ASSESSMENT OF THE UPTAKE OF ORGANIC EMERGING POLLUTANTS FROM RECLAIMED IRRIGATION WATER TO VEGETABLES.
BIOCHAR AND NANOPARTICLE EFFECT ON THEIR BIOAVAILABILITY
MAIN OBJECTIVES:
The uptake of emerging organic contaminants commonly found in reclaimed water (antibiotics, analgesics, hormones, biocides, fragrances, endocrine disruptors, anticonvulsants, stimulating agents) in vegetables will be assessed.
The uptake study will be performed under controlled conditions in three commercially important vegetable species using an agricultural soil and the presence of biochars or nanoparticles. The mobility of contaminants in soil in the presence or absence of plants will be assessed by analyzing the content of organic pollutants in the leachates after irrigation.
Finally, we will study the metabolism of contaminants incorporated by the plants.
The uptake of emerging organic contaminants commonly found in reclaimed water (antibiotics, analgesics, hormones, biocides, fragrances, endocrine disruptors, anticonvulsants, stimulating agents) in vegetables will be assessed.
The uptake study will be performed under controlled conditions in three commercially important vegetable species using an agricultural soil and the presence of biochars or nanoparticles. The mobility of contaminants in soil in the presence or absence of plants will be assessed by analyzing the content of organic pollutants in the leachates after irrigation.
Finally, we will study the metabolism of contaminants incorporated by the plants.