Influence of accumulation of heaps of steel slag on the environment: determination of heavy metals content in the soils
The presence of high level of heavy metals involves a human healthy risk that could induce chronic diseases. This work reports on the metal contamination due to heaps of steel-slag accumulated during more than 40 years in allotments and industrial areas in the southern part of Madrid (Spain). Severa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Ciências
2010-06-01
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| Series: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652010000200003 |