Health Risk Assessment Associated with Abandoned Copper and Uranium Mine Tailings

This study aims to investigate the dose rate and pollution level of Ciudanovita, Lisava, Anina, and Moldova Noua mining tailing dumps. In order to accomplish this, soil samples were collected according to LUCAS 2009/2012, in the summer of 2017. To start with, these samples were measured in situ for...

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Published in:Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 2019-04, Vol.102 (4), p.504-510
Main Authors: Pehoiu, Gica, Radulescu, Cristiana, Murarescu, Ovidiu, Dulama, Ioana Daniela, Bucurica, Ioan Alin, Teodorescu, Sofia, Stirbescu, Raluca Maria
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abandoned mines
Aquatic Pollution
Cadmium
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
Chromium
CONTAMINATION
COPPER
Dosage
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecotoxicology
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Health
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Fourier transforms
HEALTH HAZARDS
Health risks
Heavy metals
Infrared spectroscopy
Investigations
Lead
Light microscopy
Manganese
Mass spectrometry
Mass spectroscopy
Microscopy
Mine tailings
Mine wastes
MINING
MOLDOVA
Morphology
Nickel
Optical microscopy
Organic chemistry
Pollution
Pollution levels
RISK ASSESSMENT
Scanning electron microscopy
Soil contamination
Soil Science & Conservation
SOILS
TAILINGS
Uranium
URANIUM MINES
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
Zinc
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Summary:This study aims to investigate the dose rate and pollution level of Ciudanovita, Lisava, Anina, and Moldova Noua mining tailing dumps. In order to accomplish this, soil samples were collected according to LUCAS 2009/2012, in the summer of 2017. To start with, these samples were measured in situ for dose rate and revealed some interesting aspects, following this, they were investigated in the laboratory using different physico-chemical methods for more complex data. Therefore, two techniques have been used for structural investigation that revealed some particularities in terms of morphology, color and shape (optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy) and, two for chemical composition (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and inductive coupled plasma mass spectrometry), which provided the qualitative confirmation of chemical groups involved in soil composition along with the heavy and radioactive metals presence (i.e. Pb, U, Cu, Cr, Cd, Ni, Zn, and Mn), expressed also by contamination factor.
ISSN:0007-4861
1432-0800
DOI:10.1007/s00128-019-02570-9