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Title: | Arsenic in surface soils affected by mining and metallurgical processing in K. Mitrovica region, Kosovo | Authors: | Stafilov, Trajce Aliu, Milihate Sajn, Robert |
Issue Date: | 2010 | Publisher: | MDPI AG | Journal: | International journal of environmental research and public health | Abstract: | The results of a study on the spatial distribution of arsenic in topsoil (0-5 cm) over the K. Mitrovica region, Kosovo, are reported. The investigated region (300 km(2)) was covered by a sampling grid of 1.4 km × 1.4 km. In total, 159 soil samples were collected from 149 locations. Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) was applied for the determination of arsenic levels. It was found that the average content of arsenic in the topsoil for the entire study area was 30 mg/kg (from 2.1 to 3,900 mg/kg) which exceeds the estimated European arsenic average in topsoil by a factor of 4.3. Contents of arsenic in the topsoil exceeded the optimum value recommended by the new Dutchlist (29 mg/kg As) in 124 km(2). The action value (55 mg/kg As) was exceeded in 64 km(2), with the average content of 105 mg/kg (from 55 to 3,900 mg/kg As). | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/14884 | DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph7114050 |
Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics: Journal Articles |
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