Ecological Assessment of Heavy Metal Content in Ukrainian Soils

• Autorzy: Datsko Oksana , Zakharchenko Elina , Butenko Yevheniia , Melnyk Olena , Kovalenko Ihor , Onychko Victor , Ilchenko Volodymyr , Solokha Maksym

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12911/22998993/192669

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Military actions bring many negative consequences both in the short and long term. In particular, not only people suffer during armed aggression, but also the ecosystem and agrocenoses. This article examined the impact of bombardment of agricultural land with aerial bombs and established whether it was really contaminated with heavy metals. Samples were collected in two regions of Ukraine – Sumy and Chernihiv – from craters formed by bombing. The soil was taken directly from the bottom of the crater, at three points on its slope and 20 meters from the crater, in a conditionally undamaged area. The soil was analyzed in the laboratory using X–ray fluorescence analysis. The study analyzed the content of barium, zirconium, rubidium, zinc, and vanadium soil samples from a crater. The impact of aerial bombings on the concentration of heavy metals in the soils of the farms under investigation is unclear, it may be inferred. The concentration of barium, zirconium, and manganese on the crater slopes is higher in certain farms than in others, but overall trends do not show an obvious increase in these elements when compared to the control sites. However, several farms did not report significant shifts in the heavy metal composition, indicating how challenging it is to monitor whether explosions affect the concentrations of these elements. With a few exceptions, other heavy elements including strontium, rubidium, and zinc did not consistently exhibit excesses in the craters. Therefore, further, more thorough assessment of soil contamination should be carried out and methods for remediation should be developed.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

anthropogenic influence; crops; contamination; ecosystem; heavy metals; pXRF; soil; trace elements

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej ; Lublin University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Journal of Ecological Engineering
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: Vol. 25, nr 11
• Strony: 100--108
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 48 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Datsko Oksana

• Sumy National Agrarian University, 160, H. Kondratieva Str., Sumy, 40021, Ukraine

autor

Zakharchenko Elina

• Sumy National Agrarian University, 160, H. Kondratieva Str., Sumy, 40021, Ukraine

autor

Butenko Yevheniia

• Sumy National Agrarian University, 160, H. Kondratieva Str., Sumy, 40021, Ukraine

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8904-519X

autor

Melnyk Olena

• Sumy National Agrarian University, 160, H. Kondratieva Str., Sumy, 40021, Ukraine
• Royal Agricultural University, GL7 6JS, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

autor

Kovalenko Ihor

• Sumy National Agrarian University, 160, H. Kondratieva Str., Sumy, 40021, Ukraine

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Onychko Victor

• Sumy National Agrarian University, 160, H. Kondratieva Str., Sumy, 40021, Ukraine

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Ilchenko Volodymyr

• Sumy National Agrarian University, 160, H. Kondratieva Str., Sumy, 40021, Ukraine

autor

Solokha Maksym

• National Scientific Center Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry Research Named after O.N. Sokolovsky, Ukraine

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