title: Determination of cadmium levels in agricultural areas of Carşamba and Bafra plains.
abstract: Cadmium pollution resulted from fertilizer applications were studied by determining cadmium levels in agricultural and non-agricultural soils of Bafra and Carşamba plains. Soil samples of 68 were collected from agricultural (34) and non-agricultural (34) areas. The sample of 2 g was placed in a test tube and digested with hydrochloric acid and nitric acid mixture (3:1, v/v) in an aluminum block. Taking up the evaporated residue was dissolved in 1% nitric acid and total cadmium concentrations were determined with GF-AAS. Mean level of cadmium contents were found in agricultural areas 0.162 +/- 0.078 for Carşamba and 0.433 +/- 0.288 mg kg(-1) for Bafra. The accuracy of the method was tested with determining cadmium contents of standard reference material and cadmium spiked soil samples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Science, Ondokuz Mayis University, 55139 Samsun, Turkey. hasanc@omu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cesur
authors.forename: Mehmet Ersin
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Kartal
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards; D005308:Fertilizers; D012015:Reference Standards; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D005308:Fertilizers; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D002104:Cadmium