Arsenic in soil and irrigation water affects arsenic uptake by rice: Complementary insights from field and pot studies

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 8842-8848

  Dittmar, Jessica ^a,b   Voegelin, Andreas ^b,c   Maurer, Felix ^b   Roberts, Linda C ^b,c   Hug, Stephan J ^c   Saha, Ganesh C ^d   Ali, M Ashraf ^e   Badruzzaman, A Borhan M ^e   Kretzschmar, Ruben ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d DHAKA UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^e BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC UPTAKE; AS CONTENT; AS UPTAKE; BANGLADESH; DRY SEASONS; FIELD DATA; FULL FACTORIAL DESIGN; HARVEST SEASON; IRRIGATION PRACTICES; IRRIGATION WATERS; LOCAL POPULATIONS; PADDY FIELDS; POT EXPERIMENT; PREVIOUS YEAR; RICE CULTIVATION; RICE SEED; RICE STRAWS; RICE YIELD; STUDY SITES;

ARSENIC; EXPERIMENTS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; WATER SUPPLY;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; IRRIGATION WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CULTIVATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; IRRIGATION; PADDY FIELD; PHYTOTOXICITY; RICE; SOIL TYPE; STRAW; TOLERANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YIELD;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAIN; HARVEST PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT SEED; PLANT YIELD; RICE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; STRAW; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; ORYZA SATIVA; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; MUNSHIGANJ;

EID: 78650288475     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101962d     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Ali, M. A.; Badruzzaman, A. B. M.; Jalil, M. A.; Hossain, M. D.; Ahmed, M. F.; Masud, A. A.; Kamruzzaman, M.; Rahman, M. A. Fate of arsenic extracted with groundwater. In Fate of Arsenic in the Environment; Ahmed, M. F., Ed.; ITN International Training Network: Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2003; pp 7 - 20.
2. Smith, A. H.; Lingas, E. O.; Rahman, M. Contamination of drinking-water by arsenic in Bangladesh: a public health emergency Bull. W.H.O. 2000, 78, 1093-1103
3. Kinniburgh, D. G.; Smedley, P. L. Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater in Bangladesh; British Geological Survey (BGS) and Bangladesh Department for Public Health Engineering (DPHE): Keyworth, U.K., 2001.
4. Alam, M. B.; Sattar, M. A. Assessment of arsenic contamination in soils and waters in some areas of Bangladesh Water Sci. Technol. 2000, 42, 185-192
5. Meharg, A. A.; Rahman, M. M. Arsenic contamination of Bangladesh paddy field soils: Implications for rice contribution to arsenic consumption Environ. Sci. Technol. 2003, 37, 229-234
6. van Geen, A.; Zheng, Y.; Cheng, Z.; He, Y.; Dhar, R. K.; Garnier, J. M.; Rose, J.; Seddique, A.; Hoque, M. A.; Ahmed, K. M. Impact of irrigating rice paddies with groundwater containing arsenic in Bangladesh Sci. Total Environ. 2006, 367, 769-777
7. Saha, G. C.; Ali, M. A. Dynamics of arsenic in agricultural soils irrigated with arsenic contaminated groundwater in Bangladesh Sci. Total Environ. 2006, 379, 180-189
8. Hossain, M. B.; Jahiruddin, M.; Panaullah, G. M.; Loeppert, R. H.; Islam, M. R.; Duxbury, J. M. Spatial variability of arsenic concentration in soils and plants, and its relationship with iron, manganese and phosphorus Environ. Pollut. 2008, 156, 739-744
9. Dittmar, J.; Voegelin, A.; Roberts, L. C.; Hug, S. J.; Saha, G. C.; Ali, M. A.; Badruzzaman, A. B. M.; Kretzschmar, R. Spatial distribution and temporal variability of arsenic in irrigated rice fields in Bangladesh. 2. Paddy soil Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41, 5967-5972
10. Panaullah, G. M.; Alam, T.; Hossain, M. B.; Loeppert, R. H.; Lauren, J. G.; Meisner, C. A.; Ahmed, Z. U.; Duxbury, J. M. Arsenic toxicity to rice (Oryza sativa L.) in Bangladesh Plant Soil 2009, 317, 31-39
11. Roberts, L. C.; Hug, S. J.; Dittmar, J.; Voegelin, A.; Kretzschmar, R.; Wehrli, B.; Cirpka, O. A.; Saha, G. C.; Ali, M. A.; Badruzzaman, A. B. M. Arsenic release from paddy soils during monsoon flooding Nat. Geosci. 2010, 3, 53-59
12. Rahman, M. A.; Hasegawa, H.; Rahman, M. M.; Miah, M. A. M.; Tasmin, A. Arsenic accumulation in rice (Oryza sativa L.): Human exposure through food chain Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 2008, 69, 317-324
13. Adomako, E. E.; Solaiman, A. R. M.; Williams, P. N.; Deacon, C.; Rahman, G.; Meharg, A. A. Enhanced transfer of arsenic to grain for Bangladesh grown rice compared to US and EU Environ. Int. 2009, 35, 476-479
14. Williams, P. N.; Villada, A.; Deacon, C.; Raab, A.; Figuerola, J.; Green, A. J.; Feldmann, J.; Meharg, A. A. Greatly enhanced arsenic shoot assimilation in rice leads to elevated grain levels compared to wheat and barley Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41, 6854-6859
15. Abedin, M. J.; Cresser, M. S.; Meharg, A. A.; Feldmann, J.; Cotter-Howells, J. Arsenic accumulation and metabolism in rice (Oryza sativa L.) Environ. Sci. Technol. 2002, 36, 962-968
16. Abedin, M. J.; Cotter-Howells, J.; Meharg, A. A. Arsenic uptake and accumulation in rice (Oryza sativa L.) irrigated with contaminated water Plant Soil 2002, 240, 311-319
17. Delowar, H. K. M.; Yoshida, I.; Harada, M.; Sarkar, A. A.; Miah, M. N. H.; Razzaque, A. H. M.; Uddin, M. I.; Adhana, K.; Perveen, M. F. Growth and uptake of arsenic by rice irrigated with As-contaminated water J. Food, Agric. Environ. 2005, 3, 287-291
18. Khan, M. A.; Islam, M. R.; Panaullah, G. M.; Duxbury, J. M.; Jahiruddin, M.; Loeppert, R. H. Fate of irrigation-water arsenic in rice soils of Bangladesh Plant Soil 2009, 322, 263-277
19. Li, R. Y.; Stroud, J. L.; Ma, J. F.; McGrath, S. P.; Zhao, F. J. Mitigation of arsenic accumulation in rice with water management and silicon fertilization Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43, 3778-3783
20. Khan, M. A.; Islam, M. R.; Panaullah, G. M.; Duxbury, J. M.; Jahiruddin, M.; Loeppert, R. H. Accumulation of arsenic in soil and rice under wetland condition in Bangladesh Plant Soil 2010, 333, 263-274
21. Xu, X. Y.; McGrath, S. P.; Meharg, A. A.; Zhao, F. J. Growing rice aerobically markedly decreases arsenic accumulation Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42, 5574-5579
22. Zhao, F. J.; McGrath, S. P.; Meharg, A. A. Response to the comment by Van Geen and Duxbury Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43, 3972-3973
23. van Geen, A.; Duxbury, J. M. Comment on "Growing rice aerobically markedly decreases arsenic accumulation" Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43, 3971-3971
24. Duxbury, J. M.; Panaullah, G. M. Remediation of arsenic for agriculture sustainability, food security and health in Bangladesh. Water Working Paper; 2007; www.fao.org/nr/water/docs/FAOWATER-ARSENIC.pdf.
25. Roberts, L. C.; Hug, S. J.; Dittmar, J.; Voegelin, A.; Saha, G. C.; Ali, M. A.; Badruzzaman, A. B. M.; Kretzschmar, R. Spatial distribution and temporal variability of arsenic in irrigated rice fields in Bangladesh. 1. Irrigation water Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41, 5960-5966
26. Dittmar, J.; Voegelin, A.; Roberts, L. C.; Hug, S. J.; Saha, G. C.; Ali, M. A.; Badruzzaman, A. B. M.; Kretzschmar, R. Arsenic accumulation in a paddy field in Bangladesh: Seasonal dynamics and trends over a three-year monitoring period Environ. Sci. Technol. 2010, 44, 2925-2931
27. Zavala, Y. J.; Duxbury, J. M. Arsenic in rice: I. Estimating normal levels of total arsenic in rice grain Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42, 3856-3860
28. Williams, P. N.; Price, A. H.; Raab, A.; Hossain, S. A.; Feldmann, J.; Meharg, A. A. Variation in arsenic speciation and concentration in paddy rice related to dietary exposure Environ. Sci. Technol. 2005, 39, 5531-5540
29. Williams, P. N.; Islam, M. R.; Adomako, E. E.; Raab, A.; Hossain, S. A.; Zhu, Y. G.; Feldmann, J.; Meharg, A. A. Increase in rice grain arsenic for regions of Bangladesh irrigating paddies with elevated arsenic in groundwaters Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006, 40, 4903-4908
30. Zhao, F. J.; Ma, J. F.; Meharg, A. A.; McGrath, S. P. Arsenic uptake and metabolism in plants New Phytol. 2009, 181, 777-794
31. Hu, Y.; Li, J. H.; Zhu, Y. G.; Huang, Y. Z.; Hu, H. Q.; Christie, P. Sequestration of As by iron plaque on the roots of three rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars in a low-P soil with or without P fertilizer Environ. Geochem. Health 2005, 27, 169-176
32. Kirk, G. The Biogeochemistry of Submerged Soils; John Wiley and Sons Ltd: Chichester, U.K., 2004.
33. Lu, Y.; Adomako, E. E.; Solaiman, A. R. M.; Islam, M. R.; Deacon, C.; Williams, P. N.; Rahman, G.; Meharg, A. A. Baseline soil variation is a major factor in arsenic accumulation in Bengal delta paddy rice Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43, 1724-1729
34. Ma, J. F.; Yamaji, N.; Mitani, N.; Xu, X. Y.; Su, Y. H.; McGrath, S. P.; Zhao, F. J. Transporters of arsenite in rice and their role in arsenic accumulation in rice grain Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2008, 105, 9931-9935
35. Koyama, T. Arsenic in soil-plant system Jpn. J. Soil Sci. Manure 1975, 46, 491-502 (in Japanese)
36. Environmental Quality Standards for Soil Pollution; MoE (Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan), 2010;, http://www.env.go.jp/en/water/soil/sp. html.
37. JECFA. Toxicological evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants; Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, U.K., 1989; pp 155 - 162.
38. Williams, P. N.; Islam, S.; Islam, R.; Jahiruddin, M.; Adomako, E.; Soliaman, A. R. M.; Rahman, G. K. M. M.; Lu, Y.; Deacon, C.; Zhu, Y.-G.; Meharg, A. A. Arsenic limits trace mineral nutrition (selenium, zinc, and nickel) in Bangladesh rice grain Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43, 8430-8436