5
views
0
recommends
+1 Recommend
1 collections
    0
    shares
      • Record: found
      • Abstract: found
      • Article: found
      Is Open Access

      Using a Portuguese regosol to derive soil reference values for arsenic Translated title: Utilização de um regossolo português para derivar valores de referência para arsénio

      research-article

      Read this article at

      Bookmark
          There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.

          Abstract

          Abstract Soil reference values (SRV) are preliminary screening benchmark values used to evaluate the potential toxicity of specific contaminants in soils. The Portuguese Environmental Agency has proposed SRV for metals and metalloids based on soil uses but without consideration for the soil type. This project aims to derive SRV for arsenic (As) using a natural Portuguese soil since it is known that soil properties can influence the mobility and bioavailability of contaminants. To achieve this aim, a non-contaminated regosol was collected and spiked with a range of concentrations of As. After, a battery of ecotoxicological tests was performed using the spiked soil, including microbial parameters, reproduction with invertebrates, plant growth assays, and aquatic organisms (to evaluate elutriates from the spiked soil) following standard protocols (ISO and OECD) and aimed at deriving concentrations that cause a x% effect (ECx) to the tested organism and/or the test endpoints assessed. The endpoints will be used to estimate a SRV (e.g., PNEC- predicted no effect concentration to the ecosystem or HC5 - hazard concentration for 5% of the species of the ecosystem) using Species Sensitivity Distribution (SSD) models. The results showed that As was very toxic to all the tested organisms, and based on the data we collected, an HC5 based on 10% effect concentrations HC5 (EC10) of 2.80 mg kg-1 of soildw was proposed as SRV for regosol.

          Translated abstract

          Resumo Os valores de referência do solo (VRS) são usados para avaliações preliminares da potencial toxicidade de contaminantes específicos presentes nos solos. A Agência Ambiental Portuguesa propôs VRS para metais e metalóides com base no uso potencial do solo, mas sem considerar o tipo de solo. Este trabalho tem como objetivo derivar VRS para o arsénio (As) usando um solo natural português, tendo por base o conhecimento de que as propriedades do solo podem influenciar a mobilidade e a biodisponibilidade de contaminantes. Para atingir este objetivo, um regossolo não contaminado foi recolhido e contaminado com uma gama de concentrações de As. Posteriormente, foi realizada uma bateria de testes ecotoxicológicos usando o solo contaminado e incluindo parâmetros microbianos, reprodução com invertebrados, ensaios crescimento e germinação de plantas, assim como ensaios com organismos aquáticos (para avaliação de elutriados do solo contaminado) seguindo protocolos padronizados (ISO e OCDE), de forma a determinar as concentrações que causam um efeito de X% nos organismos ou parâmetros testados (CE ou do Inglês ECx). Estes valores serão usados para estimar um VRS (por exemplo, PNEC - concentração para a qual não se prevê a ocorrência de efeitos no ecossistema ou HC5 - concentração de perigo (do inglês: Hazard Concentration) para 5% das espécies do ecossistema) usando curvas de distribuição da sensibilidade das espécies (do inglês: SSDs). Os resultados mostram que o As é muito tóxico para todos os organismos/parâmetros testados e, com base nos dados recolhidos, um HC5 baseado em concentrações de efeito de 10% HC5 (EC10) de 2,80 mg kg-1 de solops foi proposto como VRS para regossolos.

          Related collections

          Most cited references10

          • Record: found
          • Abstract: not found
          • Article: not found

          Xylanase-, CM-cellulase- and invertase activity in soil: An improved method

            Bookmark
            • Record: found
            • Abstract: not found
            • Book: not found

            Methods in Soil Biology

              Bookmark
              • Record: found
              • Abstract: found
              • Article: not found

              State of the art of contaminated site management in The Netherlands: Policy framework and risk assessment tools

              This paper presents the policy framework of contaminated site management in The Netherlands and the corresponding risk assessment tools, including innovations that have taken place since an overview was published in 1999. According to the Dutch Soil Protection Act assessment framework, soils are subdivided into three quality classes: clean, slightly contaminated and seriously contaminated. Historic cases of slightly contaminated soils are managed in a sustainable way by re-use of soil material within a region on the basis of risk-based and land use specific Maximal Values and Background Values. In case of serious soil contamination remediation is in principle necessary and the urgency of remediation has to be determined based on site-specific risks for human health, the ecosystem and groundwater. The major risk assessment tools in The Netherlands are the CSOIL exposure model (human health risks and food safety), Species Sensitivity Distributions and the Soil Quality Triad (ecological risks), along with a procedure to assess the risks due to contaminant spreading to and in the groundwater. Following the principle 'simple if possible, complex when necessary', tiered approaches are used. Contaminated site practices are supported with web-based decision support systems.
                Bookmark

                Author and article information

                Journal
                rca
                Revista de Ciências Agrárias
                Rev. de Ciências Agrárias
                Sociedade de Ciências Agrárias de Portugal (Lisboa, , Portugal )
                0871-018X
                December 2022
                : 45
                : 4
                : 461-470
                Affiliations
                [2] orgnameUniversity of the Basque Country orgdiv1Plentzia Marine Station orgdiv2Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology & Biotechnology Spain
                [4] Porto orgnameUniversidade do Porto orgdiv1Faculty of Sciences orgdiv2Sustainable Agrifood Production Research Center/ INOV4Agro & Department of Biology Portugal
                [1] Porto orgnameUniversidade do Porto orgdiv1Faculty of Sciences Portugal
                [3] Matosinhos orgnameInterdisciplinary Center of Marine and Environmental Research Portugal
                Article
                S0871-018X2022000300461 S0871-018X(22)04500400461
                10.19084/rca.28494
                93914226-1694-4186-9404-edda19711034

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

                History
                Page count
                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 10, Pages: 10
                Product

                SciELO Portugal


                Testes Ecotoxicológicos,Soil Reference Values,Environmental Risk Assessment,Ecotoxicological Tests,Species Sensitivity Distribution models,Valores de Referência do Solo (VRS),Avaliação de Risco,curvas de distribuição de sensibilidade das espécies

                Comments

                Comment on this article