Friday, 18 May 2007
3rd Floor Hall (Pfahler Hall)
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Comparison of concentrations of toxic metals in grass grown in contaminated soil and in soil subjected to treatment with biogenic apatite, Apatite II

Venera Jouraeva and Alina Ebling. Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA

Palmerton Zinc Pile Superfund soil was remediated using Apatite II, biogenic apatite made of fish bones. After only six months of treatment, the soil was able to support the growth of grass and maples trees. Sequential fractionation of toxic metals showed that the metals are sequestered from bioavailable and potentially bioavailable forms into permanently bound to the soil matrix form. Concentrations of heavy metals in leaves and roots of grass grown in the treated and the untreated soil were analyzed in this research project.

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