Lead contamination of an agricultural soil in the vicinity of a shooting range

0340231 - BÚ 2010 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Chrastný, V. - Komárek, M. - Hájek, Tomáš
Lead contamination of an agricultural soil in the vicinity of a shooting range.
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. Roč. 162, 1-4 (2010), s. 37-46. ISSN 0167-6369. E-ISSN 1573-2959
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60050516
Keywords : lead * contamination * lead
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour
Impact factor: 1.436, year: 2010

We evaluated the effect of a shooting range on Pb contamination of adjacent agricultural soils and the associated environmental risks. Pb was concentrated in arable layer of the contamined site (573 to 694 mg kg−1), representing 12-fold Pb content as compared with subsoil and control site. Isotopic analyses (206Pb/207Pb) proved that Pb originated predominantly from the currently used pellets. The 0.05 M EDTA extraction showed that up to 62% of total Pb from the contaminated site is potentially mobilizable. Increased Pb concentrations (in comparison to control site) were found in both studied plant species: cultivated spring barley and the moss Hypnum cupressiforme. This study showed that shooting ranges can present an important source of Pb contamination of agricultural soils located in their close vicinity.
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