Urban airborne lead: X-ray absorption spectroscopy establishes soil as dominant source.

Despite the dramatic decrease in airborne lead over the past three decades, there are calls for regulatory limits on this potent pediatric neurotoxin lower even than the new (2008) US Environmental Protection Agency standard. To achieve further decreases in airborne lead, what sources would need to...

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Main Authors: Nicholas E Pingitore, Juan W Clague, Maria A Amaya, Beata Maciejewska, Jesús J Reynoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2659775?pdf=render