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http://dx.doi.org/10.9719/EEG.2015.48.4.337

Correlation of Arsenic and Heavy Metals in Paddy Soils and Rice Crops around the Munmyung Au-Ag Mines  

Kwon, Ji Cheol (National Instrumentation Center for Environmental Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
Park, Hyun-Jung (National Instrumentation Center for Environmental Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
Jung, Myung Chae (Dept. of Energy and Mineral Resources Engineering, Sejong University)
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Economic and Environmental Geology / v.48, no.4, 2015 , pp. 337-349 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study has focused on investigation of correlation for As and heavy metals in paddy soil and rice crops sampled in the vicinity of the abandoned Munmyung Au-Ag mine. Soil samples extracted by various methods including aqua regia, 1 M $MgCl_2$, 0.01 M $CaCl_2$ and 0.05 M EDTA were analyzed for As and heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn). Rice grain samples grown on the soils were also analyzed for the same elements to evaluate the relationships between soils and rice crops. According to soil extraction methods, As and heavy metal contents in the soils were decreased in the order of aqua regia > 0.01 M $CaCl_2$ > 1 M $MgCl_2$ > 0.05 M EDTA. In addition to correlation analysis, statistically significant correlation with the four extraction methods (p<0.01) were found in the soil and rice samples. As calculation of biological accumulation coefficients (BACs) of the rice crops for As and heavy metals, the BACs for Cd, Zn and Cu were relatively higher than those for As and Pb. This study also carried out a stepwise multiple linear regression analysis to identify the dominant factors influencing metal extraction rates of the paddy soils. Furthermore, daily intakes of As and heavy metals from regularly consumed the rice grain (287 g/day) grown on the contaminated soils by the mining activities were estimated, and found that Cd and As intakes from the rice reached up to 73.7% and 51.8% for maximum allowance levels of trace elements suggested by WHO, respectively. Therefore, long-term consumption of the rice poses potential health problems to residents around the mine, although no adverse health effects have yet been observed.
Keywords
chemical extractions; paddy soil; crop plant (rice); daily intake; As and heavy metals;
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