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The management of dredged sediments is an important issue in coastal regions where the marine sediments are highly polluted by metals and organic pollutants. In this paper, mineral-based amendments (hematite, zero-valent iron and zeolite) were used to stabilize metallic pollutants (As, Cd, Cu, Mo, Ni, Pb, and Zn) in a contaminated marine sediment sample. Mineral-based amendments were tested at three application rates (5 %, 10 %, and 15 %) in batch experiments in order to select the best amendment to perform column experiments. Batch tests have shown that hematite was the most efficient amendment to stabilize inorganic pollutants (As, Cd, Cu, Mo, Ni, Pb, and Zn) in the studied sediment. Based on batch tests, hematite was used at one application rate equal to 5 % to conduct column experiments. Column tests confirmed that hematite was able to decrease metal concentrations in leachates from stabilized sediment. The stabilization rates were particularly high for Cd (67 %), Mo (80 %), and Pb (90 %). The Microtox solid phase test showed that hematite could decrease significantly the toxicity of stabilized sediment. Based on batch and column experiments, it emerged that hematite could be a suitable adsorbent to stabilize metals in dredged marine sediment.
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The authors thank Fabienne Séby and Christele Benoit from UT2A for the organotin analyses, Jean-Luc Aqua and Laurent Sannier from the SEDIMARD framework and Pierre Boissery from the “Agence de l’eau PACA” for their financial contributions to this research study.
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Mamindy-Pajany, Y., Geret, F., Hurel, C. et al. Batch and column studies of the stabilization of toxic heavy metals in dredged marine sediments by hematite after bioremediation. Environ Sci Pollut Res 20, 5212–5219 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-013-1510-7
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-013-1510-7