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Atmospheric lead and cadmium deposition within forests in the Kanto district, Japan

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Atmospheric lead and cadmium deposition in bulk precipitation and throughfall was investigated at four forests in the Kanto district, Japan, to assess the impact of human activities on the environmental health of forests. Annual lead and cadmium depositions in bulk precipitation ranged from 8.9 to 25.7 g ha−1 year−1 and from 0.77 to 1.30 g ha−1 year−1, respectively. Lead and cadmium deposition increased in the summer at every forest due to large amounts of rainfall. At one of the forests, the depositions were also high in the winter due to heavy snowfall. These depositions were similar to recent depositions observed at other rural and urban sites in Japan and several forests in Europe and North America after 1990. These results indicate that although anthropogenic lead and cadmium are deposited at these rates over wide areas, depositions are still higher than in remote areas.

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  1. Soil Geochemistry Laboratory, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, 305-8687, Japan

    Yuko Itoh & Shuichiro Yoshinaga

  2. Tohoku Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Morioka, Japan

    Satoru Miura

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Itoh, Y., Miura, S. & Yoshinaga, S. Atmospheric lead and cadmium deposition within forests in the Kanto district, Japan. J For Res 11, 137–142 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10310-005-0196-1

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