THE LEVEL OF PLANT CONTAMINATION BY MERCURY FROM THE RUDNANYMINES IMMISION AREA

In the present work we focused on the monitoring of total mercury in forest ecosystem Volovske mountains, in the middle of the file which has been subjected tolong-termemission burden metal working plant in Rudnany. Sampling sites located between Rudnany and Krompachy in regular, well-defined distan...

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Published in:Journal of microbiology, biotechnology and food sciences biotechnology and food sciences, 2013-01 (Special Issue 1 - Part B), p.1997-2004
Main Authors: Tomas, Jan, Arvay, Julius, Harangozo, Lubos, Slavik, Marek, Missik, Juraj, Stanovic, Radovan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorption spectroscopy
Biotechnology
Food contamination & poisoning
Forest soils
Forests
Heavy metals
Mercury (metal)
Mountains
Plants (organisms)
Pollutants
Pollution sources
Sampling
Soil (material)
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Summary:In the present work we focused on the monitoring of total mercury in forest ecosystem Volovske mountains, in the middle of the file which has been subjected tolong-termemission burden metal working plant in Rudnany. Sampling sites located between Rudnany and Krompachy in regular, well-defined distances. From everypoint of delivery, we sampled the soiland forest, respectively, pasture growth. In all samples, we conducted analyzes to determine mercury content on dedicated absorption spectrometry AMA 254 companies from Altech. The results of total mercury content in the soil show higher values compared with the limit value, especially at a distance of 5 km from the emission source (0.6888 to 10.0279 ug.g-1). Such high levels of mercury content in the soil creates an increased risk of contamination of biota, but this assumption does not apply, as shown by the results of analyzes the content of Hg in the stand.
ISSN:1338-5178