Trace metals in air samples collected from the cities of Kuwait and Riyadh after the Gulf war

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In an effort to assess the environmental impact of the burning oil wells in Kuwait, we measured metals such as lead (pb), cadmium (Cd), nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn), chromium (Cr), vanadium (V), and beryllium (Be) in the air samples collected from the cities of Kuwait and Riyadh, by flame‐less atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The data did not show an alarming increase in airborne metals during the months of May, when 530 oil wells were burning compared to November and October when all but 29 wells were already capped. Although the cumulative effects of prolonged exposure to certain metals that entered the food chain and water sources cannot be ruled out, the airborne metals, as measured, were surprisingly low.

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