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THE CONTENT OF ZINC, LEAD AND CADMIUM IN BAY BOLETE (XEROCOMUS BADIUS (FR.) E.) COLLECTED FROM A STRONGLY POLLUTED FOREST COMPLEX
Marek Pająk 1
Zakład Ekologii Lasu i Rekultywacji, Wydział Leśny, Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. H. Kołłątaja w Krakowie, Al. 29-ego Listopada 46, 31-425 Kraków
Marek Pająk
Zakład Ekologii Lasu i Rekultywacji UR w Krakowie, Al. 29 Listopada 46, 31-425 Kraków, Polska
Inż. Ekolog. 2016; 49:221–226
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12912/23920629/64530
The study of pollution of soil
The study of pollution of air
Right and the environment
The research was carried out in the Świerklaniec Forest District, the Brynica sub-district, which is located in the immediate vicinity of a metallurgical plant, a zinc mine named Huta Cynku "Miasteczko Śląskie" (HCMŚ). In autumn 2008, in the area in question, 31 permanent trial plots were established, aligned within a regular net of squares, with dimensions of 1500×1500 m. The trial plots were located to the north-east and to the east of the emitter (the HCMŚ zinc mine), accordingly with the direction of prevailing winds. In September 2013, and September and October 2014, sporocarps of bay bolete (Xerocomus badius (Fr.) E.) were collected from the trial plots. The analyses performed for the material gathered covered a determination of heavy metal content in mushrooms (Zn, Pb and Cd), using a method of inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy ICP-AES. This paper aimed to establish the accumulation levels of selected heavy metals (Zn, Pb and Cd) in bay bolete growing in forests of the Brynica sub-district, in the Świerklaniec Forest District, and the correlation between their content in soil and in the mushrooms under scrutiny. The analyses revealed that the contamination degree in the investigated species was extremely high. The content of toxic elements in bay bolete significantly exceeded the acceptable standards referring to the maximum content of heavy metals in mushrooms, which was particularly true for cadmium.
Identification of sources of non-dietary exposure of children to selected heavy metals in Sosnowiec
Exposure of Zabrze residents to heavy metals emitted from post-industrial waste heaps
The assessment of water quality contaminated with arsenic based on macroinvertebrates (Złoty Stok, Lower Silesia)
Ecotoxicological studies on the impact of copper smelter "Legnica" on living organisms
Sequential extraction of heavy metals in mineral-organic composite