A toxicokinetics approach using Enchytraeus crypticus to evaluate the efficiency of hydroxyapatite to remediate soils contaminated with rare earth elements

作者：Li, Wenxing; He, Erkai^*; Van Gestel, Cornelis A. M.; Peijnenburg, Willie J. G. M.; Li, Yinsheng; Liu, Min; Li, Ye; Li, Xing; Qiu, Hao

来源：Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023, 460: 132487.

DOI：10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132487

• Amendments
• REE contaminated filed soils
• Bioavailability
• Toxicokinetic model
• Enchytraeus crypticus

Extensive rare earth element (REE) mining activities pose threats to agricultural soils surrounding the mining areas. Here, low and high REE-contaminated soils from farmlands around mine tailings were remediated with hydroxyapatite. A toxicokinetic approach was applied to assess whether the use of hydroxyapatite reduced the bioavailability of REEs and thus inhibited their accumulation in the terrestrial organism Enchytraeus crypticus. Our results showed that addition of hydroxyapatite increased soil pH, DOC and anion contents. CaCl2-extractable REE concentrations significantly decreased, indicating the stabilization by hydroxyapatite. The influence of hydroxyapatite on the REE accumulation in enchytraeids was quantified by fitting a toxicokinetic model to dynamic REE body concentrations. The estimated uptake (Ku) and elimination rate constants (Ke), and bioaccumulation factor (BAF) for REEs were in the range of 0.000821 - 0.122 kgsoil/kgworm day-1, 0.0224 - 0.136 day ? 1, and 0.00135 - 1.96, respectively. Both Ku and BAF were significantly reduced by over 80% by hydroxyapatite addition, confirming the decreased REE bioavailability. Low atomic number REEs had higher BAFs in slightly contaminated soil, suggesting a higher bioaccumulation potential of light REEs in soil organisms.

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  上海交通大学