Environmental Assessment of the Toxic Effect of Slagheap on Soil Continuum

Abstract

Abstract This article shows the study of the toxicological state of soils in the areas of anthropogenic impact of slag dump industrial waste of aluminum casting in the Oryol region. The data obtained indicate a high impact of slag dumps as a result of waste storage in the production of aluminum casting [3]. The inter-elemental relationship between the studied toxic metals shows that heavy metals can also have the same anthropogenic origin, regardless of the sources of their origin. The results of the pollution index prove the moderately high level of pollution of the study areas. A comprehensive assessment of the degree of degradation of light gray forest soils and their ecological resistance to natural processes and regimes, anthropogenic loads occurring in the soil profile [5] is shown. Analysis of the isotopic composition of heavy metals proves their obvious anthropogenic origin, including industrial emissions from an aluminum casting plant, exhaust gases derived from regular exposure to vehicles, as well as from dust storms. Studies are made of the effect of slag dumps on the environment, in particular, the effect on soil, water and plant cover. As a result of the research performed, the local impact of the slag dump on the adjacent territory and its pollution with a complex of heavy metals were revealed.