Evaluation of different forms of black carbon amendment to reduce contaminants bioavailability and toxicity and to improve soil quality and plant production (BCAMEND)

 
Principal investigator: Prof. Patryk Oleszczuk Project number: PSPB-135/2010 Swiss partner: Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART (Dr. Thomas D. Bucheli) Soil contamination is one of most important factors influencing the quality of agricultural products. It should also be stressed that soil pollution is usually permanent and should not be expected to be easily reversible. Areas subject to soil pollution should be excluded from agricultural production. Such actions hamper the local economic development and progress. The reclamation of contaminated sites is essential for the urban development. Digging out the contaminated soil and treat it as disposal in a waste incineration plant is a billion euro task worldwide, even for only the hot spots of the contaminated site. The overarching goal of our project BCAMEND is to evaluate an in situ remediation strategy for the contaminated areas. In our project (BCAMEND) we propose a cheaper, sound, more effective, and scientifically interesting tool for the reclamation of the contaminated sites to improve soil quality and plant production. It evaluates sorbent amendment as a tool to reduce the threats of this truly global environmental issue. If successful this BCAMEND is a technology that can be widely used for soil remediation, which in turn creates business and investment prospects and opportunities. Moreover application of the ecotoxicological bioassays will increase our knowledge about the interactions between the biosphere, ecosystems and human activities. read more Research.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0
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Contact:  Department of Environmental Chemistry, University of Maria Skłodowska-Curie in Lublin, Pl. Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej 3, 20-031 Lublin, Poland

E-mail: patryk.oleszczukATpoczta.umcs.lublin.pl


PROJECT BCAMEND SUPPORTED BY A GRANT FROM SWITZERLAND THROUGH THE SWISS CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENLARGED EUROPEAN UNION

Value of co-financing: 871 231 CHF

PROJEKT BCAMEND WSPÓŁFINANSOWANY PRZEZ SZWAJCARIĘ W RAMACH SZWAJCARSKIEGO PROGRAMU WSPÓŁPRACY Z NOWYMI KRAJAMI CZŁONKOWSKIMI UNII EUROPEJSKIEJ

Wartość dofinansowania: 871 231 CHF

 
 

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