Accumulation of rare earth elements (REEs) in Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce) and Oreochromis niloticus (tilapia) in REEs industrial wastewater system

The wide application of rare earth elements (REEs) indicates that the demand is growing and crucial for a country’s economic sector. In 2009, Malaysia has set up a REE refining plant by establishing Lynas Advance Materials Plant (LAMP) near Kuantan Pahang. During the production and refining of RE...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Nor, Muhammad Nazreen, Omar, Muhammad Nor
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spelling iium-542412017-02-02T08:00:28Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/54241/ Accumulation of rare earth elements (REEs) in Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce) and Oreochromis niloticus (tilapia) in REEs industrial wastewater system Muhammad Nor, Muhammad Nazreen Omar, Muhammad Nor QD Chemistry The wide application of rare earth elements (REEs) indicates that the demand is growing and crucial for a country’s economic sector. In 2009, Malaysia has set up a REE refining plant by establishing Lynas Advance Materials Plant (LAMP) near Kuantan Pahang. During the production and refining of REEs, the activity is susceptible in causing environmental contamination. As REEs also include metals, once it enters the environment, they are hard to be destroyed but can be changed into another form. After entering into the environment, these harmful substances have a tendency to be accumulated by plants and animals (including fish). Until to date, very little efforts have been taken in monitoring toxic wastewater discharged by Lynas after extracting REEs. However, it is postulated that the environment problem related to the rare earth elements (REEs) contamination can be solved by generating the environment friendly measures called phytoremediation through bioaccumulation especially by using aquatic plants. This assumption is based on the recent reports which used aquatic plants as biological methods for removing heavy metal content through bioaccumulation. As an example, studies conducted on treatment of industrial wastewater site using aquatic plants (Pistia stratiotes, Eichornia crassipes and Salvinia molesta) and freshwater fish (Oreochromis niloticus) found that the heavy metal content such as Pb, Cr and Cd have been accumulated in aquatic plants and fish. Due to increase applications of REEs which resulted in environmental contamination, there has been a growing interest on the study of bioaccumulation processes of REEs using aquatic plants and freshwater fish. 2016 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54241/2/SKAM%2029%20Programme%20Summary%20rev.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54241/31/54241.pdf Muhammad Nor, Muhammad Nazreen and Omar, Muhammad Nor (2016) Accumulation of rare earth elements (REEs) in Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce) and Oreochromis niloticus (tilapia) in REEs industrial wastewater system. In: Simposium Kimia Analisis Malaysia SKAM 29 2016 Pulau Pinang (The 29th Malaysian Analytical Chemistry Symposium), 15th-17th August 2016, Pulau Pinang. (Unpublished) http://diari.usm.my/main.asp?action=viewevent&eventid=4558
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Accumulation of rare earth elements (REEs) in Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce) and Oreochromis niloticus (tilapia) in REEs industrial wastewater system
description The wide application of rare earth elements (REEs) indicates that the demand is growing and crucial for a country’s economic sector. In 2009, Malaysia has set up a REE refining plant by establishing Lynas Advance Materials Plant (LAMP) near Kuantan Pahang. During the production and refining of REEs, the activity is susceptible in causing environmental contamination. As REEs also include metals, once it enters the environment, they are hard to be destroyed but can be changed into another form. After entering into the environment, these harmful substances have a tendency to be accumulated by plants and animals (including fish). Until to date, very little efforts have been taken in monitoring toxic wastewater discharged by Lynas after extracting REEs. However, it is postulated that the environment problem related to the rare earth elements (REEs) contamination can be solved by generating the environment friendly measures called phytoremediation through bioaccumulation especially by using aquatic plants. This assumption is based on the recent reports which used aquatic plants as biological methods for removing heavy metal content through bioaccumulation. As an example, studies conducted on treatment of industrial wastewater site using aquatic plants (Pistia stratiotes, Eichornia crassipes and Salvinia molesta) and freshwater fish (Oreochromis niloticus) found that the heavy metal content such as Pb, Cr and Cd have been accumulated in aquatic plants and fish. Due to increase applications of REEs which resulted in environmental contamination, there has been a growing interest on the study of bioaccumulation processes of REEs using aquatic plants and freshwater fish.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Muhammad Nor, Muhammad Nazreen
Omar, Muhammad Nor
author_facet Muhammad Nor, Muhammad Nazreen
Omar, Muhammad Nor
author_sort Muhammad Nor, Muhammad Nazreen
title Accumulation of rare earth elements (REEs) in Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce) and Oreochromis niloticus (tilapia) in REEs industrial wastewater system
title_short Accumulation of rare earth elements (REEs) in Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce) and Oreochromis niloticus (tilapia) in REEs industrial wastewater system
title_full Accumulation of rare earth elements (REEs) in Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce) and Oreochromis niloticus (tilapia) in REEs industrial wastewater system
title_fullStr Accumulation of rare earth elements (REEs) in Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce) and Oreochromis niloticus (tilapia) in REEs industrial wastewater system
title_full_unstemmed Accumulation of rare earth elements (REEs) in Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce) and Oreochromis niloticus (tilapia) in REEs industrial wastewater system
title_sort accumulation of rare earth elements (rees) in pistia stratiotes (water lettuce) and oreochromis niloticus (tilapia) in rees industrial wastewater system
publishDate 2016
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/54241/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/54241/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/54241/2/SKAM%2029%20Programme%20Summary%20rev.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/54241/31/54241.pdf
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