Assessment of Mercury-Polluted Soils Adjacent to an Old Mercury-Fulminate Production Plant

Mercury contamination of soils and vegetation close to an abandoned Hg-fulminate production plant was investigated. Maximum concentrations of Hg (>6.5 g kg−1 soil) were found in the soils located in the area where the wastewater produced during the washing procedures carried out at the production...

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Main Authors: M. Camps Arbestain, L. Rodríguez-Lado, M. Bao, F. Macías
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2009-01-01
Series:Applied and Environmental Soil Science
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/387419