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Barba-Lobo A, García-González B, Guerrero JL, Bolívar JP. Sedimentary environmental quality of a biosphere reserve estuary in southwestern Iberian Peninsula. Mar Pollut Bull 2024; 201:116225. [PMID: 38460435 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2023] [Revised: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 03/02/2024] [Indexed: 03/11/2024]
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The Huelva estuary is formed by the common mouths of the Odiel and Tinto Rivers, and inside this ecosystem is the biosphere reserve of the Odiel saltmarshes. This ecosystem has been historically affected by acid mine drainage (AMD) and by releases of pollutants from five phosphoric acid industrial plants and phosphogypsum (PG) waste stacks located in the area. This study carried out a comprehensive assessment of the environmental impact of the biosphere reserve of the Odiel saltmarshes. To this end, it was necessary to find a suitable sedimentary background (Piedras River in our case). To quantify this impact, several pollution indexes were used. According to the values reached by the indexes, this impact was classified as "serious" pollution for most trace elements, excepting the deepest layers, and "low-moderate" pollution for the 238U-series radionuclides, while no pollution for the 232Th-series and 40K radionuclides was found as expected.
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- A Barba-Lobo
- Radiation Physics and Environment Group (FRYMA), Department of Integrated Sciences, Center for Natural Resources, Health and Environment (RENSMA), University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain; Department of Medical Radiation Sciences, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg SE-413 45, Sweden.
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- Radiation Physics and Environment Group (FRYMA), Department of Integrated Sciences, Center for Natural Resources, Health and Environment (RENSMA), University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain
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- Radiation Physics and Environment Group (FRYMA), Department of Integrated Sciences, Center for Natural Resources, Health and Environment (RENSMA), University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain; Department of Biology and Geology, Physics and Inorganic Chemistry, Higher School of Experimental Sciences and Technology, Rey Juan Carlos University, c/Tulipán s/n, 28933 Móstoles, Spain
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- Radiation Physics and Environment Group (FRYMA), Department of Integrated Sciences, Center for Natural Resources, Health and Environment (RENSMA), University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain
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Silva LFO, Oliveira MLS, Crissien TJ, Santosh M, Bolivar J, Shao L, Dotto GL, Gasparotto J, Schindler M. A review on the environmental impact of phosphogypsum and potential health impacts through the release of nanoparticles. Chemosphere 2022; 286:131513. [PMID: 34284899 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Many industrial by-products have been disposed along coastlines, generating profound marine changes. Phosphogypsum (PG) is a solid by-product generated in the production of phosphoric acid (PA) using conventional synthesis methods. The raw material, about 50 times more radioactive as compared to unperturbed soils, is dissolved in diluted sulfuric acid (70%) forming PG and PA. The majority of both, reactive hazardous elements and natural radionuclides, remain bound to the PG. A nonnegligible fraction of PG occurs as nanoparticles (<0.1 μm). When PG are used for e.g., agriculture or construction purposes, nanoparticles (NPs) can be re-suspended by Aeolian and fluvial processes. Here we provide an overview and evaluation of the geochemical and radiological hazardous risks associated with the different uses of PG. In this review, we show that NPs are important residues in both raw and waste materials originating from the uses of phosphate rock. Different industrial processes in the phosphate fertilizer industries are discussed in the context of the chemical and mineralogical composition as well as size and reactivity of the released NP. We also review how incidental NPs of PG impact the global environment, especially with respect to the distribution of rare earth elements (REEs), toxic elements such as As, Se, and Pb, and natural radionuclides. We also propose the application of advanced techniques and methods to better understand formation and transport of NPs containing elements of high scientific, economic, and environmental importance.
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- Luis F O Silva
- Departamento de Ingeniería Civil y Arquitectura, Universidad de Lima, Avenida Javier Prado Este 4600, Santiago de Surco, 1503, Peru; Department of Civil and Environmental, Universidad de la Costa, Calle 58 #55-66, 080002, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental, Universidad de la Costa, Calle 58 #55-66, 080002, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
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- Department of Civil and Environmental, Universidad de la Costa, Calle 58 #55-66, 080002, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia; School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China
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- Integrated Sciences Department, Research Centre of Natural Resources, Health and the Environment (RENSMA), University of Huelva, Spain
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining and College of Geoscience and Surveying Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Federal University of Santa Maria, 97105-900, Santa Maria, Brazil
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- Centro de Estudos Em Estresse Oxidativo, Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Cie^ncias Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada
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Sahoo H, Kumari S, Naik UC. Characterization of multi-metal-resistant Serratia sp. GP01 for treatment of effluent from fertilizer industries. Arch Microbiol 2021; 203:5425-5435. [PMID: 34405261 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-021-02523-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Revised: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The effluent generated from fertilizer plants in Paradeep in the coast of the Bay of Bengal is the major pollutant causing health hazard in the vicinity of the area with respect to plants, animals and microbes. Samples of effluent were found to contain heavy metals (mg L-1): Cr (100), Ni (36.975), Mn (68.673), Pb (20.133), Cu (74.44), Zn (176.716), Hg (5.358) and As (24.287) as analyzed by XRF. Indigenous bacterial strains were screened for chromate and multi-metal resistance to remediate the toxic pollutants. The isolated strain G1 was identified as Serratia sp. through 16S-rDNA sequence homology. The potent strain Serratia sp. GP01 treated with 100 mg L-1 of K2Cr2O7 has shown the efficacy of reducing 69.05 mg L-1 of Cr over 48 h of incubation. Further, presence of chromate reductase gene (ChR) in Serratia sp. confirmed the enzymatic reduction of Cr(VI). SEM-EDX and SEM mapping analysis revealed substantial biosorption of Cr and other heavy metals present in effluent by Serratia sp. GP01. Antioxidant enzymes such as catalase (72.15 U mL-1), SOD (57.14 U mL-1) and peroxidase (62.49 U mL-1) were found to be higher as compared to the control condition. FTIR study also revealed the role of N-H, O-H, C = C, C-H, C-O, C-N, and C = O functional groups of the cell surface of Serratia sp. treated with K2Cr2O7 and effluent from the fertilizer industry. Isolated strain Serratia sp. could be used for the detoxification of Cr(VI) and other heavy metals in fertilizer plant effluent.
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- Hrudananda Sahoo
- Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, 753003, India
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- Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, 753003, India
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- Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, 753003, India. .,Centre of Excellence in Environment and Public Health, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, 753003, India.
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Ilinova A, Dmitrieva D, Kraslawski A. Influence of COVID-19 pandemic on fertilizer companies: The role of competitive advantages. Resour Policy 2021; 71:102019. [PMID: 36569185 PMCID: PMC9759685 DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2021.102019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Revised: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The global crisis caused by COVID-19 pandemic exerted significant impact upon most industries, however, the fertilizer industry has shown some resilience in the supply chain during the crisis. The main research question of the paper concerns the major factors ensuring the resilience of fertilizer companies under such circumstances. The paper presents current situation on the mineral fertilizers market, the influence of COVID-19 pandemic on fertilizer companies, and identifies the main market and industry trends. Then, it offers analytical framework for revealing key factors of success (potential competitive advantages) in the fertilizer industry as well as discusses their role in ensuring resilience of the companies during the crisis. The paper suggests categorization of competitive advantages that helps to identify the sustainable ones. It also reveals special role played by competitive advantages, based on core competencies, and justifies why they need to be developed in this new situation caused by the pandemic. One of the main findings in the paper is the conclusion about «global immunity» of fertilizer companies to environmental turbulence, as well as the conclusion about the new role and the need to transform traditional competitive advantages for the further successful growth of fertilizer companies.
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- Alina Ilinova
- Organization and Management Department, Saint-Petersburg Mining University, Vasil'evsky Ostrov, 21 Liniya 2, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Organization and Management Department, Saint-Petersburg Mining University, Vasil'evsky Ostrov, 21 Liniya 2, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- LUT School of Engineering Science, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology, P.O. Box 20, FI-53851 Lappeenranta, Finland
- Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, ul. Wolczanska 213, 90-924 Lodz, Poland
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Affonso LN, Marques JL, Lima VVC, Gonçalves JO, Barbosa SC, Primel EG, Burgo TAL, Dotto GL, Pinto LAA, Cadaval TRS. Removal of fluoride from fertilizer industry effluent using carbon nanotubes stabilized in chitosan sponge. J Hazard Mater 2020; 388:122042. [PMID: 31954304 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Adsorption of fluoride from fertilizer industry effluent using carbon nanotubes stabilized in chitosan sponge as adsorbent was evaluated. The effluent was produced in the washing of acid gases during the reaction in fertilizer production and all assays were performed using this hazardous material. Adsorbent characterization and ions interactions were elucidated from differential scanning calorimetry, thermal gravimetric analyses, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy dispersive energy X-ray spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The effluent presented pH 3 and its value not changed in the adsorption assays, maintaining the conditions of the process. The kinetics assays of fluoride from industry effluent were performed in different stirring rates from 100 to 300 rpm. It was observed that adsorption was initially fast reaching the equilibrium at 300 rpm in 20 min. The adsorption capacity was around 975.4 mg g-1, showing the potential of the hybrid material to remove fluoride from a real matrix. The high adsorption capacity was attributed to the chitosan functional groups and the high interaction area promoted by sponge form and the carbon nanotube. Reuse and regeneration of the CNT-CS were investigated and 5 cycles were obtained. The adsorption capacity kept similar values in all cycles.
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- Lutiane N Affonso
- School of Chemistry and Food, Federal University of Rio Grande - FURG, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
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- School of Chemistry and Food, Federal University of Rio Grande - FURG, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
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- School of Chemistry and Food, Federal University of Rio Grande - FURG, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
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- School of Chemistry and Food, Federal University of Rio Grande - FURG, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
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- School of Chemistry and Food, Federal University of Rio Grande - FURG, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
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- School of Chemistry and Food, Federal University of Rio Grande - FURG, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
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- Department of Physics, Federal University of Santa Maria-UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Federal University of Santa Maria-UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
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- School of Chemistry and Food, Federal University of Rio Grande - FURG, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
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- School of Chemistry and Food, Federal University of Rio Grande - FURG, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
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Chojnacka K, Moustakas K, Witek-Krowiak A. Bio-based fertilizers: A practical approach towards circular economy. Bioresour Technol 2020; 295:122223. [PMID: 31623921 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2019] [Revised: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 09/28/2019] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Although for the past 100 years, fertilizer technologies have increasingly used renewable resources, the majority of manufactured products are still based on mineral deposits and fossil fuels. The European Commission has set a goal of 30% reduction of non-renewable resources in fertilizer production. This can only be accomplished if there are incentives for wastes valorization and fines for making use of non-renewable raw materials. This will enable the reduction of eutrophication of surface waters due to the presence of nitrogen and phosphorus, originating from agricultural fields fertilizers. The use of biological waste is a practical solution to recover valuable fertilizer components. In order to effectively implement technologies based on biological resources, it is necessary to construct small wastes solubilization or fertilizer installations at the site of waste generation, which will solve the problem of waste transport or sanitary hazards.
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- Katarzyna Chojnacka
- Department of Advanced Material Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw 50-373, Poland.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Polytechniou Str., Zographou Campus, GR-15780 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw 50-373, Poland
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Saba D, Manouchehri N, Besançon S, El Samad O, Bou Khozam R, Nafeh Kassir L, Kassouf A, Chebib H, Ouaini N, Cambier P. Bioaccessibility of lead in Dittrichia viscosa plants and risk assessment of human exposure around a fertilizer industry in Lebanon. J Environ Manage 2019; 250:109537. [PMID: 31525698 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Revised: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Total and bioaccessible lead (Pb) concentrations in Dittrichia viscosa and soil samples were considered for estimating the potential health risk, related to both plant intake and accidental soil ingestion by adult and child consumers, near a Lebanese fertilizer plant. A total of 27 plant samples, from 9 uncultivated sites situated around the plant, were analyzed in order to assess the total and bioaccessible Pb content. Physiologically based extraction test (PBET) was used to estimate oral bioaccessibility of Pb in edible plant parts. Washed and unwashed leaves were compared in order to show the importance of good consumer practice on Pb intake. Extracted Pb in the intestinal medium accounted for 24 up to 87% of Pb extracted in the gastric medium. The total hazard quotient (HQtot) and the total bioaccessible hazard quotient (BHQ), related to both plants' intake and soil ingestion, for two maximalist child and adult scenarios, were calculated in order to estimate human health risk assessment. HQtot estimations considering the total concentration of Pb in soil and plant suggest that this metal is a contributor in elevating health risks problems on local plants' consumers, especially children inhabitants. However, the integration of bioaccessible concentrations of Pb in risk estimations reduces remarkably the potential risk.
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- Dany Saba
- UMR Ingénierie Procédés Aliments, AgroParisTech, INRA, University of Paris-Saclay, 91300, Massy, France; Faculty of Agricultural and Food Science, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, B.P.446, Jounieh, Lebanon.
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- UMR Ingénierie Procédés Aliments, AgroParisTech, INRA, University of Paris-Saclay, 91300, Massy, France
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- UMR Ingénierie Procédés Aliments, AgroParisTech, INRA, University of Paris-Saclay, 91300, Massy, France
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- Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission, National Council for Scientific Research, P.O.Box 11-8281, Airport Road, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission, National Council for Scientific Research, P.O.Box 11-8281, Airport Road, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences II, Lebanese University, B.P.90656, Jdeideth El Matn, Fanar, Lebanon
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences II, Lebanese University, B.P.90656, Jdeideth El Matn, Fanar, Lebanon
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- Faculty of Agricultural and Food Science, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, B.P.446, Jounieh, Lebanon
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- UMR ECOSYS, AgroParisTech, INRA, University of Paris-Saclay, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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Abdelfattah EA, Augustyniak M, Yousef HA. Biomonitoring of genotoxicity of industrial fertilizer pollutants in Aiolopus thalassinus (Orthoptera: Acrididae) using alkaline comet assay. Chemosphere 2017; 182:762-770. [PMID: 28535484 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.05.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2016] [Revised: 04/17/2017] [Accepted: 05/13/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Phosphate fertilizer industry is considered as one of the main sources of environmental pollutants. Besides solid waste products, e.g. phosphates, sulphates, and heavy metals, also atmospheric pollutants, such as hydrofluoric acid fumes (HF), sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NO2), and particulate matter with diameter up to 10 μm (PM10) can be dangerous. Genotoxic effect of these pollutants was monitored by assessing the DNA damage using alkaline comet assay on cells from brain, thoracic muscles and gut of Aiolopus thalassinus collected at three sites (A-C) located at 1, 3, and 6 km away from Abu-Zaabal Company for Fertilizers and Chemical Industries. Control site was established 32 km from the source of pollution, at the Cairo University Campus. The level of the DNA damage was significantly higher in insects from polluted sites comparing to that from the control site. A strong negative correlation between percentage of cells with visible DNA damage (% of severed cells) and the distance of the sites from Abu-Zaabal Company was found. The best parameter for monitoring of fertilizer pollutants is % of severed cells. Possible impact of Abu-Zaabal Company (extremely high concentration of phosphates and sulphates in all the polluted sites) on DNA integrity in A. thalassinus tissues was discussed. The potential use of the comet assay as a biomonitoring method of the environmental pollution caused by fertilizer industry was proposed. Specific pollution resulting from the activity of the fertilizer industry can cause comparable adverse effects in the organisms inhabiting areas up to 6 km from the source of contamination.
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- Department of Animal Physiology and Ecotoxicology, University of Silesia in Katowice, Bankowa 9, PL 40-007 Katowice, Poland
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- Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Egypt.
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