Rapid tests for the toxicity evaluation of soil contaminated by lead-acid batteries manufacture

Authors

  • Carlos Bento Borges Tavares Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
  • Laiz Coutelle Honscha Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Da Saúde, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
  • Ronan Adler Tavella Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Da Saúde, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
  • Caroline Lopes Feijo Fernandes Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Da Saúde, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
  • Tassia Fanton Escola de Engenharia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
  • Paulo Roberto Martins Baisch Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
  • Isabel Soares Chaves Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
  • Flavio Manoel Rodrigues Da Silva Júnior Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Da Saúde, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, RS, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7344-4679

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5132/eec.2018.02.03

Keywords:

Eisenia andrei, Environmental contamination, Lactuca sativa, Lead

Abstract

Lead-acid battery manipulation is one of the major sources of environmental contamination of lead in developing and underdeveloped countries. For the preliminary investigation of the soil ecotoxicological potential of a mechanical workshop with deposit of lead-acid battery tailings, the avoidance behavior response test with Eisenia andrei and the phytotoxicity test with Lactuca sativa were made. The quantification of cadmium, copper, lead, zinc, manganese, iron and arsenic, was also performed. The level of lead found in the test soil was 56 times higher than the permitted value in Brazilian legislation, but the soil only showed toxicity in the avoidance behavior response test with earthworms. None of the phytotoxicity tests showed toxicity to lettuce seeds in germination rate and seedling length. This preliminary study confirms the contamination of these sites by lead and indicates that this contamination can cause damages to the edaphic fauna, suggesting further studies in areas contaminated by tailings of lead-acid batteries.

Author Biography

Flavio Manoel Rodrigues Da Silva Júnior, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Da Saúde, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, RS, Brazil

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Published

29-06-2018

How to Cite

Tavares, C. B. B., Honscha, L. C., Tavella, R. A., Fernandes, C. L. F., Fanton, T., Baisch, P. R. M., Chaves, I. S., & Da Silva Júnior, F. M. R. (2018). Rapid tests for the toxicity evaluation of soil contaminated by lead-acid batteries manufacture. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Contamination, 13(2), 11–17. https://doi.org/10.5132/eec.2018.02.03

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 2 (2018): Contamination and Toxicity of Soils and Sediments

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