Interactive effects of multiple heavy metal(loid)s on their bioavailability in cocontaminated paddy soils in a large region.

Sci Total Environ

Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental Science & Technology, Guangzhou 510650, PR China.

Published: March 2020

Heavy metal(loid) pollution in large regions is often highly complex due to the coexistence and interactions of metal(loid)s and complex soil environments. However, the interaction effects of heavy metal(loid)s on their bioavailability in large regions remain obscure. Here, we identified the interaction effects of Pb, Cd and As on their bioavailability in cocontaminated paddy soils of Shaoguan City, China. The results showed that pH (12.40%) was the most important impact factor among the key soil properties of the pH, CEC, and SOM for the bioconcentration factor (BCF) of Cd. As the soil Pb content decreased and the soil Cd content increased, the interaction of soil Pb and Cd increased the BCF of Pb. As the soil Pb content increased and the soil Cd content decreased, the interaction of soil Pb and Cd increased the BCF of Cd. The synergistic interaction of Pb and Cd in soil promoted the accumulation of both Pb and Cd in rice under certain soil conditions. Specifically, when the average pH and CEC were below 6.19 ± 0.82 and above 7.23 ± 2.55 cmol (+)/kg, respectively, the average BCF of Cd varied from 0.70 ± 0.80 to 1.47 ± 0.62 due to the interactive effect of soil Cd and Pb on the BCF of Cd. When the average pH was above 6.19 ± 0.82 and the average SOM was below and above 27.12 ± 20.34 mg/kg, respectively, the corresponding average BCF of Cd varied from 0.70 ± 0.63 to 0.10 ± 0.26. As the average soil Cd and As contents increased, the interactive effect of soil As and Cd on the average BCF of As decreased. The negative interaction of As and Cd in soil mitigated As accumulation in rice at certain soil Cd and As contents. Our results suggest that to achieve the large-scale control of heavy metal(loid) pollution, the interactions among multiple metal(loid)s and soil properties should be considered.

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