The response of earthworms (Eisenia fetida) and soil microbes to the crumb rubber material used in artificial turf fields
| Autor: | Sharon T. Pochron, Nicholas Panico, Charles Lawrence Patterson, Cassandra Sperl, Yuwan Lisa Ho, Andrew Fiorenza, Wade J. Tucker, Clara Tucker, Brianne Ledda |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Environmental Engineering
Environmental remediation Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Soil biology New York Environmental pollution 010501 environmental sciences Environment complex mixtures 01 natural sciences Soil Metals Heavy Environmental Chemistry Animals Soil Pollutants Crumb rubber Recycling Oligochaeta Organic Chemicals Soil Microbiology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Topsoil Bacteria Soil organic matter Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Environmental engineering 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences General Medicine General Chemistry Pollution Soil contamination Environmental chemistry 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Environmental science Rubber Environmental Pollution |
| Zdroj: | Chemosphere. 173 |
| ISSN: | 1879-1298 |
| Popis: | Municipalities have been replacing grass fields with artificial turf, which uses crumb rubber infill made from recycled tires. Crumb rubber contains hydrocarbons, organic compounds, and heavy metals. Water runoff from crumb rubber fields contains heavy metals. These components can damage the environment. We contaminated topsoil with new crumb rubber and measured its impact on earthworms and soil microbes. Specifically, we compared soil microbe activity and earthworm health, survivorship, and longevity in heat and light stress under two soil regimes: clean topsoil and clean topsoil contaminated with crumb rubber. We then characterized levels of metals, nutrients, and micronutrients of both soil treatments and compared those to published New York soil background levels and to levels set by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) as remediation goals. We found that: 1) contaminated soil did not inhibit microbial respiration rates, 2) earthworm survivorship was not impacted by exposure to contaminated soil, 3) earthworms' ability to cope with heat and light stress remained unchanged after living in contaminated soil, but 4) earthworms living in contaminated soil gained 14% less body weight than did earthworms living in uncontaminated soil. We also found that, with the exception of zinc, heavy metals in our contaminated soil did not exceed the background levels found throughout New York State or the remediation targets set by the DEC. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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