Toxicity and physicochemical parameters of composts including distinct residues from agribusiness and slaughterhouse sludge.
Waste Manag
; 138: 75-82, 2022 Feb 01.
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ABSTRACT
Composting is useful for treatment of residues from agribusiness, but the potential toxicity of the final compost should be evaluated before its agricultural destination. The objective of this study was to evaluate the physicochemical characteristics and the toxicity of agribusiness residues using onion seeds as bioindicators. All tested treatments were composed by sludge from a swine slaughterhouse and sawdust. Besides the control, which included no additional materials, the other treatments included aviary bedding, rice husk and residue from tobacco industries as structuring materials. After 120 days of composting, for all treatments, the temperature inside the composting piles approached the environmental temperature, the physicochemical parameters indicated that the composts were stabilized and, except for the treatment including tobacco residues, that could be used for agriculture without impairing plant germination. Although the treatments including tobacco residues and rice husk showed evidence of cytotoxicity and genotoxicity at the beginning of the composting period, that was not observed for the treatment including aviary bedding. Such potential toxicity was not observed at the end of composting for any of the tested treatments.
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MEDLINE
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Oryza
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Compostaje
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Animals
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En
Revista:
Waste Manag
Asunto de la revista:
SAUDE AMBIENTAL
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TOXICOLOGIA
Año:
2022
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Article
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Brasil