The effect of bullet removal and vegetation on mobility of Pb in shooting range soils.

Lead (Pb) contamination at shooting ranges is a public health concern because Pb is a toxic metal. An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of two best management practices; bullet removal and vegetation, on bioavailability and leachability of Pb in three shooting range (SR) soils. St.

Effects of plant arsenic uptake and heavy metals on arsenic distribution in an arsenic-contaminated soil.

This study examined the effects of heavy metals and plant arsenic uptake on soil arsenic distribution. Chemical fractionation of an arsenic-contaminated soil spiked with 50 or 200mg kg(-1) Ni, Zn, Cd or Pb was performed before and after growing the arsenic hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata L for 8weeks using NH(4)Cl (water-soluble plus exchangeable, WE-As), NH(4)F (Al-As), NaOH (Fe-As), and H(2)SO(4) (Ca-As). Arsenic in the soil was present primarily as the recalcitrant forms with Ca-As being the dominant fraction (45%).

Using phosphate rock to immobilize metals in soil and increase arsenic uptake by hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata.

This greenhouse experiment evaluated the effects of phosphate rock (PR) on arsenic and metal uptake by the arsenic hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata in a soil spiked with arsenic and heavy metals Cd, Pb and Zn. Five soil treatments were used, 1) control with no arsenic, 2) spiked with 50 mg kg(-1) As (As) as Na2H AsO4, 3) spiked with 50 mg kg(-1) As and P as PR (AsP), 4) spiked with 50 mg kg(-1) As, Pb, Cd, and Zn (AsM), and 5) spiked with 50 mg kg(-1) As, Pb, Cd, Zn and P (AsMP). The plants were harvested after growing in the soil for five weeks.

Effects of heavy metals on growth and arsenic accumulation in the arsenic hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata L.

The effects of Cd, Ni, Pb, and Zn on arsenic accumulation by the arsenic hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata were investigated in a greenhouse study. P. vittata was grown for 8 weeks in an arsenic-contaminated soil (131 mg As kg(-1)), which was spiked with 50 or 200 mg kg(-1) Cd, Ni, Pb, or Zn (as nitrates).

Phytoremediation of arsenic-contaminated groundwater by the arsenic hyperaccumulating fern Pteris vittata L.

Arsenic concentrations in a much larger fraction of U.S. groundwater sources will exceed the maximum contaminant limit when the new 10 microg L(-1) EPA standard for drinking water takes effect in 2006.