Cadmium, zinc and lead in soils in the zone of influence of the industrial enterprises

Authors

  • Sergey E. Golovatyi Belarusian State University, International Sakharov Environmental Institute Dolgobrodskaya street, 23/1, 220070, Minsk, Belarus
  • Svetlana V. Savchenko Institute of environmental management of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Skorina street, 10, 220114, Minsk, Belarus
  • Elena A. Samusik Belarusian State University, International Sakharov Environmental Institute Dolgobrodskaya street, 23/1, 220070, Minsk, Belarus

Keywords:

total and mobile forms of heavy metals, pollution of soils, elements pollutants, industrial enter-prise, threshold limit value

Abstract

Assessment of the total and mobile forms of cadmium, lead and zinc in a soil cover in the territory of the industrial enterprises has shown pollution of soils these elements. The highest level pollution of soils zinc is noted in a zone of influence of the enterprise of a machine-building com-plex where average concentration of metal has exceeded the standard for the total contents by 7,5 times, for mobile forms – by 1,6 times. The increased contents in soils of the total cadmium is not-ed at industrial sites in a zone of influence of the enterprises for production of cement and ma-chinebuilding production. Pollution of soils mobile lead is characteristic of the enterprises specializing in foundry and cement production where the average content of an element is higher than admissible level in 4,1 and 1,7 times respectively.

Author Biographies

  • Sergey E. Golovatyi, Belarusian State University, International Sakharov Environmental Institute Dolgobrodskaya street, 23/1, 220070, Minsk, Belarus

    doctor of science (agriculture), professor; head of the department of environmental monitoring and management

  • Svetlana V. Savchenko, Institute of environmental management of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Skorina street, 10, 220114, Minsk, Belarus

    PhD (geology and mineralogy); leading researcher of Institute of environmental management

  • Elena A. Samusik, Belarusian State University, International Sakharov Environmental Institute Dolgobrodskaya street, 23/1, 220070, Minsk, Belarus

    graduate student of the department of environmental monitoring and management

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Published

2018-04-08

Issue

No. 4 (2017): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Ecology

Section

Industrial and Agricultural Ecology

How to Cite

[1]
Golovatyi, S.E. et al. 2018. Cadmium, zinc and lead in soils in the zone of influence of the industrial enterprises. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Ecology. 4 (Apr. 2018), 70–80.