Abstract
The objective of this presentation is to relate the abundance and mobility of Cd in components of terrestrial ecosystems with implications for land utilization of sewage sludge.The uptake of Cd by crop plants is a function of the quantity of the element in the soil plus other soil factors affecting the Cd ion activity or electrochemical potential at the plant root surface.The natural abundance of Cd in soils has been reported as 0.5 j,ug/g which is higher than the background level of 0.2 ,ug/g found in soils studied in Pennsylvania.Experimental results indicate that the plant availability of Cd increases with each soil addition.While the plant availability of Cd is decreased by liming to increase soil pH, it has not been possible to add Cd salts or sewage sludge Cd without significantly increasing plant uptake.Field studies have shown that land application of sewage sludge can be expected to increase the Cd concentration of corn leaves from a range of 0.05-0.1 ,ug/g to 1-3 ,ug/g.Two years after the last applica- tion of sludge which added up to 10 ppm Cd to the surface soil, corn grain, sorghum grain, wheat grain, and potatoes showed a 10-to 15-fold increase in Cd over background levels.Etudies were conducted with chicks, laying hens, and meadow voles (Microtus Pennsylvanias) to assess ttte impact of this increase in plant Cd upon the food chain.Corn and sorghum plants were grown on soils with either inorganic or sludge fertilizer for the purpose of producing herbage for use in feeding trials with meadow voles.Eight diets and a synthetic control diet were formulated to study the effect of source (plant vs. inorganic) of Cd on tissue accumulation.Significant accumulation of Cd occurred in kidney and liver, but not muscle, of voles fed diets containing sludge fertilized corn (1.09 ,tg/g) or sludge fertilized sorghum (2.76 ug/g).The source of Cd had little influence on tissue accumulation.In studies with broiler chicks and laying hens, natural diets containing 0.2 ppm Cd were supplemented with 3 ppm of this element.As with the meadow voles, Cd readily accumulated in liver and kidney.Although the results were not statistically significant, 3 ppm dietary Cd doubled muscle Cd content.There was no transfer of Cd to egg in a long term (12 month) experiment with laying hens.Soil management programs have been developed to maintain animal dietary levels of Cd at less than 1.0 ,tg/g from the use of sewage sludge on land in Pennsylvania.However, it is concluded that this level over time may cause a significant accumulation of Cd in animal tissues.Interpretation of these results in relation to those for human intake of Cd and the long range health effects of Cd is required for the proper monitoring of sewage sludge applications on land used for production of crops which enter the food chain.
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Claim · model-written summary
Crop cadmium uptake depends on soil cadmium and factors controlling cadmium activity at the root surface.
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e0“The uptake of Cd by crop plants is a function of the quantity of the element in the soil plus other soil factors affecting the Cd ion activity or electrochemical potential at the plant root surface.”
Claim · model-written summary
Each soil addition increased plant availability of cadmium.
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- Soil-Plant-Animalt0
- Treatment
- each soil additione0
- Outcome
- plant availability of Cde0
- Direction
- increasese0
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e0“Experimental results indicate that the plant availability of Cd increases with each soil addition.”
t0“Soil-Plant-Animal”
Claim · model-written summary
Liming to raise soil pH decreased plant availability of cadmium.
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- Soil-Plant-Animalt0
- Treatment
- liming to increase soil pHe0
- Outcome
- plant availability of Cde0
- Direction
- decreasede0
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e0“the plant availability of Cd is decreased by liming to increase soil pH”
t0“Soil-Plant-Animal”
Claim · model-written summary
Adding cadmium salts significantly increased plant cadmium uptake.
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e0“it has not been possible to add Cd salts or sewage sludge Cd without significantly increasing plant uptake”
t0“Soil-Plant-Animal”
Claim · model-written summary
Adding sewage sludge cadmium significantly increased plant cadmium uptake.
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e0“it has not been possible to add Cd salts or sewage sludge Cd without significantly increasing plant uptake”
t0“Soil-Plant-Animal”
Claim · model-written summary
Sewage sludge application increased corn leaf cadmium from 0.05-0.1 to 1-3 micrograms per gram.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayse0 - Organ / stage
- leavese0
- Treatment
- land application of sewage sludgee0
- Outcome
- Cd concentration of corn leavese0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 1-3 ,ug/ge0
- Comparator
- 0.05-0.1 ,ug/ge0
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Verbatim
e0“land application of sewage sludge can be expected to increase the Cd concentration of corn leaves from a range of 0.05-0.1 ,ug/g to 1-3 ,ug/g”
Claim · model-written summary
Corn grain cadmium remained 10-to 15-fold above background two years after sludge application.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayse0
- Organ / stage
- graine0
- Treatment
- sludge which added up to 10 ppm Cde0
- Outcome
- Cde0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 10-to 15-folde0
- Qualifier
- Two years after the last applica- tione0
- Comparator
- background levelse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“Two years after the last applica- tion of sludge which added up to 10 ppm Cd to the surface soil, corn grain, sorghum grain, wheat grain, and potatoes showed a 10-to 15-fold increase in Cd over background levels.”
Claim · model-written summary
Sorghum grain cadmium remained 10-to 15-fold above background two years after sludge application.
- Organ / stage
- graine0
- Treatment
- sludge which added up to 10 ppm Cde0
- Outcome
- Cde0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 10-to 15-folde0
- Comparator
- background levelse0
SorghumOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Two years after the last applica- tion of sludge which added up to 10 ppm Cd to the surface soil, corn grain, sorghum grain, wheat grain, and potatoes showed a 10-to 15-fold increase in Cd over background levels.”
Claim · model-written summary
Wheat grain cadmium remained 10-to 15-fold above background two years after sludge application.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume0 - Organ / stage
- graine0
- Treatment
- sludge which added up to 10 ppm Cde0
- Outcome
- Cde0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 10-to 15-folde0
- Comparator
- background levelse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Two years after the last applica- tion of sludge which added up to 10 ppm Cd to the surface soil, corn grain, sorghum grain, wheat grain, and potatoes showed a 10-to 15-fold increase in Cd over background levels.”
Claim · model-written summary
Potato cadmium remained 10-to 15-fold above background two years after sludge application.
- Taxon
- potatoes
Solanum tuberosume0 - Treatment
- sludge which added up to 10 ppm Cde0
- Outcome
- Cde0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 10-to 15-folde0
- Comparator
- background levelse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Two years after the last applica- tion of sludge which added up to 10 ppm Cd to the surface soil, corn grain, sorghum grain, wheat grain, and potatoes showed a 10-to 15-fold increase in Cd over background levels.”
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