Mobility of lead in the roadside soils of the 176th Street and Transcanada Highway Interchange, Surrey, BC

Tetra ethyl lead was used as a fuel additive to improve the octane rating of automotive gasoline until the early 1990s. Consequently soil lead concentrations in excess of the provincially determined standard are present at a number of highway construction sites. Presently, the Ministry of Transpo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lee, Norman
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/13065