Heavy metal contamination of paddy soils and rice (Oryza sativa L.) from Kočani Field (Macedonia)

Rogan, Nastja and Serafimovski, Todor and Dolenec, Matej and Tasev, Goran and Dolenec, Tadej (2009) Heavy metal contamination of paddy soils and rice (Oryza sativa L.) from Kočani Field (Macedonia). Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 31 (4). pp. 439-451.

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Abstract

This research focuses on the heavy metal
contamination of the paddy soils and rice from
Kočani Field (eastern Macedonia) resulting from
irrigation by riverine water impacted by past and
present base-metal mining activities and acid mine
drainage. Very high concentrations of As, Cd, Cu, Pb
and Zn were found in the paddy soils (47.6, 6.4, 99,
983 and 1,245 μg g-1) and the rice (0.53, 0.31, 5.8,
0.5 and 67 μg g-1) in the western part of Kočani
Field, close to the Zletovska River, which drains the
mining facilities of the Pb–Zn mine in Zletovo. In
terms of health risk, the observed highest concentrations
of these elements in the rice could have an
effect on human health and should be the subject of
further investigations.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Natural sciences > Earth and related environmental sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Natural and Technical Sciences
Depositing User:	Goran Tasev
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2012 08:15
Last Modified:	22 Nov 2012 08:15
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/1605

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