Effect of soil washing on heavy metal removal and soil quality: A two-sided coin

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Zhongzhen WangYang Li

Abstract

Heavy metal contamination in soil due to human activities is a global environmental problem. To find a washing solution that can significantly decontaminate heavy metals and minimize damage to soil quality, six washing solutions (H3PO4, K2CO3, CH3COOK, KH2PO4, HNO3 and KNO3) were used at different concentrations to treat contaminated soil collected from the field. Furthermore, changes in soil physicochemical properties and heavy metal speciation among prewashed, postwashed and neutralized samples were tested. Additionally, soil enzyme activities and soil microbial diversities in contaminated soil among the prewashed, postwashed and neutralized samples were also measured. Finally, a pot experiment was conducted with Mentha haplocalyx to test the efficiency of soil washing. The results revealed that the optimum washing solution was 1% HNO3 and that the removal rates of Cd and Pb were 75.7% and 60.6%, respectively, under treatment conditions of 35 °C, 90 min and a solid-liquid ratio of 1:10. The pH, total phosphorous, available potassium, soil enzyme activities and soil microbial diversity decreased significantly after washing. However, after the neutralization of washed soil with Ca(OH)2, the available phosphorous, total nitrogen...Continue Reading

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