TY - JOUR
T1 - Toxicity tests of soil contaminated by recycling of scrap plastics.
AU - Wong, M. H.
AU - Chui, V. W.
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PY - 1990/3
Y1 - 1990/3
N2 - The present investigation studied the toxicity of soil contaminated by untreated discharge from a factory that recycles used plastics. The nearby agricultural areas and freshwater fish ponds were polluted with high concentrations of Cu, Ni, and Mn. Water extracts from the contaminated soil retarded root growth of Brassica chinensis (Chinese white cabbage) and Cynodon dactylon (Bermuda grass) where their seeds were obtained commercially. The contaminated populations of C. dactylon, Panicum repen (panic grass), and Imperata cylindrica (wooly grass) were able to withstand higher concentrations of Cu, Ni, and Mn, especially C. dactylon, when compared with their uncontaminated counterparts.
AB - The present investigation studied the toxicity of soil contaminated by untreated discharge from a factory that recycles used plastics. The nearby agricultural areas and freshwater fish ponds were polluted with high concentrations of Cu, Ni, and Mn. Water extracts from the contaminated soil retarded root growth of Brassica chinensis (Chinese white cabbage) and Cynodon dactylon (Bermuda grass) where their seeds were obtained commercially. The contaminated populations of C. dactylon, Panicum repen (panic grass), and Imperata cylindrica (wooly grass) were able to withstand higher concentrations of Cu, Ni, and Mn, especially C. dactylon, when compared with their uncontaminated counterparts.
UR - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2331327/
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0025390751
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 2331327
AN - SCOPUS:0025390751
SN - 0895-3988
VL - 3
SP - 81
EP - 89
JO - Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
JF - Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
IS - 1
ER -
