Bioaccumulation of Cadmium and Zinc in the Fruits of Some Forestry Species of Sanogenic and Economical Importance from the Area of Copsa Mica

Authors

  • T. Mihailescu University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • G. Goji Simion Barnutiu Secondary School Blaj-Tiur, Romania
  • F. Dinulica Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania

Keywords:

cadmium, zinc, health promoting plants, bioaccumulation

Abstract

This paper presents the extent of heavy metal bioaccumulation in the fruits of some health promoting and economically important plant species grown around the area of Copşa Mică. Samples of fruits of hawthorn, blackberry, sea-buckthorn and desert false indigo were collected from the most polluted area around Copşa Mică city. To compare the results with “clean area’’, one control plot was chosen at 26.40 km from the source of the main polluter, near the city of Blaj, Alba county. The study investigates the magnitude of the fruit’s load with zinc and cadmium in the context of the major activity stop, from January-March 2009 main polluter, SOMETRA S.A. Copsa Mica.

Author Biographies

T. Mihailescu, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Environment Protection and Engineering Dept.

F. Dinulica, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania

Dept. of Forest Exploatation

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Published

2011-11-29

Issue

Vol. 4(53) No. 2 (2011)

Section

FORESTRY