Geospatial Deposition of Toxic Heavy Metals and Metalloids between a Pond and the Associated Agricultural Ecosystem in a Non-Industrialized Rural Area in West Bengal, India

firstₚage Download PDF settings Order Article Reprints Font Type: Arial Georgia Verdana Font Size: Aa Aa Aa Line Spacing:    Column Width:    Background: Open AccessAbstract Geospatial Deposition of Toxic Heavy Metals and Metalloids between a Pond and the Associated Agricultural Ecosystem in a Non-Industrialized Rural Area in West Bengal, India † by Ishika PalIshika Pal SciProfiles Scilit Preprints. org Google Scholar 1, 2, Farhan JamilFarhan Jamil SciProfiles Scilit Preprints. org Google Scholar 1, 2, Upama DasUpama Das SciProfiles Scilit Preprints. org Google Scholar 1, 2, Swapnanil MondalSwapnanil Mondal SciProfiles Scilit Preprints. org Google Scholar 1, 2, Srinwanti BandyopadhyaySrinwanti Bandyopadhyay SciProfiles Scilit Preprints. org Google Scholar 1, 2 and Chayan MunshiChayan Munshi SciProfiles Scilit Preprints. org Google Scholar 2, * 1 Department of Zoology, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan 731235, India 2 Ethophilia Research Foundation, Santiniketan 731235, India * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. † Presented at the 1st International Electronic Conference on Toxics, 20–22 March 2024; Available online: https: //sciforum. net/event/IECTO2024 Proceedings 2024, 102 (1), 29; https: //doi. org/10. 3390/proceedings2024102029 Published: 3 April 2024 Download keyboardₐrrowdown Download PDF Download PDF with Cover Download XML Download Epub Versions Notes Keywords: toxic metals; sediment; soil; geochemical toxicity; heavy metals; metalloids Introduction: Toxic heavy metals and metalloids are biohazards, which are known to contaminate the environment. These environmental contaminants are geologically distributed in several ecosystems and are eventually bioaccumulated in native habitats of the respective biomes. The aim of our research is to evaluate the deposition of toxic heavy metals and metalloids in the sediment/soil of a non-industrial rural area. Methods: The concentration of heavy metals and metalloid (s) was measured from sediment/soil samples in a rural area of West Bengal, India, by using the Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES) method. Sediments from a pond and the adjacent (connected) agricultural soil were compared to assess the contamination difference between the ecologically linked sub-environments. Results: Our results reveal the considerable occurrence of the top listed toxic metalloid arsenic (As), and heavy metals lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) in both sub-environments. The data are analyzed in respect to the comparative concentration of these elements in the sub-environments along with the calculations of contamination factor, geo-accumulation index, pollution load index and the potential ecological risk of these elements in the soils. Our findings indicate the serious contamination of cadmium in both sub-environments; however, cadmium levels are higher in the agricultural soil. Conclusions: Metal contamination in soil is an issue of concern for geologists, environmental biologists and ecotoxicologists. Our work concentrates on the heavy metal/metalloid contamination in the soil of a non-industrialized rural area. The experiment establishes the fact that a significant deposition of hazardous elements can not only occur in industrialized urban areas, but also that remote countryside areas are equally prone to toxic contamination. In fact, contaminated soil in the agricultural fields can create notable safety issues related to farming products. The pollution profile of non-industrial environments or apparently safe areas should be given adequate attention by researchers regarding biohazard concerns. Author ContributionsConceptualization, writing, and supervision, C. M. ; Methodology and data curation, I. P. , F. J. , U. D. , S. M. and S. B. ; Formal analysis, C. M. and I. P. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. FundingThis research received no external funding. Institutional Review Board StatementNot applicable. Informed Consent StatementNot applicable. Data Availability StatementExperimental data is not shown due to ethical restrictions. Conflicts of InterestThe authors declare no conflict of interest. Disclaimer/Publisher's Note: The statements, opinions and data contained in all publications are solely those of the individual author (s) and contributor (s) and not of MDPI and/or the editor (s). MDPI and/or the editor (s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to people or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content. © 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https: //creativecommons. org/licenses/by/4. 0/). Share and Cite MDPI and ACS Style Pal, I. ; Jamil, F. ; Das, U. ; Mondal, S. ; Bandyopadhyay, S. ; Munshi, C. Geospatial Deposition of Toxic Heavy Metals and Metalloids between a Pond and the Associated Agricultural Ecosystem in a Non-Industrialized Rural Area in West Bengal, India. Proceedings 2024, 102, 29. https: //doi. org/10. 3390/proceedings2024102029 AMA Style Pal I, Jamil F, Das U, Mondal S, Bandyopadhyay S, Munshi C. Geospatial Deposition of Toxic Heavy Metals and Metalloids between a Pond and the Associated Agricultural Ecosystem in a Non-Industrialized Rural Area in West Bengal, India. Proceedings. 2024; 102 (1): 29. https: //doi. org/10. 3390/proceedings2024102029 Chicago/Turabian Style Pal, Ishika, Farhan Jamil, Upama Das, Swapnanil Mondal, Srinwanti Bandyopadhyay, and Chayan Munshi. 2024. "Geospatial Deposition of Toxic Heavy Metals and Metalloids between a Pond and the Associated Agricultural Ecosystem in a Non-Industrialized Rural Area in West Bengal, India" Proceedings 102, no. 1: 29. https: //doi. org/10. 3390/proceedings2024102029 Article Metrics No No Article Access Statistics Multiple requests from the same IP address are counted as one view.