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Immobilization of soil cadmium using combined amendments of illite/smectite clay with bone chars

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Abstract

The widespread use of cadmium (Cd)-containing organic fertilizers is a source of heavy metal inputs to agricultural soils in suburban areas. Therefore, the research and development of new materials and technologies for the remediation of Cd-contaminated soil is of great significance and has the potential to guarantee the safety of agricultural products and the protection of human health. We performed pot experiments to determine the potential of combined amendments of illite/smectite (I/S) clay with bone chars for the remediation of Cd-contaminated agricultural soils in a suburban area of Beijing, China. The results showed that both diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA)-extractable Cd in soil and the Cd in Brassica chinensis were significantly decreased by the application of 1, 2, or 5% combined amendments with various I/S and bone char (BC) ratios. The higher proportions of BC used in the combined amendments resulted in a better immobilization of soil Cd. The application of the 5% amendment that combined I/S with either pig or cattle BC resulted in the best immobilization. All of the combined amendments, regardless of the composition and ratio of the components, had no negative effects on the growth of B. chinensis. Therefore, it was concluded that combined amendments of I/S and BC have a good potential for remediating Cd-contaminated soils.

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This work was financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (project no. 41271492), Beijing Municipal Commission of Education Foundation (project no. KM201610028012), and National Key Technology Research and Development Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology (2014BAD14B02).

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  1. The Key Lab of Resource Environment and GIS, College of Resource Environment and Tourism, Capital Normal University, 105 North roads of Xisanhuan, Beijing, 100048, China

    Hong Li & Xuedong Wang

  2. State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China

    Hong Li, Jieyong Ou, Zengguang Yan & Youya Zhou

  3. Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in the Tropics, Ministry of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China

    Jieyong Ou

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Li, H., Ou, J., Wang, X. et al. Immobilization of soil cadmium using combined amendments of illite/smectite clay with bone chars. Environ Sci Pollut Res 25, 20723–20731 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-2227-4

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