Lead Contamination of Urban Snow
- 30 June 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Archives of environmental health
- Vol. 34 (4) , 222-223
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00039896.1979.10667402
Abstract
Lead content of newly fallen snow in an urban area ranges from 34 to 56 ppb. After falling, snow may incorporate major additional amounts of lead by dry deposition of lead aerosols from local sources. The highest concentration found was 2,700 ppb. Ingestion of leadcontaminated snow might pose a health hazard to inner city children.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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