Soil and groundwater contamination with heavy metals at two scrap iron and metal recycling facilities

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 52-63

  Jensen, D L ^a   Holm, P E ^a   Christensen, T H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Groundwater contamination; Heavy metal migration; Heavy metals; Metal recycling industry; Scrap iron industry; Soil contamination

Indexed keywords

METAL RECYCLING INDUSTRY;

COPPER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON SCRAP; LEAD; PH EFFECTS; SOIL POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; RECYCLING; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC BATTERY; LEACHING; MIGRATION; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0033998984     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3070.2000.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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