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Lead accumulation and association with Fe on Typha latifolia root from an urban brownfield site

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Synchrotron X-ray microfluorescence and X-ray absorption near-edge microstructure spectroscopy techniques were applied to Typha latifolia (cattail) root sections and rhizosphere soils collected from a brownfield site in New Jersey to investigate lead (Pb) accumulation in T. latifolia roots and the role of iron (Fe) plaque in controlling Pb uptake. We found that Pb and Fe spatial distribution patterns in the root tissues are similar with both metals present at high concentrations mainly in the epidermis and at low concentrations in the vascular tissue (xylem and phloem), and the major Pb and Fe species in T. latifolia root are Pb(II) and Fe(III) regardless of concentration levels. The sequestration of Pb by T. latifolia roots suggests a potential low-cost remediation method (phytostabilization) to manage Pb-contaminated sediments for brownfield remediation while performing wetland rehabilitation.

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This work was supported in part by the Margaret and Herman Sokol Foundation (H.F.), China Scholarship Council (Y.Q.), and Montclair State University Separate Budget Award. Portions of this work were performed at Beamline X27A, National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS), Brookhaven National Laboratory. X27A is supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy–Geosciences (DE-FG02-92ER14244 to The University of Chicago–CARS). Use of the NSLS was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under contract no. DE-AC02-98CH10886. The part of work in Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory (K.Z and C.J.L.) was supported in part by National Science Foundation through grant MCB-1051675 to C.J.L. We are grateful to Professor Elena Maestri, Editor of Environmental Science and Pollution Research, and two anonymous reviewers who offered constructive comments and suggestions on an earlier draft of this paper. The authors also wish to thank Christina Soman and Jikai Xu of Montclair State University for their assistance in the field work.

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  1. Department of Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, 07043, USA

    Huan Feng & Yu Qian

  2. Urban Forestry Program, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, USA

    Frank J. Gallagher

  3. Department of Biology and Microbiology, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, 07043, USA

    Meiyin Wu

  4. State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, People’s Republic of China

    Weiguo Zhang & Lizhong Yu

  5. School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA

    Qingzhi Zhu

  6. Department of Biology, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA

    Kewei Zhang & Chang-Jun Liu

  7. Photon Sciences Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA

    Ryan Tappero

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Feng, H., Qian, Y., Gallagher, F.J. et al. Lead accumulation and association with Fe on Typha latifolia root from an urban brownfield site. Environ Sci Pollut Res 20, 3743–3750 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-012-1298-x

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