Heavy Metals in Sediments of Urban Streams: Contamination and Health Risk Assessment of Influencing Factors

Sediments of two urban streams in northern Poland outflowing to the Baltic Sea were assessed to explain the spatial variation in relation to urbanization level of the catchment, the role of retention tanks (RTs) and identification of pollution level. During the 3 month period of investigation sedime...

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Main Authors: Ewa Wojciechowska, Nicole Nawrot, Jolanta Walkusz-Miotk, Karolina Matej-Łukowicz, Ksenia Pazdro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-01-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/3/563