Assessment of Soil Resistance to Contamination by Platinum Nanoparticles by Biodiagnostic Methods

Abstract

Soil contamination with platinum nanoparticles is reproduced at a rapid rate, primarily because of the operation of vehicles with platinum exhaust gas converters. Already present on the territory with a concentration of platinum in the soil of more than 2 mg/kg, which is the maximum background content of 750 times. At the same time, the environmental risks of the adverse impact of platinum nanoparticles on the soil are practically not studied. The purpose of this work is to assess the consequences of different buffering capacities of soils to contamination with platinum nanoparticles in terms of biological parameters. Laboratory studies of soil resistance to pollution with platinum nanoparticles (PtNP) in the South of Russia were carried out, and their genetic properties were compared: Ordinary Chernozem (Haplic Chernozem (Loamic)), Brown Forest Soil (Eutric Cambisol), and Gray Sands (Eutric Arenosol). PtНЧ concentration studies 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10 and 100 mg/kg. Soil stability is assessed by the most sensitive and informative biological indicators of the state. It was found that the low content of PtNP (0.01, 0.1 and 1 mg/kg) in most cases does not lead to following the analysis of the biological state of the soil, and higher concentrations (10 and 100 mg/kg) lead to biological indicators. Soil enzymatic activity under PtНЧ contamination was inhibited to a lesser extent than phytotoxic and microbiological indicators. Common chernozem caused greater penetration to PtNP contamination than brown forest soil and gray sands. The results obtained were used to predict environmental risks in case of pollution of paid soils and to develop maximum allowable concentrations of platinum in soils of different buffering capacity.