Linkage between solid-phase apportionment and bioaccessible arsenic, chromium and lead in soil from Glasgow, Scotland, UK

• Published in: Earth and environmental science transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Vol. 108; no. 2-3; pp. 217 - 230
• Main Authors: Wragg, Joanna, Broadway, Andrew, Cave, Mark R., Fordyce, Fiona M., Palumbo-Roe, Barbara, Beriro, Darren J., Farmer, John G., Graham, Margaret C., Ngwenya, Bryne T., Bewley, Richard J. F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Edinburgh, UK Royal Society of Edinburgh Scotland Foundation 01.01.2019
• Subjects: sequential extraction; metals; human health risk assessment; land contamination; bioaccessibility; CISED

The chemical composition of soil from the Glasgow (UK) urban area was used to identify the controls on the availability of potentially harmful elements (PHEs) in soil to humans. Total and bioaccessible concentrations of arsenic (As), chromium (Cr) and lead (Pb) in 27 soil samples, collected from dif...