Potentially Toxic Trace Elements in the Urban Soils of Santiago de Compostela (Northwestern Spain)

• Published in: Applied sciences Vol. 11; no. 9; p. 4211
• Main Authors: Herbón, Cecilia, Barral, María Teresa, Paradelo, Remigio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.05.2021
• Subjects: Agriculture; Biodiversity; Cities; Food contamination & poisoning; geoaccumulation; Lithology; metals; Pollution; Population; Reference materials; Soil contamination; Sustainable development; Trace elements; Urban farming; urban soil; Europe; Spain

With the objective of increasing information inorganic pollutants in urban soils in Spain, we studied the presence of Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni, Cr, and As in 55 soils in the city of Santiago de Compostela (northwestern Spain). The soils were developed over diverse parent materials (granites, gneiss, schists,...