Agricultural Topsoil Degradation Assessment around Brick Kiln-A Case Study

Shashank Shekhar Pathak¹

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.6 , Issue.5 , pp.54-65, May-2020

Online published on May 31, 2020

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Abstract :
The present case study exemplifies the use of soil pollution indices and health risk assessment models for monitoring and assessment of agricultural soil quality. Brick kilns contaminate the agricultural soil through emission of air pollutants and use of non eco-friendly materials and processes. In the present study, the quality of agricultural soil near the brick kiln was assessed on the basis of pH, Organic matter content, Organic carbon content, Lead concentration, Chromium concentration and Cadmium concentration. Agricultural soil, from all four directions, at the distance of 100m, 200m and 300m from the kiln was collected and analyzed. Heavy metal concentrations were compared with the WHO standards for the target value in soil and permissible level in plants. Lead and chromium concentrations were in limit as per the target value in soil but was way out of the limit as per the permissible value allowed for the plants while cadmium concentration was above the target value for soil as well as the permissible value for plants. Heavy metal contamination was estimated using soil pollution indices. Health risk assessment was done using the non-carcinogenic health risk model and the carcinogenic health risk model. Three pathways (ingestion pathway, inhalation pathway and the dermal contact pathway) were considered for the calculation of the average daily intake of the toxic contaminants by the humans. Separate calculations were done for the child population and the adult population.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Heavy metal contamination, Soil pollution indices, Health risk assessment models, Carcinogenic health risk, Non-carcinogenic health risk, risk pathways

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