Application of biochar to soil reduces cancer risk via rice consumption: a case study in Miaoqian village, Longyan, China

Khan, Sardar, Reid, Brian J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9613-979X, Li, Gang and Zhu, Yong-Guan (2014) Application of biochar to soil reduces cancer risk via rice consumption: a case study in Miaoqian village, Longyan, China. Environment International, 68. pp. 154-161. ISSN 1873-6750

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Abstract

Consumption of rice contaminated with potentially toxic elements (PTEs) is a major pathway for human exposure to PTEs. This is particularly true in China's so called "Cancer Villages". In this study, sewage sludge biochar (SSBC) was applied to soil (at 5% and 10%) to suppress PTE phytoavailability and as a consequence to reduce PTE levels in rice grown in mining impacted paddy soils. Risk assessment indicated that SSBC addition (10%) markedly (P≤0.05) decreased the daily intake, associated with the consumption of rice, of PTEs (As, Cd, Co, Cu, Mn, Pb and Zn by: 68, 42, 55, 29, 43, 38 and 22%, respectively). In treatments containing SSBC (10%) the health quotient (HQ) indices for PTEs (except for As, Cu and Mn) were <1, indicating that SSBC suppressed the health risk associated with PTEs in rice. The addition of SSBC (10%) markedly (P≤0.01) reduced AsIII (72%), dimethylarsinic acid (DMA) (74%) and AsV (62%) concentrations in rice. Consequentially, following SSBC application (10%), the incremental lifetime cancer (ILTR) value for iAs (AsIII+AsV) associated with the consumption of rice was significantly (P≤0.01) reduced by 66%. These findings suggest that SSBC could be a useful soil amendment to mitigating PTE exposure, through rice consumption, in China's "Cancer Villages".

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	biochar,metals,rice,bioaccumulation,daily intake,as speciation,cancer risk,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Geosciences Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Biology
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	13 Sep 2018 13:30
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 20:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/68277
DOI:	10.1016/j.envint.2014.03.017

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