ABSTRACT
Hygienic and toxicological investigations of soil, plants, and animals have shown that the superphosphates made from Algerian phosphorites little differ from those made from the apatites of the Kola Peninsula. Superphosphates A and B should be referred to as hazard class IV and the superphosphates treated by ammonium should be classified as hazard class III.
Subject(s)
Diphosphates/toxicity , Fertilizers/toxicity , Minerals/toxicity , Phosphates/toxicity , Algeria , Animals , Diphosphates/chemistry , Guinea Pigs , Maximum Allowable Concentration , Mice , Minerals/chemistry , Phosphates/chemistry , Rabbits , Rats , Soil Pollutants/toxicityABSTRACT
Under conditions of farming intensification mineral and organic fertilizers, apart from pesticides, are recognized as an important source of environmental pollution in rural localities and of harmful impact on the health of paediatric population (especially of children during their first year of life), with the territorial loads of the above substances exceeding the critical level. Morbidity among children under 14 years of age increases predominantly at the expense of common unspecific kinds of pathology.