The experiment was conducted in order to evaluate the concentration of heavy metals in the soil, from organic residues, extracted by organic acids commonly present in the rhizosphere of the plants and also the occurrence of heavy metal phytotoxicity problems in soybeans grown successively after the use of waste from urban, such as biodigested (LB) and centrifuged sewage sludge (LC), industrial steel slag (E) and lime mud (LCal) that were applied over a long period of time. The experiment was conducted in a Red distrophic Latosol (Oxisol), at UNESP in Botucatu, SP. It consisted of four types of waste, applied at zero (control), 2, 4 and 8 Mg ha-1 (dry basis) before the soybean sowing, every two years, since 2002 till 2010, totaling four applications. In the depth analysed, 0 to 0.10 m and 0.10 to 0.20 m, it was evident that the residue which added most metals to the soil, the leaves and the soybean grains was the LB, increasing the Ni, Cd, Pb and Zn concentration, while in the treatment where the steel slag (E) was used, Cr was the main metal released in the soil. The application of lime mud (LCal) did not increase the concentration of metals in the soil. The soybean crop showed concentration of Cr, Ni and Zn, exceeding the maximum permitted limit for food grains, when it received LB, especially in the highest dose of 8.0 Mg ha-1.
biodigested sewage sludge; centrifuged sewage sludge; steel slag and lime mud; Glycine max
