Using column experiments to examine transport of As and other trace elements released from poultry litter: Implications for trace element mobility in agricultural watersheds

• Published in: Environmental pollution (1987) Vol. 227; pp. 223 - 233
• Main Authors: Oyewumi, Oluyinka, Schreiber, Madeline E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2017
• Subjects: Adsorption; Agricultural Irrigation; Agriculture; Animals; Arsenic; Arsenic - analysis; Copper; Fertilizers; Groundwater; Humans; Manure; Models, Chemical; Phosphorous; Poultry; Poultry litter; Soil; Soil Pollutants - analysis; Trace elements; Trace Elements - analysis; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Zinc; Phosphorous; Arsenic; Trace elements; Agriculture; Copper; Zinc; Poultry litter

Trace elements are added to poultry feed to control infection and improve weight gain. However, the fate of these trace elements in poultry litter is poorly understood. Because poultry litter is applied as fertilizer in many agricultural regions, evaluation of the environmental processes that influe...