Distribution of heavy metal pollution in sediments from an acid leaching site of e-waste

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 499, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 349-355

  Quan, Sheng Xiang ^a,b   Yan, Bo ^a   Lei, Chang ^a,b   Yang, Fan ^a   Li, Ning ^a,b   Xiao, Xian Ming ^a   Fu, Jia Mo ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical speciation; E waste; Heavy metal; Risk assessment; Sediment contamination

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACID LEACHING; E-WASTE; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION;

CHEMICAL SPECIATION;

ANTIMONY; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; TIN; VANADIUM; ZINC; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEAVY METAL; LEACHING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); WASTE DISPOSAL;

ACID LEACHING; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LEACHING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUIYU;

ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES;

EID: 84908111544     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.084     Document Type: Article

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