Chemistry of metal retention by soils

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 23; no. 9; pp. 1046 - 1056
• Main Author: Evans, L. J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 01.09.1989
• Subjects: CONTAMINACION DEL SUELO; CONTAMINANTES; METAL; METALES; METALS; POLLUANT; POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION DU SOL; PROPIEDADES FISICO-QUIMICAS (SUELO); PROPRIETE PHYSICO-CHIMIQUE DU SOL; SOIL CHEMICOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL SOLUTION; SOLUCIONES DEL SUELO; SOLUTION DU SOL

For thousands of years, soil has been the repository of society's wastes. The excavation of middens, which has provided archaeologists with valuable information on the daily life of past civilizations, has shown that land disposal has been carried out since antiquity. In recent years, however,...