Speciation and bioaccessibility of lead and cadmium in soil treated withmetal-enriched Indian mustard leaves
Yanshan Cui , Jin Fu , Xiaochen Chen
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Received May 18, 2010,Revised September 20, 2010, Accepted , Available online
Volume 23,2011,Pages 624-632
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Indian mustard (Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.) has shown good potential for the phytoremediation of soil contaminated with heavy
metals. However, there is little information about the speciation and bioaccessibility of heavy metals in soil during the decomposition
of metal-rich Indian mustard leaves. Incubation experiments (1-, 3-, and 6-month) were carried out in Beijing and Hunan soil with
metal-rich Indian mustard leaves addition (1% and 3%) and the e ects of mustard leaves addition on the speciation and bioaccessibility
of heavy metals were studied. The results showed that the addition of mustard leaves led to significant increases in pH and DOC
in the Hunan soil. Both 1% and 3% of mustard leaf amendment caused the percentage of the exchangeable (F1), precipitated with
carbonates (F2), bound to Fe/Mn oxides (F3) and bound to organic matter (F4) fractions of Pb and Cd to increase dramatically, while
the percentage of the residual fraction (F5) of Cd and Pb significantly dropped in both Beijing and Hunan soils. Mustard leaf addition
caused the bioaccessibility of Pb to decrease in the gastric phase, whereas the values increased in the small intestinal phase. The Cd
bioaccessibility increased with mustard leaf addition in both the gastric and small intestinal phases. In conclusion, the metal-enriched
mustard leaves addition induces Pb and Cd concentrations and their mobility increasing in the Beijing and Hunan soils. Therefore,
heavy metal risk in metal-enriched plant leaves should be considered in phytoremediation system in which heavy metal might be
brought back to soil and changed over time.
