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Potential benefits and risks of land application of sewage sludge.

Rajeev Singh, +1 more
- 01 Jan 2008 - 
- Vol. 28, Iss: 2, pp 347-358
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The available information on various aspects of sewage sludge application on soil fertility and consequent effects on plant production are reviewed to explore the possibility of exploiting this byproduct for agronomy and horticulture.
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This article is published in Waste Management.The article was published on 2008-01-01. It has received 955 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Biosolids & Sludge.

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Influence of pyrolysis temperature on production and nutrient properties of wastewater sludge biochar.

TL;DR: Investigation of the influence of pyrolysis temperature on production of wastewater sludge biochar and the properties required for agronomic applications found biochar produced at low temperature was acidic whereas at high temperature it was alkaline in nature.
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Influence of pyrolysis temperature on properties and environmental safety of heavy metals in biochars derived from municipal sewage sludge

TL;DR: It was found that most of the heavy metals existed in the oxizable and residual forms after pyrolysis, resulting in a significant reduction in their bioavailability, leading to a very low environmental risk of the biochar.
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Behavior of microplastics and plastic film residues in the soil environment: A critical review

TL;DR: The distribution and migration of microplastics in soils is summarized, the separation, extraction, and identification methods for monitoring microplastic in soils are highlighted, and the ecological effects and pollution mechanisms of soil micropl Plastic pollution are discussed.
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Field accumulation risks of heavy metals in soil and vegetable crop irrigated with sewage water in western region of Saudi Arabia

TL;DR: The results indicated a potential pathway of human exposure to slow poisoning by heavy metals due to the indirect utilization of vegetables grown on heavy metal-contaminated soil that was irrigated by contaminated water sources.
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Microplastics accumulate on pores in seed capsule and delay germination and root growth of the terrestrial vascular plant Lepidium sativum.

TL;DR: This is the first detailed study on the effect of nano- and microplastics on a vascular, terrestrial plant, and the results indicate short-term and transient adverse effects.
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Toxic metal accumulation from agricultural use of sludge: are USEPA regulations protective?

TL;DR: In this article, the USEPA regulations for the use of sewage sludges will permit concentrations of particular toxic metals to increase locally on agricultural land by a factor of a hundred or more above present soil concentrations.
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Chemical Composition of Sewage Sludges and Analysis of Their Potential Use as Fertilizers

TL;DR: In this article, the binding energy of the Zn 2P/sub 3/2/ electron in sludge was found to be 3.5 +- 0.1 on the Pauling scale.
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The behaviour of heavy metals in sewage sludge-amended soils.

TL;DR: The consequences of the application of sewage sludges to agricultural soils, with regard to the long-term bioavailability and movement of metals in soil profiles, are incompletely understood.
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Structure and function of the soil microbial community in microhabitats of a heavy metal polluted soil.

TL;DR: Particle-size fractionation of a heavy metal polluted soil was performed to study the influence of environmental pollution on microbial community structure, microbial biomass, microbial residues and enzyme activities in microhabitats of a Calcaric Phaeocem as mentioned in this paper.
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