IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319-1775 Online 2320-7876

PHYSICO-CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF SOIL FROM CONTAMINATED SITES NEAR CEMENT INDUSTRIES

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Charu Vyas, Ashwini A. Waoo

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Abstract: The cement industry is a potential source of pollution from heavy metals contamination. The present study intends to find out the diffuse physio-chemical pollution and the accumulation concentrations of different heavy metals in the indigenous soil samples collected from cement dust industrially contaminated soils of cement industrial area, Satna, (M.P.), on paying proper attention to the availability of mineral resources in this region. Heavy metals in the soil samples were analyzed through ICP-MS by KED mode, which showed that Zn, Cr, and Pb concentrations were higher in the soil. Extraction results of investigated heavy metals (Zn, Cr, Cu, Pb, B, Mo, and Cd) were compared to the control sample standards and were found above the permissible limits in indigenous soil, which may be the result of anthropogenic inputs in this area and showed that this area has been affected by activities of the cement industry resulting in high metals contents as compared to their background levels. Various soil quality physicochemical parameters were also analyzed by using the conventional analytical methods as standard procedure. It was found that some of the soil quality parameters were above the permissible limit and some were not and concluded that the soils of these areas are contaminated. This higher concentration of metals investigated in the soil is a great health risk not only for those people living in the vicinity of cement industries but also for those depending on crops such as wheat and mustard rice as a staple food. It is proposed from the aftereffects of the current research that appropriate observing of this source of contamination should be carried out routinely to prevent the ruinous influences concerning pollution.

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