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:The concentration of five soil heavy metals (Pb, Co, Cr, Cu, Hg) was measured in forty sampling sites in central Transylvania, Romania, regions known as centres of pollution due to the chemical and metallurgical activities. The soil samples were collected from locations where the ground is not sliding and the probability of alluvial deposits is small. The concentration of heavy metals was measured by using the Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometry method. Data were verified by using the Neutron Activation Analysis method. In some locations, the concentration for the investigated heavy metals exceeds the concentration admitted by the Romanian guideline. The highest concentration of lead (1521.8 ppm) and copper (1197.6 ppm) was found in Zlatna. The highest concentration of chromium was found in Târnăveni (1080 ppm). The maximum admitted concentrations in the sensitive areas revealed to be exceed from five to forty times.
journal_name
Int J Mol Scijournal_title
International journal of molecular sciencesauthors
Suciu I,Cosma C,Todică M,Bolboacă SD,Jäntschi Ldoi
10.3390/ijms9040434subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-04-01 00:00:00pages
434-53issue
4issn
1422-0067journal_volume
9pub_type
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