A systematic review of biochar aging and the potential eco-environmental risk in heavy metal contaminated soil.

Biochar is widely accepted as a green and effective amendment for remediating heavy metals (HMs) contaminated soil, but its long-term efficiency and safety changes with biochar aging in fields. Currently, some reviews have qualitatively summarized biochar aging methods and mechanisms, aginginduced changes in biochar properties, and often ignored the potential eco-environmental risk during biochar aging process. Therefore, this review systematically summarizes the study methods of biochar aging, quantitatively compares the effects of different biochar aging process on its properties, and discusses the potential eco-environmental risk due to biochar aging in HMs contaminated soil.

[Distribution Characteristics and Risk Assessment of Tetracycline Antibiotics (TCs) in Soil-Vegetable System with Soil Fertilized with Animal Manure].

The effects of antibiotic contamination on vegetable safety and the ecological risks of soil after returning livestock and poultry manure to the land require sufficient future attention. Tetracycline antibiotics (TCs) are often detected at high concentrations in livestock manure and vegetable production soils. Recently, pot experiments and field investigation methods have often been used to understand the effects of TCs contamination on the vegetable safety and ecological risks of soil, whereas field experiments are employed less frequently.

Cadmium adsorption behavior of porous and reduced graphene oxide and its potential for promoting cadmium migration during soil electrokinetic remediation.

In this study, a porous reduced graphene oxide (PRGO) carbon nanomaterial was successfully obtained by activation of natural graphite with KOH at high temperature and was applied as an auxiliary electrode in soil electrokinetic remediation to investigate the promoting effect on Cd migration. We found that PRGO contained a large amount of oxygen-containing groups (hydroxyl and carboxyl groups) and exhibited high Cd adsorption efficiency at pH values above 4, achieving a maximum adsorption capacity of 434.78 mg/g for Cd.

Effective lead immobilization by phosphate rock solubilization mediated by phosphate rock amendment and phosphate solubilizing bacteria.

Lead can be immobilized in contaminated soils by phosphate rock (PR) amendment, but its efficiency is generally limited by low solubility of PR. Our study aimed to elucidate whether phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB) can promote Pb immobilization through PR solubilization. Results showed that P.

[Continuous remediation of heavy metal contaminated soil by co-cropping system enhanced with chelator].

In order to elucidate the continuous effectiveness of co-cropping system coupling with chelator enhancement in remediating heavy metal contaminated soils and its environmental risk towards underground water, soil lysimeter (0.9 m x 0.9 m x 0.

Zinc, cadmium and lead accumulation and characteristics of rhizosphere microbial population associated with hyperaccumulator Sedum alfredii Hance under natural conditions.

A field survey was conducted to study the characteristics of zinc, cadmium, and lead accumulation and rhizosphere microbial population associated with hyperaccumulator Sedum alfredii Hance growing natively on an old lead/zinc mining site. We found significant hyperaccumulation of zinc and cadmium in field samples of S. alfredii, with maximal shoot concentrations of 9.

[Effect of co-planting of Sedum alfredii and Zea mays on Zn-contaminated sewage sludge].

The sewage sludge produced in Guangzhou and other cities contains heavy metals such as Zn which exceeds the national standard for agricultural use and should be taken into consideration. A phyto-treatment system consisted of metal hyperaccumulator Sedum afredii Hance and low-accumulating corn was exploited to phytoextract metals from sludge, in order to reduce heavy metals in sludge and meanwhile to stabilize the sludge and gain innocuous agricultural products. The two plants were co-cropped directly on the sludge plots, the plant biomass and metal uptake were determined as well as the changes of the treated sludge.

Selection of appropriate organic additives for enhancing Zn and Cd phytoextraction by hyperaccumulators.

Chelant-enhanced phytoextraction is one of the most promising technologies to remove heavy metals from soil. The key of the technology is to choose suitable additives in combination with a suitable plant. In the present study, laboratory batch experiment of metal solubilization, cress seeds germination were undertaken to investigate the metal-mobilizing capability and the phytotoxicity of organic additives, including ethylene diamine triacetic acid (EDTA), citric acid, acetic acid, oxalic acid, glutamine and monosodium glutamate waste liquid (MGWL) from food industry.

Assessing copper thresholds for phytotoxicity and potential dietary toxicity in selected vegetable crops.

Copper pollution in soils is widespread, and its accumulation in crop products could pose a risk on human health. In this paper, bioavailability of added copper (Cu) and critical Cu concentrations in a vegetable garden soil was evaluated for Chinese cabbage (Brassica chinensis L.), pakchoi (Brassica chinensis L.

Differences of cadmium absorption and accumulation in selected vegetable crops.

A pot experiment and a sandy culture experiment grown with three vegetable crops of Chinese cabbage (B. chinensis L., cv.