immobilized dissolved As(V) through adsorption and incorporation. Additionally, As(V) reduction occurred during Fe(II)-induced scorodite transformation. Our results provide new insights into the stability and risk of scorodite in anaerobic environments as well as the geochemical behavior of As in response to Fe cycling.
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- Jimei Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, PR China
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- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, PR China
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- School of Environmental Studies & State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China; National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, PR China; School of Resources and Environmental Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, PR China; National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, PR China.
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Yao G, Tang R, Luo H, Yuan S, Wang W, Xiao L, Chu X, Hu ZH. Zero-valent iron mediated alleviation of methanogenesis inhibition induced by organoarsenic roxarsone. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 819:152080. [PMID: 34856273 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Revised: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Zero-valent iron (ZVI) can enhance anaerobic digestion, and has great potential to alleviate/eliminate methanogenesis inhibition. Little is known about the feasibility of utilizing ZVI to alleviate methanogenesis inhibition that is caused by typical animal feed additive roxarsone in livestock wastewater. In this study, the role of ZVI on alleviating roxarsone-induced methanogenic inhibition and its mechanisms were investigated. With the increase of roxarsone concentration from 5 to 50 mg/L, the inhibition of methanogenesis increased from 3.0% to 65.7%. This inhibition was alleviated by 80.7% and 57.2% when 1.0 and 10.0 g/L ZVI were added, respectively. Due to ZVI addition, an efficient arsenic immobilization onto ZVI (45.4-85.8%) was achieved mainly through the formation of FeAsO4 precipitate and adsorption by ZVI. Under the function of ZVI, hydrogenotrophic methanogenic activity was obviously restored. The microbial community analysis indicates that the ZVI-regulated alleviation on the methanogenesis inhibition was attributed to the enrichment of Methanobacterium and Methanosarcina. The findings from this study demonstrate that ZVI addition is an effective way for treatment of organoarsenic-contaminated wastewater.
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- Guanbao Yao
- School of Civil Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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- Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China; Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Rural Water Environment and Resources, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China; Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Industrial Wastewater and Environmental Treatment, Hefei 230024, China
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Wang Y, Wang S, Song Y, Zhang P, Ma X, Lin J, Lv H, Zhang D, Yao S, Jia Y. A novel method for in situ stabilization of calcium arsenic residues via yukonite formation. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 819:153090. [PMID: 35038504 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Revised: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Stabilizing the hazardous calcium arsenic residues (CAR) and monitoring the subsequent fate of arsenic (As) are critical to reduce its risk to the environment. In this work, a novel in situ method has been proposed to stabilize CAR by adding FeIII solution and subsequent formation of the secondary mineral (yukonite). The experiments were conducted at pH 6-9 with different Fe/As molar ratios (0.28-0.66) and the solid phases were characterized by using X-ray diffraction and scanning/transmission electron microscopy. Results showed that the stability of the CAR was significantly increased after the addition of FeIII solution, indicating good fixation effectiveness. The dissolved As concentration in the treated CAR samples continuously decreased to <5 mg/L after 490 days of treatment at Fe/As molar ratio ≥ 0.54 and pH ≥ 8, with the leached As concentration lower than 5 mg/L (US EPA standard) for most of the treated CAR in the TCLP and HVM tests. The formation of yukonite under different experimental conditions is closely related to the enhanced stability of the treated CAR. This work provides a novel in situ method to treat CAR which might have potential for future industrial applications.
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- Yumeng Wang
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Ministry of Education, China), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Ministry of Education, China), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Affairs Service Center of Ecological Environment of Liaoning Province, Shenyang 110161, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China.
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- Liaoning Engineering Research Center for Treatment and Recycling of Industrially Discharged Heavy Metals, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China.
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Stolze L, Battistel M, Rolle M. Oxidative Dissolution of Arsenic-Bearing Sulfide Minerals in Groundwater: Impact of Hydrochemical and Hydrodynamic Conditions on Arsenic Release and Surface Evolution. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:5049-5061. [PMID: 35377625 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c00309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The dissolution of sulfide minerals can lead to hazardous arsenic levels in groundwater. This study investigates the oxidative dissolution of natural As-bearing sulfide minerals and the related release of arsenic under flow-through conditions. Column experiments were performed using reactive As-bearing sulfide minerals (arsenopyrite and löllingite) embedded in a sandy matrix and injecting oxic solutions into the initially anoxic porous media to trigger the mineral dissolution. Noninvasive oxygen measurements, analyses of ionic species at the outlet, and scanning electron microscopy allowed tracking the propagation of the oxidative dissolution fronts, the mineral dissolution progress, and the change in mineral surface composition. Process-based reactive transport simulations were performed to quantitatively interpret the geochemical processes. The experimental and modeling outcomes show that pore-water acidity exerts a key control on the dissolution of sulfide minerals and arsenic release since it determines the precipitation of secondary mineral phases causing the sequestration of arsenic and the passivation of the reactive mineral surfaces. The impact of surface passivation strongly depends on the flow velocity and on the spatial distribution of the reactive minerals. These results highlight the fundamental interplay of reactive mineral distribution and hydrochemical and hydrodynamic conditions on the mobilization of arsenic from sulfide minerals in flow-through systems.
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- Lucien Stolze
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby 2800, Denmark
- Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby 2800, Denmark
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby 2800, Denmark
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Uranyl Minerals from Abandoned Podgórze Mine (Sudetes Mountains, SW Poland) and Their REE Content. MINERALS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/min12030307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The Podgórze uranium deposit is located near Kowary in the Sudetes Mountains, SW Poland. The mine is located in the Karkonosze-Izera block, largely comprising Cambrian to Devonian metamorphic rocks intruded by the Variscan Karkonosze granite. Uranyl minerals from the Podgórze mine can be divided into three assemblages. The first one is associated with heavily ventilated mining galleries. The next assemblage is related to the outflow of water from fissures in the walls of the mine galleries. The last assemblage appears in the mine dump, where there is increased activity of other weathering products. The main purpose of this paper is to determine the mineralogical characteristics of uranyl minerals from the abandoned Podgórze uranium mine and reconstruct the physicochemical crystallization conditions based on the concentrations of rare earth elements (REEs) in these minerals. The results of thermodynamic modeling show that the aqueous species of uranyl ion in the mine water are represented by UO2HAsO4 (aq), UO2CO3(OH)3−, UO2CO3 (aq), and UO2OH+. The content of REEs and their distribution patterns were used to determine the crystallization conditions of uranyl minerals. Uranyl carbonates and arsenates have generally low concentrations of REEs compared to uranyl silicates, phosphates, and hydroxides, which have higher concentrations. The differences in REE concentration patterns may be related with the oxidizing nature of water circulating in the subsurface part of the deposit.
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Sun X, Mao M, Lu K, Hu Q, Liu W, Lin Z. One-step removal of high-concentration arsenic from wastewater to form Johnbaumite using arsenic-bearing gypsum. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 424:127585. [PMID: 34753651 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Revised: 10/17/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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High-level arsenic-containing wastewater (HAW) causes serious environmental pollution. Chemical precipitation is the most widely used technology for treating HAW. However, chemical precipitation generates huge amounts of hazardous solid wastes, which leads to secondary pollution. In this work, an efficient method, producing no secondary pollution was developed for one-step complete removal of As(V) from HAW using a hazardous solid waste namely arsenic-bearing gypsum (ABG). After the treatment, ABG was transformed into highly stable and environment-friendly mineral Johnbaumite. Meanwhile, the arsenic concentration in the wastewater decreased from 10,000 mg L-1 to 0.22 mg L-1 under optimized hydrothermal conditions (ABG dosage of 50 g L-1, solution pH of 13.5, temperature of 150 °C for 12 h). The mechanism mainly included the following processes: (i) The phase transformation of ABG resulted in the release of calcium and hydrogen arsenate ions in ABG, (ii) Hydrogen arsenate ions transformed into arsenate ions in alkaline environment, and (iii) Under alkaline conditions, calcium ions combined with arsenate ions to form Johnbaumite, whereas the hydrothermal conditions accelerated the crystal growth of Johnbaumite. This study provides a new idea for the synchronous treatment of toxic heavy metal-containing wastewaters and hazardous solid wastes.
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- Xin Sun
- School of Environment and Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Wastes Pollution Control and Recycling, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, PR China; The Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters (Ministry of Education), Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, PR China
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- School of Environment and Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Wastes Pollution Control and Recycling, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, PR China
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- School of Environment and Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Wastes Pollution Control and Recycling, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, PR China
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- School of Environment and Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Wastes Pollution Control and Recycling, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, PR China
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- School of Environment and Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Wastes Pollution Control and Recycling, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, PR China; The Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters (Ministry of Education), Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, PR China.
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- School of Environment and Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Wastes Pollution Control and Recycling, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, PR China; Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control & Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution, School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China
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El-Naggar A, Chang SX, Cai Y, Lee YH, Wang J, Wang SL, Ryu C, Rinklebe J, Sik Ok Y. Mechanistic insights into the (im)mobilization of arsenic, cadmium, lead, and zinc in a multi-contaminated soil treated with different biochars. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2021; 156:106638. [PMID: 34030072 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Revised: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The effect and mechanistic evidence of biochar on the (im)mobilization of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in multi-contaminated soils, with respect to the role of surface-functional groups and organic/inorganic compounds of biochar, are poorly understood. Herein, biochars produced from grass residues, rice straw, and wood were applied to a mining-soil contaminated with As, Cd, Pb, and Zn for 473-d. Biochars did not reduce the mobilization of Cd and Zn, whereas they simultaneously exhibited disparate effects on As and Pb mobilization. The phenolic hydroxyl and carboxylic groups on the wood biochar's surfaces promoted the conversion of Pb2+ into PbCO3/Pb(OH)2 and/or PbO, minimally by the rice and grass biochars. Rice and grass biochars led to the dissolution of scorodite and the formation of less stable forms of Fe-oxide-bound As (i.e., goethite and ferrihydrite); furthermore, it resulted in the reduction of As(V) to As(III). The PTEs mobilization and phytoavailability was mainly governed by the release of dissolved aliphatic- and aromatic-carbon, chloride, sulfur chemistry, phosphate competition, and the electrostatic repulsion in biochar-treated soils. In conclusion, pristine-biochar has a limited impact on the remediation of multi-contaminated soils, and the use of modified-biochar, possessing higher surface areas and functionality and active exchange sites, are preferred under such conditions.
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- Ali El-Naggar
- Korea Biochar Research Center, APRU Sustainable Waste Management Program & Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea; Department of Soil Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11241, Egypt; State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A & F University, Lin'an 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A & F University, Lin'an 311300, China; Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H1, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A & F University, Lin'an 311300, China
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- Division of Environmental Agriculture Research, Gyeongsangnam-do Agricultural Research & Extension Services, Jinju 52773, Republic of Korea
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China; University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water- and Waste-Management, Laboratory of Soil- and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, ROC
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water- and Waste-Management, Laboratory of Soil- and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany; Department of Environment, Energy, and Geoinformatics, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Republic of Korea.
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- Korea Biochar Research Center, APRU Sustainable Waste Management Program & Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.
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Mahandra H, Wu C, Ghahreman A. Leaching characteristics and stability assessment of sequestered arsenic in flue dust based glass. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 276:130173. [PMID: 33714151 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2021] [Revised: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 02/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Arsenic (As), a toxicant, present in flue dust, tailings, and mine drainages generated from mineral processing and smelting processes represents high environmental risk due to its high mobility. Around 42-50% As is found in flue dust in the form of As2O3. The vitrification of As results in the formation of stable inert glass material and supposed to reduce the risk of As release to the environment. In this study, a glass material produced by vitrification of As bearing flue dust via DST GlassLock™ Process was received from Dundee Sustainable Technologies, Canada and was subjected for As stability assessment using United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) leaching methods-1311,1312,1313,1314,1315 and 1316. The released arsenic concentration was found to be less than the recommended TCLP hazardous waste limit for arsenic i.e., 5 mg/L in most of the test conditions. The experimental data were analyzed using LeachXS Lite™, a data management software that showed the goodness of the DST GlassLock™ Process for As stabilization and safe landfill deposition of the resulting product.
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- Harshit Mahandra
- Hydrometallurgy and Environment Laboratory, Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining, Queen's University, 25 Union Street, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada.
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- Hydrometallurgy and Environment Laboratory, Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining, Queen's University, 25 Union Street, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Hydrometallurgy and Environment Laboratory, Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining, Queen's University, 25 Union Street, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada.
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Pratama DE, Hsieh WC, Lin KY, Chen YY, Lin CC, Lee T, Hu Y. Unconventional separation of arsenic trioxide from unused aqueous chemotherapeutic agents by direct evaporative crystallization. SEP SCI TECHNOL 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2020.1837876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Dhanang Edy Pratama
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Pharmaceutical Development Center, TTY Biopharm Co. Ltd., Taipei City, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Pharmaceutical Development Center, TTY Biopharm Co. Ltd., Taipei City, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Pharmaceutical Development Center, TTY Biopharm Co. Ltd., Taipei City, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Braungardt C, Chen X, Chester-Sterne D, Quinn JGA, Turner A. Arsenic concentrations, distributions and bioaccessibilities at a UNESCO World Heritage Site (Devon Great Consols, Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape). ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 264:114590. [PMID: 32388294 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2020] [Revised: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 04/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Devon Great Consols (DGC) is a region in south west England where extensive mining for Cu, Sn and As took place in the nineteenth century. Because of its historical and geological significance, DGC has protected status and is part of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape UNESCO World Heritage Site. Recently, the region was opened up to the public with the construction or redevelopment of various trails, tracks and facilities for walking, cycling and field visits. We used portable x-ray fluorescence spectrometry to measure, in situ, the concentrations of As in soils and dusts in areas that are accessible to the public. Concentrations ranged from about 140 to 75,000 μg g-1 (n = 98), and in all but one case exceeded a Category 4 Screening Level for park-type soil of 179 μg g-1. Samples returned to the laboratory and fractionated to <63 μm were subjected to an in vitro assessment of both oral and inhalable bioaccessibility, with concentrations ranging from <10 to 25,500 μg g-1 and dependent on the precise nature and origin of the sample and the physiological fluid applied. Concentrations of As in PM10 collected along various transects of the region averaged over 30 ng m-3 compared with a typical concentration in UK air of <1 ng m-3. Calculations using default EPA and CLEA estimates and that factor in for bioaccessibility suggest a 6-h visit to the region results in exposure to As well in excess of that of minimum risk. The overall risk is exacerbated for frequent visitors to the region and for workers employed at the site. Based on our observations, we recommend that the remodelling or repurposing of historical mine sites require more stringent management and mitigation measures.
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- Charlotte Braungardt
- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK.
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Chi H, Hou Y, Li G, Zhang Y, Coulon F, Cai C. In vitro model insights into the role of human gut microbiota on arsenic bioaccessibility and its speciation in soils. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 263:114580. [PMID: 33618458 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2019] [Revised: 03/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The bioaccessibility of arsenic and its speciation are two important factors in assessing human health risks exposure to contaminated soils. However, the effects of human gut microbiota on arsenic bioaccessibility and its speciation are not well characterized. In this study, an improved in vitro model was utilized to investigate the bioaccessibility of arsenic in the digestive tract and the role of human gut microbiota in the regulation of arsenic speciation. For all soils, arsenic bioaccessibility from the combined in vitro model showed that it was <40% in the gastric, small intestinal and colon phases. This finding demonstrated that the common bioaccessibility approach assuming 100% bioaccessibility would overestimate the human health risks posed by contaminated soils. Further to this, the study showed that arsenic bioaccessibility was 22% higher in the active colon phase than that in the sterile colon phase indicating that human colon microorganisms could induce arsenic release from the solid phase. Only inorganic arsenic was detected in the gastric and small intestinal phases, with arsenate [As(V)] being the dominant arsenic species (74%-87% of total arsenic). Arsenic speciation was significantly altered by the active colon microbiota, which resulted in the formation of methylated arsenic species, including monomethylarsonic acid [MMA(V)] and dimethylarsinic acid [DMA(V)] with low toxicity, and a highly toxic arsenic species monomethylarsonous acid [MMA(III)]. Additionally, a high level of monomethylmonothioarsonic acid [MMMTA(V)] (up to 17% of total arsenic in the extraction solution) with unknown toxicological properties was also detected in the active colon phase. The formation of various organic arsenic species demonstrated that human colon microorganisms could actively metabolize inorganic arsenic into methylated arsenicals and methylated thioarsenicals. Such transformation should be considered when assessing the human health risks associated with oral exposure to soil.
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- Haifeng Chi
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, China
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- School of Water, Energy and Environment, Cranfield University, Cranfield, MK43 0AL, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, China.
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Yang PT, Hashimoto Y, Wu WJ, Huang JH, Chiang PN, Wang SL. Effects of long-term paddy rice cultivation on soil arsenic speciation. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2020; 254:109768. [PMID: 31698298 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Revised: 10/15/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Geochemical behavior of arsenic (As) in rice paddy soils determines the availability and mobility of As in the soils, but little is known about the long-term effects of paddy rice cultivation on As speciation in the soils. In this study, surface soil samples were collected from a rice paddy land and its adjacent dry land with similar soil properties and known cultivation histories. The soils of the paddy land and dry land contained 378 and 423 mg As kg-1, respectively. The predominant As species in the soils were investigated using As K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) in combination with two sequential chemical fractionation methods. The XAS results showed that the predominant As species in the soils were As(III)- and As(V)-ferrihydrite, As(V)-goethite and scorodite. In comparison to the dry land soil, the paddy land soil contained a higher proportion of As(V)-ferrihydrite and a lower proportion of scorodite. The results of chemical fractionation revealed that As in the paddy land soil was more labile than that in the dry land soil. It is therefore suggested that long-term rice cultivation enhances the mobility and availability of As in paddy soils.
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- Puu-Tai Yang
- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Bioapplications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40227, Taiwan
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- Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40227, Taiwan
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- Experimental Forest, National Taiwan University, Nantou, 55750, Taiwan
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan.
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Pozo G, van Houtven D, Fransaer J, Dominguez-Benetton X. Arsenic immobilization as crystalline scorodite by gas-diffusion electrocrystallization. REACT CHEM ENG 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0re00054j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Gas-diffusion electrocrystallization (GDEx) is demonstrated as an effective process for the immobilization of arsenic into stable scorodite.
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- Guillermo Pozo
- Separation and Conversion Technologies
- VITO
- Flemish Institute for Technological Research
- Mol
- Belgium
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- Separation and Conversion Technologies
- VITO
- Flemish Institute for Technological Research
- Mol
- Belgium
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- Department of Materials Engineering
- Surface and Interface Engineered Materials
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- 3001 Leuven
- Belgium
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Qi X, Li Y, Wei L, Hao F, Zhu X, Wei Y, Li K, Wang H. Disposal of high-arsenic waste acid by the stepwise formation of gypsum and scorodite. RSC Adv 2020; 10:29-42. [PMID: 35492560 PMCID: PMC9048247 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra06568g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The typical disposal of high-arsenic waste acid is at the expense of discharging a large quantity of hazardous solid waste, resulting in secondary pollution of arsenic. We propose a modified lime/ferric salt method for high-arsenic waste acid disposal by the stepwise formation of gypsum and scorodite at atmospheric pressure. The sulfuric acid in the high-arsenic waste acid is first removed by calcium carbonate generating gypsum, and then the arsenic in the solution is precipitated in form of scorodite. Gypsum with an arsenic leaching concentration below 5 mg L−1 is obtained at a final pH of 0.5 in the calcium carbonate neutralization stage. In the second stage, the optimal conditions including a starting pH of 2.0, an Fe/As ratio of 1.5, a reaction temperature in the range of 80–90 °C and a reaction time equal to or longer than 8 hours provide an arsenic removal efficiency of 95.34% by the formation of well-crystallized and environmentally stable scorodite with grain sizes in a range of 1–5 μm. The proposed process offers a promising and facile solution for the low-cost disposal of high-arsenic waste acid in the nonferrous metallurgical industry, which enables an efficient arsenic removal with the good accessibility of chemical reagents and facilities. Arsenic is removed from high arsenic waste acid via the stepwise formation of gypsum and scorodite.![]()
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- Xianjin Qi
- State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization
- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering
- Kunming University of Science and Technology
- Kunming 650093
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization
- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering
- Kunming University of Science and Technology
- Kunming 650093
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization
- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering
- Kunming University of Science and Technology
- Kunming 650093
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization
- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering
- Kunming University of Science and Technology
- Kunming 650093
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization
- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering
- Kunming University of Science and Technology
- Kunming 650093
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization
- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering
- Kunming University of Science and Technology
- Kunming 650093
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization
- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering
- Kunming University of Science and Technology
- Kunming 650093
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization
- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering
- Kunming University of Science and Technology
- Kunming 650093
- China
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Gomez-Gonzalez MA, Villalobos M, Marco JF, Garcia-Guinea J, Bolea E, Laborda F, Garrido F. Iron oxide - clay composite vectors on long-distance transport of arsenic and toxic metals in mining-affected areas. CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 197:759-767. [PMID: 29407840 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.01.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2017] [Revised: 01/15/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2018] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Mine wastes from abandoned exploitations are sources of high concentrations of hazardous metal(oid)s. Although these contaminants can be attenuated by sorbing to secondary minerals, in this work we identified a mechanism for long-distance dispersion of arsenic and metals through their association to mobile colloids. We characterize the colloids and their sorbed contaminants using spectrometric and physicochemical fractionation techniques. Mechanical action through erosion may release and transport high concentrations of colloid-associated metal(oid)s towards nearby stream waters, promoting their dispersion from the contamination source. Poorly crystalline ferrihydrite acts as the principal As-sorbing mineral, but in this study we find that this nanomineral does not mobilize As independently, rather, it is transported as surface coatings bound to mineral particles, perhaps through electrostatic biding interactions due to opposing surface charges at acidic to circumneutral pH values. This association is very stable and effective in carrying along metal(oid)s in concentrations above regulatory levels. The unlimited source of toxic elements in mine residues causes ongoing, decades-long mobilization of toxic elements into stream waters. The ferrihydrite-clay colloidal composites and their high mobility limit the attenuating role that iron oxides alone show through adsorption of metal(oid)s and their immobilization in situ. This may have important implications for the potential bioavailability of these contaminants, as well as for the use of this water for human consumption.
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- Miguel A Gomez-Gonzalez
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN, CSIC), C/ Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, 28006, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Coyoacán, D.F. 04510, Mexico
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- Instituto de Química Física-Rocasolano (CSIC), C/ Serrano 119, 28006, Madrid, Spain
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- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN, CSIC), C/ Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, 28006, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Universitario de Ciencias Ambientales (IUCA), Universidad de Zaragoza, C/ Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto Universitario de Ciencias Ambientales (IUCA), Universidad de Zaragoza, C/ Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN, CSIC), C/ Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, 28006, Madrid, Spain.
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Factors to Enable Crystallization of Environmentally Stable Bioscorodite from Dilute As(III)-Contaminated Waters. MINERALS 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/min8010023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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McCann CM, Peacock CL, Hudson-Edwards KA, Shrimpton T, Gray ND, Johnson KL. In situ arsenic oxidation and sorption by a Fe-Mn binary oxide waste in soil. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2018; 342:724-731. [PMID: 28918290 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.08.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2017] [Revised: 08/02/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The ability of a Fe-Mn binary oxide waste to adsorb arsenic (As) in a historically contaminated soil was investigated. Initial laboratory sorption experiments indicated that arsenite [As(III)] was oxidized to arsenate [As(V)] by the Mn oxide component, with concurrent As(V) sorption to the Fe oxide. The binary oxide waste had As(III) and As(V) adsorption capacities of 70mgg-1 and 32mgg-1 respectively. X-ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure and Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure at the As K-edge confirmed that all binary oxide waste surface complexes were As(V) sorbed by mononuclear bidentate corner-sharing, with 2 Fe at ∼3.27Ǻ. The ability of the waste to perform this coupled oxidation-sorption reaction in real soils was investigated with a 10% by weight addition of the waste to an industrially As contaminated soil. Electron probe microanalysis showed As accumulation onto the Fe oxide component of the binary oxide waste, which had no As innately. The bioaccessibility of As was also significantly reduced by 7.80% (p<0.01) with binary oxide waste addition. The results indicate that Fe-Mn binary oxide wastes could provide a potential in situ remediation strategy for As and Pb immobilization in contaminated soils.
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- Clare M McCann
- School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, NE1 7RU, UK
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- Camborne School of Mines and Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Tremough Campus, Penryn TR10 9EZ, UK
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- School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, NE1 7RU, UK
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- School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, NE1 7RU, UK
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- School of Engineering and Computer Sciences, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK.
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Sun Y, Yao Q, Zhang X, Yang H, Li N, Zhang Z, Hao Z. Insight into mineralizer modified and tailored scorodite crystal characteristics and leachability for arsenic-rich smelter wastewater stabilization. RSC Adv 2018; 8:19560-19569. [PMID: 35540995 PMCID: PMC9080745 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra01721b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Accepted: 05/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The addition of appropriate mineralizers is a potentially effective strategy for the control of crystal growth, and could be used in the disposal and stabilization of arsenic-rich non-ferrous effluents.
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- Yonggang Sun
- Department of Environmental Nano-materials
- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100085
- P. R. China
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- Department of Environmental Nano-materials
- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100085
- P. R. China
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- Department of Environmental Nano-materials
- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100085
- P. R. China
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- Department of Environmental Nano-materials
- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100085
- P. R. China
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- Department of Environmental Nano-materials
- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100085
- P. R. China
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- Department of Environmental Nano-materials
- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100085
- P. R. China
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- Department of Environmental Nano-materials
- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100085
- P. R. China
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Rahman MS, Clark MW, Yee LH, Comarmond MJ, Payne TE, Kappen P, Mokhber-Shahin L. Arsenic solid-phase speciation and reversible binding in long-term contaminated soils. CHEMOSPHERE 2017; 168:1324-1336. [PMID: 27916260 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.11.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2016] [Revised: 11/19/2016] [Accepted: 11/26/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Historic arsenic contamination of soils occurs throughout the world from mining, industrial and agricultural activities. In Australia, the control of cattle ticks using arsenicals from the late 19th to mid 20th century has led to some 1600 contaminated sites in northern New South Wales. The effect of aging in As-mobility in two dip-site soil types, ferralitic and sandy soils, are investigated utilizing isotopic exchange techniques, and synchrotron X-ray adsorption spectroscopy (XAS). Findings show that historic soil arsenic is highly bound to the soils with >90% irreversibly bound. However, freshly added As (either added to historically loaded soils or pristine soils) has a significantly higher degree of As-accessibility. XAS data indicates that historic soil arsenic is dominated as Ca- (svenekite, & weilite), Al-(mansfieldite), and Fe- (scorodite) like mineral precipitates, whereas freshly added As is dominated by mineral adsorption surfaces, particularly the iron oxy-hydroxides (goethite and hematite), but also gibbsite and kaolin surfaces. SEM data further confirmed the presence of scorodite and mansfieldite formation in the historic contaminated soils. These data suggest that aging of historic soil-As has allowed neoformational mineral recrystallisation from surface sorption processes, which greatly reduces As-mobility and accessibility.
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- M S Rahman
- School of Environment Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia; Marine Ecology Research Centre, Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia.
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- School of Environment Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia; Marine Ecology Research Centre, Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia
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- School of Environment Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia; Marine Ecology Research Centre, Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee DC, NSW 2232, Australia
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- School of Environment Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia; Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee DC, NSW 2232, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, 800 Blackburn Road, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee DC, NSW 2232, Australia
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Wang S, Ma X, Zhang G, Jia Y, Hatada K. New Insight into the Local Structure of Hydrous Ferric Arsenate Using Full-Potential Multiple Scattering Analysis, Density Functional Theory Calculations, and Vibrational Spectroscopy. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2016; 50:12114-12121. [PMID: 27771951 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b02703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Hydrous ferric arsenate (HFA) is an important arsenic-bearing precipitate in the mining-impacted environment and hydrometallurgical tailings. However, there is no agreement on its local atomic structure. The local structure of HFA was reprobed by employing a full-potential multiple scattering (FPMS) analysis, density functional theory (DFT) calculations, and vibrational spectroscopy. The FPMS simulations indicated that the coordination number of the As-Fe, Fe-As, or both in HFA was approximately two. The DFT calculations constructed a structure of HFA with the formula of Fe(HAsO4)x(H2AsO4)1-x(OH)y·zH2O. The presence of protonated arsenate in HFA was also evidenced by vibrational spectroscopy. The As and Fe K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectra of HFA were accurately reproduced by FPMS simulations using the chain structure, which was also a reasonable model for extended X-Ray absorption fine structure fitting. The FPMS refinements indicated that the interatomic Fe-Fe distance was approximately 5.2 Å, consistent with that obtained by Mikutta et al. (Environ. Sci. Technol. 2013, 47 (7), 3122-3131) using wavelet analysis. All of the results suggested that HFA was more likely to occur as a chain with AsO4 tetrahedra and FeO6 octahedra connecting alternately in an isolated bidentate-type fashion. This finding is of significance for understanding the fate of arsenic and the formation of ferric arsenate minerals in an acidic environment.
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- Shaofeng Wang
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenyang 110016, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenyang 110016, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenyang 110016, China
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- Institute of Environmental Protection, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology , Shenyang 110142, China
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- Département Matériaux Nanosciences, Institut de Physique de Rennes , UMR UR1-CNRS 6251, Université de Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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Rajpert L, Kolvenbach BA, Ammann EM, Hockmann K, Nachtegaal M, Eiche E, Schäffer A, Corvini PFX, Skłodowska A, Lenz M. Arsenic Mobilization from Historically Contaminated Mining Soils in a Continuously Operated Bioreactor: Implications for Risk Assessment. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2016; 50:9124-9132. [PMID: 27454004 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b02037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Concentrations of soil arsenic (As) in the vicinity of the former Złoty Stok gold mine (Lower Silesia, southwest Poland) exceed 1000 μg g(-1) in the area, posing an inherent threat to neighboring bodies of water. This study investigated continuous As mobilization under reducing conditions for more than 3 months. In particular, the capacity of autochthonic microflora that live on natural organic matter as the sole carbon/electron source for mobilizing As was assessed. A biphasic mobilization of As was observed. In the first two months, As mobilization was mainly conferred by Mn dissolution despite the prevalence of Fe (0.1 wt % vs 5.4 for Mn and Fe, respectively) as indicated by multiple regression analysis. Thereafter, the sudden increase in aqueous As[III] (up to 2400 μg L(-1)) was attributed to an almost quintupling of the autochthonic dissimilatory As-reducing community (quantitative polymerase chain reaction). The aqueous speciation influenced by microbial activity led to a reduction of solid phase As species (X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy) and a change in the elemental composition of As hotspots (micro X-ray fluorescence mapping). The depletion of most natural dissolved organic matter and the fact that an extensive mobilization of As[III] occurred after two months raises concerns about the long-term stability of historically As-contaminated sites.
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- Liwia Rajpert
- Institute for Ecopreneurship, School of Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland , Gründenstrasse 40, 4132 Muttenz, Switzerland
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- Institute for Ecopreneurship, School of Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland , Gründenstrasse 40, 4132 Muttenz, Switzerland
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- Institute for Ecopreneurship, School of Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland , Gründenstrasse 40, 4132 Muttenz, Switzerland
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- Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich , Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Applied Geosciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) , Adenauerring 20b, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Environmental Research (Biology V), RWTH Aachen University , 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Ecopreneurship, School of Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland , Gründenstrasse 40, 4132 Muttenz, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Analysis, University of Warsaw , 02-096 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute for Ecopreneurship, School of Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland , Gründenstrasse 40, 4132 Muttenz, Switzerland
- Sub-Department of Environmental Technology, Wageningen University , 6700 EV Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Kwon MJ, Yang JS, Lee S, Lee G, Ham B, Boyanov MI, Kemner KM, O'Loughlin EJ. Geochemical characteristics and microbial community composition in toxic metal-rich sediments contaminated with Au-Ag mine tailings. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2015; 296:147-157. [PMID: 25917692 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.04.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2014] [Revised: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 04/12/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The effects of extreme geochemical conditions on microbial community composition were investigated for two distinct sets of sediment samples collected near weathered mine tailings. One set (SCH) showed extraordinary geochemical characteristics: As (6.7-11.5%), Pb (1.5-2.1%), Zn (0.1-0.2%), and pH (3.1-3.5). The other set (SCL) had As (0.3-1.2%), Pb (0.02-0.22%), and Zn (0.01-0.02%) at pH 2.5-3.1. The bacterial communities in SCL were clearly different from those in SCH, suggesting that extreme geochemical conditions affected microbial community distribution even on a small spatial scale. The clones identified in SCL were closely related to acidophilic bacteria in the taxa Acidobacterium (18%), Acidomicrobineae (14%), and Leptospirillum (10%). Most clones in SCH were closely related to Methylobacterium (79%) and Ralstonia (19%), both well-known metal-resistant bacteria. Although total As was extremely high, over 95% was in the form of scorodite (FeAsO4·2H2O). Acid-extractable As was only ∼118 and ∼14 mg kg(-1) in SCH and SCL, respectively, below the level known to be toxic to bacteria. Meanwhile, acid-extractable Pb and Zn in SCH were above toxic concentrations. Because As was present in an oxidized, stable form, release of Pb and/or Zn (or a combination of toxic metals in the sediment) from the sediment likely accounts for the differences in microbial community structure. The results also suggest that care should be taken when investigating mine tailings, because large differences in chemical/biological properties can occur over small spatial scales.
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- Man Jae Kwon
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Gangneung, South Korea.
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- Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Gangneung, South Korea.
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- Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, South Korea
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- Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Gangneung, South Korea
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- Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA; Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA
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Guo H, Liu Z, Ding S, Hao C, Xiu W, Hou W. Arsenate reduction and mobilization in the presence of indigenous aerobic bacteria obtained from high arsenic aquifers of the Hetao basin, Inner Mongolia. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2015; 203:50-59. [PMID: 25863882 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.03.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2015] [Revised: 03/19/2015] [Accepted: 03/23/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Intact aquifer sediments were collected to obtain As-resistant bacteria from the Hetao basin. Two strains of aerobic As-resistant bacteria (Pseudomonas sp. M17-1 and Bacillus sp. M17-15) were isolated from the aquifer sediments. Those strains exhibited high resistances to both As(III) and As(V). Results showed that both strains had arr and ars genes, and led to reduction of dissolved As(V), goethite-adsorbed As(V), scorodite As(V) and sediment As(V), in the presence of organic carbon as the carbon source. After reduction of solid As(V), As release was observed from the solids to solutions. Strain M17-15 had a higher ability than strain M17-1 in reducing As(V) and promoting the release of As. These results suggested that the strains would mediate As(V) reduction to As(III), and thereafter release As(III), due to the higher mobility of As(III) in most aquifer systems. The processes would play an important role in genesis of high As groundwater.
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- Huaming Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, PR China; School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, PR China; School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, PR China; Shanxi Conservancy Technical Institute, Yuncheng 044004, PR China
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, PR China
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, PR China; School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, PR China
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Gomez-Gonzalez MA, Serrano S, Laborda F, Garrido F. Spread and partitioning of arsenic in soils from a mine waste site in Madrid province (Spain). THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2014; 500-501:23-33. [PMID: 25217741 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2014] [Revised: 07/07/2014] [Accepted: 08/23/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The formation of scorodite is an important mechanism for the natural attenuation of arsenic in a wide range of environments. It is dumped on site by metallurgical industries to minimize arsenic release. However, the long-term stability of these deposits is unclear. Sequential As extractions and synchrotron-based X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy were used to determine both As and Fe speciation in a small catchment area affected by a scorodite-rich waste pile at an abandoned smelting factory. Our results indicate that this deposit behaves as an acute point source of As and metal pollution and confirms the strong association of As(V) with Fe(III) oxide phases, highlighting the important role of ferrihydrite as an As scavenger in natural systems. In this seasonally variable system, other trapping forms such as jarosite-like minerals also play a role in the attenuation of As. Overall, our results demonstrate that scorodite should not be considered an environmental stable repository for As attenuation when dumped outside because natural rainfall and the resulting runoff drive As dispersion in the environment and indicate the need to monitor and reclamate As-rich mine deposits.
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- M A Gomez-Gonzalez
- National Museum of Natural Sciences, CSIC, Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology, CSIC, Catedratico Agustin Escardino 9, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Group of Analytical Spectroscopy and Sensors, Institute of Environmental Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- National Museum of Natural Sciences, CSIC, Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
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Rieuwerts JS, Mighanetara K, Braungardt CB, Rollinson GK, Pirrie D, Azizi F. Geochemistry and mineralogy of arsenic in mine wastes and stream sediments in a historic metal mining area in the UK. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2014; 472:226-234. [PMID: 24295744 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2013] [Revised: 11/04/2013] [Accepted: 11/05/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Mining generates large amounts of waste which may contain potentially toxic elements (PTE), which, if released into the wider environment, can cause air, water and soil pollution long after mining operations have ceased. The fate and toxicological impact of PTEs are determined by their partitioning and speciation and in this study, the concentrations and mineralogy of arsenic in mine wastes and stream sediments in a former metal mining area of the UK are investigated. Pseudo-total (aqua-regia extractable) arsenic concentrations in all samples from the mining area exceeded background and guideline values by 1-5 orders of magnitude, with a maximum concentration in mine wastes of 1.8×10(5)mgkg(-1) As and concentrations in stream sediments of up to 2.5×10(4)mgkg(-1) As, raising concerns over potential environmental impacts. Mineralogical analysis of the wastes and sediments was undertaken by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and automated SEM-EDS based quantitative evaluation (QEMSCAN®). The main arsenic mineral in the mine waste was scorodite and this was significantly correlated with pseudo-total As concentrations and significantly inversely correlated with potentially mobile arsenic, as estimated from the sum of exchangeable, reducible and oxidisable arsenic fractions obtained from a sequential extraction procedure; these findings correspond with the low solubility of scorodite in acidic mine wastes. The work presented shows that the study area remains grossly polluted by historical mining and processing and illustrates the value of combining mineralogical data with acid and sequential extractions to increase our understanding of potential environmental threats.
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- J S Rieuwerts
- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Plymouth University, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK.
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Plymouth University, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Plymouth University, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
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- Camborne School of Mines, CEMPS, University of Exeter, Tremough Campus, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9EZ, UK
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- Helford Geoscience LLP, Menallack Farm, Treverva, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9BP, UK
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Plymouth University, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
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Andra SS, Makris KC, Botsaris G, Charisiadis P, Kalyvas H, Costa CN. Evidence of arsenic release promoted by disinfection by-products within drinking-water distribution systems. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2014; 472:1145-1151. [PMID: 24365518 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2013] [Revised: 11/08/2013] [Accepted: 11/08/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Changes in disinfectant type could trigger a cascade of reactions releasing pipe-anchored metals/metalloids into finished water. However, the effect of pre-formed disinfection by-products on the release of sorbed contaminants (arsenic-As in particular) from drinking water distribution system pipe scales remains unexplored. A bench-scale study using a factorial experimental design was performed to evaluate the independent and interaction effects of trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (HAA) on arsenic (As) release from either scales-only or scale-biofilm conglomerates (SBC) both anchored on asbestos/cement pipe coupons. A model biofilm (Pseudomonas aeruginosa) was allowed to grow on select pipe coupons prior experimentation. Either TTHM or HAA individual dosing did not promote As release from either scales only or SBC, detecting <6 μg AsL(-1) in finished water. In the case of scales-only coupons, the combination of the highest spike level of TTHM and HAA significantly (p<0.001) increased dissolved and total As concentrations to levels up to 16 and 95 μg L(-1), respectively. Similar treatments in the presence of biofilm (SBC) resulted in significant (p<0.001) increase in dissolved and total recoverable As up to 20 and 47 μg L(-1), respectively, exceeding the regulatory As limit. Whether or not, our laboratory-based results truly represent mechanisms operating in disinfected finished water in pipe networks remains to be investigated in the field.
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- Syam S Andra
- Water and Health Laboratory, Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health in association with Harvard School of Public Health, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus; Harvard-Cyprus Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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- Water and Health Laboratory, Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health in association with Harvard School of Public Health, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus.
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus
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- Water and Health Laboratory, Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health in association with Harvard School of Public Health, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus
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- Water and Health Laboratory, Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health in association with Harvard School of Public Health, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus
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- Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus
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Molinari A, Ayora C, Marcaccio M, Guadagnini L, Sanchez-Vila X, Guadagnini A. Geochemical modeling of arsenic release from a deep natural solid matrix under alternated redox conditions. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 21:1628-1637. [PMID: 23949112 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2054-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2013] [Accepted: 08/01/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Dissolved arsenic (As) concentrations detected in groundwater bodies of the Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy) exhibit values which are above the regulation limit and could be related to the natural composition of the host porous matrix. To support this hypothesis, we present the results of a geochemical modeling study reproducing the main trends of the dynamics of As, Fe, and Mn concentrations as well as redox potential and pH observed during batch tests performed under alternating redox conditions. The tests were performed on a natural matrix extracted from a deep aquifer located in the Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy). The solid phases implemented in the model were selected from the results of selective sequential extractions performed on the tested matrix. The calibrated model showed that large As concentrations have to be expected in the solution for low crystallinity phases subject to dissolution. The role of Mn oxides on As concentration dynamics appears significant in strongly reducing environments, particularly for large water-solid matrix interaction times. Modeled data evidenced that As is released firstly from the outer surface of Fe oxihydroxides minerals exhibiting large concentrations in water when persistent reducing conditions trigger the dissolution of the crystalline structure of the binding minerals. The presence of organic matter was found to strongly affect pH and redox conditions, thus influencing As mobility.
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- A Molinari
- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Piazza L. Da Vinci 32, 20133, Milan, Italy.
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- Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, CSIC, Jordi Girona 18, 08034, Barcelona, Spain
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- Arpa Emilia-Romagna, Largo Caduti del Lavoro 6, 40122, Bologna, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Piazza L. Da Vinci 32, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech, Jordi Girona 1-3, 08034, Barcelona, Spain
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Piazza L. Da Vinci 32, 20133, Milan, Italy
- Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, 85721, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Basu A, Schreiber ME. Arsenic release from arsenopyrite weathering: insights from sequential extraction and microscopic studies. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2013; 262:896-904. [PMID: 23312782 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.12.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2011] [Revised: 11/20/2012] [Accepted: 12/17/2012] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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At a former As mine site, arsenopyrite oxidation has resulted in formation of scorodite and As-bearing iron hydroxide, both in host rock and mine tailings. Electron microprobe analysis documents that arsenopyrite weathers along two pathways: one that involves formation of sulfur, and one that does not. In both pathways, arsenopyrite oxidizes to form scorodite, which dissolves incongruently to form As-bearing iron hydroxides. From a mass balance perspective, arsenopyrite oxidation to scorodite conserves As, but as scorodite dissolves incongruently to iron hydroxides, As is released to solution, resulting in elevated As concentrations in the headwater stream adjacent to the site. The As-bearing iron hydroxide is the dominant solid phase reservoir of As in mine tailings and stream sediment, as suggested by sequential extraction. This As-bearing iron hydroxide is stable under the aerobic and pH 4-6 conditions at the site; however, changes in biogeochemical conditions resulting from sediment burial or future remedial efforts, which could promote As release from this reservoir due to reductive dissolution, should be avoided.
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- Ankan Basu
- Marshall Miller and Associates, Bluefield VA, United States; Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg VA 24061, United States
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Parsons CT, Couture RM, Omoregie EO, Bardelli F, Greneche JM, Roman-Ross G, Charlet L. The impact of oscillating redox conditions: arsenic immobilisation in contaminated calcareous floodplain soils. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2013; 178:254-263. [PMID: 23587855 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.02.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2012] [Revised: 01/29/2013] [Accepted: 02/27/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Arsenic contamination of floodplain soils is extensive and additional fresh arsenic inputs to the pedosphere from human activities are ongoing. We investigate the cumulative effects of repetitive soil redox cycles, which occur naturally during flooding and draining, on a calcareous fluvisol, the native microbial community and arsenic mobility following a simulated contamination event. We show through bioreactor experiments, spectroscopic techniques and modelling that repetitive redox cycling can decrease arsenic mobility during reducing conditions by up to 45%. Phylogenetic and functional analyses of the microbial community indicate that iron cycling is a key driver of observed changes to solution chemistry. We discuss probable mechanisms responsible for the arsenic immobilisation observed in-situ. The proposed mechanisms include, decreased heterotrophic iron reduction due to the depletion of labile particulate organic matter (POM), increases to the proportion of co-precipitated vs. aqueous or sorbed arsenic with α-FeOOH/Fe(OH)3 and potential precipitation of amorphous ferric arsenate.
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- Christopher T Parsons
- Environmental Geochemistry Group, ISTerre, University of Grenoble I, B. P. 53, 38041 Grenoble, France.
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Kim HA, Lee KY, Lee BT, Kim SO, Kim KW. Comparative study of simultaneous removal of As, Cu, and Pb using different combinations of electrokinetics with bioleaching by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. WATER RESEARCH 2012; 46:5591-5599. [PMID: 22921395 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.07.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2012] [Revised: 07/20/2012] [Accepted: 07/21/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Different designs of electrokinetics were applied to simultaneously remove arsenic, copper, and lead from contaminated soils. Single electrokinetics (control) resulted in superior removal efficiencies for Cu (73.5%) and Pb (88.5%), though the removal of As (3.11%) was relatively little. Sequential bioelectrokinetics of bioleaching with Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and electrokinetics enhanced the removal of As (25%), while Pb exhibited a significant decrease in removal efficiency (10.6%), due to the formation of insoluble compounds. In order to improve the overall performance, integrated bioelectrokinetics was designed by inoculating A. ferrooxidans into the electrolyte after 5 or 15 days of electrokinetics. Lead (75.8%) and copper (72%) were effectively removed through electrokinetics, after which arsenic (35%) was more efficiently removed by bioleaching-enhanced electrokinetics. A pilot-scale experiment indicated that integrated bioelectrokinetics is an effective means of remediation of soils contaminated with multiple heavy metals and arsenic.
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- Hyun-A Kim
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), 1, Oryong-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Daejeon 305-353, Republic of Korea
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), 1, Oryong-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University (GNU), Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), 1, Oryong-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea.
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Extraction of copper by leaching of electrostatic precipitator dust and two step removal of arsenic from the leach liquor. KOREAN J CHEM ENG 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s11814-012-0081-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Majzlan J. Thermodynamic stabilization of hydrous ferric oxide by adsorption of phosphate and arsenate. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2011; 45:4726-4732. [PMID: 21557572 DOI: 10.1021/es1040249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Hydrous ferric oxide (HFO) is an X-ray amorphous compound with a high affinity for anions under strongly or mildly acidic conditions. Because of the usually small particle size of HFO, the adsorption capacity is high and adsorption may significantly impact the thermodynamic properties of such materials. Here we show that adsorption of phosphate and arsenate stabilizes HFO by experimental determination of enthalpies of formation (by acid-solution calorimetry) and estimates of standard entropies for six phosphate- or arsenate-enriched HFO samples. At pH values lower than ∼5, the phosphate-doped HFO is not only less soluble than ferrihydrite (anion-free HFO) but also crystalline FeOOH polymorphs feroxyhyte and lepidocrocite. The arsenate-doped HFO is also stabilized with respect to the ferrihydrite. Phosphate availability in soils can be controlled by the phosphate-enriched HFO which is many orders of magnitude less soluble than apatite or crystalline Fe(III) phosphates, for example strengite (FePO(4)·2H(2)O). Thermodynamic dissolution models for scorodite (FeAsO(4)·2H(2)O) and As-enriched HFO show that under mildly acidic or circumneutral conditions, scorodite dissolves, As-HFO precipitates, and a substantial amount of As(V) is released into the aqueous solution (at pH 7, log m(As) ∼ -2.5). The data presented in this paper can be used to model the equilibrium concentration of Fe(III), P(V), or As(V) in soil solutions or in natural or anthropogenic sediments polluted by arsenic.
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- Juraj Majzlan
- Institute of Geosciences, Burgweg 11, Friedrich-Schiller University, D-07749 Jena, Germany.
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Study of mineralogical speciation of arsenic in soils using X ray microfluorescence and scanning electronic microscopy. Talanta 2011; 84:853-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2011.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2010] [Revised: 01/31/2011] [Accepted: 02/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Murciego A, Alvarez-Ayuso E, Pellitero E, Rodríguez MA, García-Sánchez A, Tamayo A, Rubio J, Rubio F, Rubin J. Study of arsenopyrite weathering products in mine wastes from abandoned tungsten and tin exploitations. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2011; 186:590-601. [PMID: 21130565 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.11.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2010] [Revised: 11/05/2010] [Accepted: 11/09/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Arsenopyrite-rich wastes from abandoned tungsten and tin exploitations were studied to determine the composition and characteristics of the secondary phases formed under natural weathering conditions so as to assess their potential environmental risk. Representative weathered arsenopyrite-bearing rock wastes collected from the mine dumps were analysed using the following techniques: X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) analysis, polarizing microscopy analysis, electron microprobe analysis (EMPA) and microRaman and Mössbauer spectroscopies. Scorodite, pharmacosiderite and amorphous ferric arsenates (AFA) with Fe/As molar ratios in the range 1.2-2.5 were identified as secondary arsenic products. The former showed to be the most abundant and present in the different studied mining areas. Its chemical composition showed to vary in function of the original surrounding rock mineralogy in such a way that phosphoscorodite was found as the mineral variety present in apatite-containing geoenvirons. Other ever-present weathering phases were goethite and hydrous ferric oxides (HFO), displaying, respectively, As retained amounts about 1 and 20% (expressed as As(2)O(5)). The low solubility of scorodite, the relatively low content of AFA and the formation of compounds of variable charge, mostly of amorphous nature, with high capacity to adsorb As attenuate importantly the dispersion of this element into the environment from these arsenopyrite-bearing wastes.
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- A Murciego
- Department of Geology, Salamanca University, Salamanca, Spain
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Lagno F, Rocha SDF, Chryssoulis S, Demopoulos GP. Scorodite encapsulation by controlled deposition of aluminum phosphate coatings. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2010; 181:526-534. [PMID: 20538409 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.05.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2010] [Revised: 05/07/2010] [Accepted: 05/10/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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A new stabilization process for scorodite (FeAsO(4).2H(2)O) solids based on the concept of encapsulation by controlled deposition of mineral coatings immune to pH or redox potential variations is described. The stability of the encapsulated scorodite with aluminum phosphates under simulated anoxic and oxic environments is demonstrated. Encapsulation experiments were carried out at 95 degrees C using 50 g/L scorodite in acidic sulphate solution containing 0.16 mol/L of P(V) with Al(III) to P(V) molar ratio of 1 and precipitation pH of 1.7. The encapsulated particles were characterised by XRD, SEM, TOF-SIMS and TOF-LIMS. The coating was crystalline AlPO(4).1.5H(2)O ranging in thickness from 2.5 to 3.5 microm. Encapsulation of scorodite particles with hydrated aluminum phosphate appears to be effective in controlling/suppressing the release of arsenic under both oxic and anoxic conditions by more than one order of magnitude.
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- F Lagno
- Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Mihaljevic M, Ettler V, Sebek O, Drahota P, Strnad L, Procházka R, Zeman J, Sracek O. Alteration of arsenopyrite in soils under different vegetation covers. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2010; 408:1286-1294. [PMID: 20035968 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2009] [Revised: 10/30/2009] [Accepted: 12/02/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The weathering of arsenopyrite (FeAsS) has been monitored in soils using an in situ experimental approach. Arsenopyrite in nylon experimental bags was placed in individual horizons in soils in spruce (litter, horizons A, B, and C), beech (litter, horizons A, B, and C) and unforested (horizons A, B, and C) areas and left in contact with the soil for a period of 1 year. The individual areas on the ridge of the Krusné hory Mts., Czech Republic, had the same lithology, climatic and environmental conditions. Scorodite (FeAsO(4).2H(2)O) was identified as a principal secondary mineral of arsenic (As) formed directly on the surface of the arsenopyrite. Scorodite was formed in all the areas in all soil horizons. The amount of scorodite formed decreased in the series beech, spruce and unforested areas. In forested areas, there was a larger amount of scorodite on arsenopyrites exposed in organic horizons (litter, A horizon). The greater rate of arsenopyrite alteration in organic horizons in the beech stand compared to spruce stand is probably a result of faster mineralization of organic material with resulting production of nitrate and better seepage conditions of soil in this area. Speciation of As determined using the sequential extraction technique demonstrated that As was bonded in the soils primarily in the residual fractions prior to the experiment. The As content in the mobile fractions increased in the organic horizon in the forested areas after the experiments.
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- Martin Mihaljevic
- Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Resources, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Praha 2, Czech Republic.
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Lee KY, Kim KW, Kim SO. Geochemical and microbial effects on the mobilization of arsenic in mine tailing soils. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH 2010; 32:31-44. [PMID: 19412738 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-009-9263-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2008] [Accepted: 04/09/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Arsenic (As) contamination has become a serious environmental problem in many countries. We have performed batch-type leaching experiments on mine tailing soils collected from three abandoned mine areas in South Korea with the objective of evaluating the effect of indigenous bacterial activity on As mobilization. The analysis of physicochemical properties and mineralogical compositions of the samples indicated that the secondary minerals or phases formed as a result of the oxidation or alteration of primary minerals were associated with the labile and bioleachable fractions of As. Compared to simulated abiotic processes using sterilization, the indigenous bacteria activated using a carbon source were able to enhance the dissolution of As under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. The bacterial dissolution of iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn) was found to occur simultaneously with the dissolution of As, suggesting that the main bacterial mechanism was via the dissimilatory reduction of Fe(III), Mn(IV), and As(V). An anaerobic environment was more favorable for the prominent dissolution of As in the tailing soils. These results indicate that the mobilization of As can be enhanced in the oxygen-depleted part of the tailing dump, particularly with the infiltration of organic substrates. The difference in the degree of As lixiviation between the three tailing soils was found to be related to the bioavailability of As as well as the original biomass in the tailing soils.
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- Keun-Young Lee
- Arsenic Geoenvironment Laboratory (NRL), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 500-712, Republic of Korea
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Laird BD, Peak D, Siciliano SD. The effect of residence time and fluid volume to soil mass (LS) ratio on in vitro arsenic bioaccessibility from poorly crystalline scorodite. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART A, TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2010; 45:732-739. [PMID: 20401772 DOI: 10.1080/10934521003648958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Percent arsenic bioaccessibility is occasionally dependent upon arsenic concentration; however, the mechanism(s) of this relationship has not yet been defined. To evaluate the mechanism of this relationship, the arsenic bioaccessibility from freshly synthesized poorly crystalline scorodite was measured in the stomach, small intestine, and colon stages of the Simulator of the Human Intestinal Microbial Ecosystem (SHIME). The shape of the arsenic dissolution isotherms were different between stages (stomach: linear; small intestine: exponential rise to maxima; colon: sigmoidal). These results indicate that arsenic bioaccessibility may be limited by either in vitro GI fluid saturation or in vitro GI model residence time, depending upon the chemical/microbiological conditions of the model. Gastrointestinal microorganisms increased arsenic bioaccessibility of scorodite up to two-fold in the SHIME colon; however, this was dependent upon the sample arsenic concentration. Up to 40% of the bioaccessible arsenic was reduced to arsenite; however this process was neither mediated by GI microorganisms nor associated with increased arsenic bioaccessibility.
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- Brian D Laird
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program of Toxicology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
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Drahota P, Filippi M. Secondary arsenic minerals in the environment: a review. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2009; 35:1243-1255. [PMID: 19665230 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2009.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2009] [Revised: 07/09/2009] [Accepted: 07/10/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Information on arsenic (As) speciation in solid materials is critical for many environmental studies concerned with As stability and/or mobility in natural As-impacted soils and mining or industrial sites contaminated by As. The investigation of these systems has provided evidence for a number of secondary As minerals that have often played a significant role in As mobility in the solid phase-water system. This paper presents a list of environmentally important secondary As minerals in contaminated soil and waste systems, summarizes the information about their origin, occurrence, environmental stability and thermodynamics, and proposes several important avenues for further investigation.
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- Petr Drahota
- Institute of Geology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Rozvojová 269, 165 00 Prague 6 - Lysolaje, Czech Republic.
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Zhuang JM, Hobenshield E, Walsh T. Fe-As sludge stability and effluent quality for a two-stage As-contaminated water treatment with Fe(II) and aeration. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2009; 30:199-213. [PMID: 19278161 DOI: 10.1080/09593330802536255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A two-stage (I and II) lab-scale treatment system has been studied for arsenic removal from water using Fe(II) and lignosulphonates with aeration. In stage I, using an Fe/As mole ratio of 1.5-2.5 at a pH of around 6.5-7.5, the dissolved arsenic can be reduced with Fe(II) oxidation-precipitation from an initial 72 mg L(-1) to < 2 mg L(-1). The generated sludge is entirely recycled to the second tank of stage II. In the first tank of stage II, the water is further treated with the same amount of Fe(II) as that used in stage I, in the presence of lignosulphonates and aeration. The air-oxidization of Fe(II) to Fe(III) is continued for about 30 minutes at a pH of around 7.0-8.0. The water output from the first tank is transferred to the second tank in which mixing under aeration occurs with the sludge recycled from stage I. Accordingly, the dissolved arsenic in the effluent is reduced to < 0.1 mg L(-1). The results show that this two-stage process can save more than 50% of total chemical costs, and reduce the amount of sludge by more than 50%, in comparison with the conventional Fe(III)/lime-treatment process. According to US EPA regulations, the final Fe-As sludge is classified as non-hazardous materials by the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure. But, the study shows that the instability of Fe-As sludge could be influenced by some factors, such as higher pH levels, a longer water-leaching time and larger water-leaching volume, leading to the liberation of more dissolvable As species. After being treated with Ligmet stabilizer, the Fe-As sludge showed an improved stability under varying pH conditions and large amounts of water leaching. The treated Fe-As sludge is suitable for landfill disposal.
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- J Ming Zhuang
- NORAM Engineering and Constructors Ltd, Vancouver, Canada.
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Le Berre J, Gauvin R, Demopoulos G. A study of the crystallization kinetics of scorodite via the transformation of poorly crystalline ferric arsenate in weakly acidic solution. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2007.07.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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