Toxicity Tests of Soil Contaminated by Recycling of Scrap Plastics
Toxicity Tests of Soil Contaminated by Recycling of Scrap Plastics作者机构:Department of Biology. Hong Kong Baptist College 224 Waterloo Road Kowloon Hong Kong
出 版 物:《Biomedical and Environmental Sciences》 (生物医学与环境科学(英文版))
年 卷 期:1990年第3卷第1期
页 面:81-89页
核心收录:
学科分类:0830[工学-环境科学与工程(可授工学、理学、农学学位)] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1001[医学-基础医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 10[医学]
主 题:Toxicity Tests of Soil Contaminated by Recycling of Scrap Plastics
摘 要:The present investigation studied the toxicity of soil contaminated by untreated discharge from a factory that recycles used plastics. The nearby agricultural areas and freshwater fish ponds were polluted with high concentrations of Cu, Ni, and Mn. Water extracts from the contaminated soil retarded root growth of Brassica chinensis (Chinese white cabbage) and Cynodon dactylon (Bermuda grass) where their seeds were obtained commercially. The contaminated populations of C. dactylon, Panicum repen (panic grass), and Imperata cylindrica (wooly grass) were able to withstand higher concentrations of Cu. Ni, and Mn, especially C. dactylon, when compared with their uncontaminated counterparts. 1990 Academic Press, Inc.