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Tungsten distribution in soil and rice in the vicinity of the world's largest and longest-operating tungsten mine in China.
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- Structural Evidence of Programmed Cell Death Induction by Tungsten in Root Tip Cells ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- pH-Dependent Bioavailability, Speciation, and Phytotoxicity of Tungsten (W) in Soil Affect Growth and Molybdoenzyme Activity of Nodulated Soybeans.Environmental science & technology · 2018Article
- Tungstate adsorption onto Italian soils with different characteristics.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2017Article
- Elemental composition of Marrubium astracanicum Jacq. growing in tungsten-contaminated sites.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2016Article
- "CLASPing" tungsten's effects on microtubules with "PINs".Plant signaling & behavior · 2015Article
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Abstract
The objective of this study is to investigate tungsten (W) contamination in soil and its enrichment in rice in the area of the world's largest and longest-operating W mines in China. Root zone soil and rice plants were sampled at 15 sites in the agricultural field adjacent to W mines and analyzed for Al, Fe, Mn, Sc, and W contents and W chemical forms in the soil samples and W contents in the rice root, stem, leaf, and grain samples. Results showed that W content in the soil ranged from 3.99 to 43.7 mg kg(-1), with more than 90% of W in the residual fraction, showing its low mobility and bioavailability. Average W contents in the rice root, stem, leaf, and grain were 7.06, 2.34, 4.76, 0.17 mg kg(-1), respectively. In addition, they were linearly independent of W content and chemical forms in the soil. Average enrichment factor values were 0.39, 0.13, 0.28, and 0.01 for the root, stem, leaf, and grain, respectively. In can be concluded that W mining activity in the Dayu county contaminated the nearby agricultural soil and led to W bioaccumulation in the rice. This may pose a health risk to residents via food and soil ingestion, which should be a focus of scrutiny.
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