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Lead concentration in soil from an old mining town

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Lead concentration in soils has been measured in Vetagrande, an old mining town located at the state of Zacatecas in México. Eighty nine soils samples were analyzed using Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence. The lead concentrations were treated with the Kriging method in order to estimate the lead concentration distribution in the studied area. Pb levels in soils were from 8 to 7730 μg kg−1, where 28.1% of soil samples have less than 400 μg kg−1, 71.9% is above 400 μg kg−1 which is the maximum level recommended by the EPA for residential use of soil. Lead concentration measured around public sites represent a risk of lead intake in the population.

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  1. Unidad Academica de Agronomia, Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas, Apdo. Postal 336, 98000, Zacatecas, Zac, Mexico

    Miguel Angel Salas-Luevano

  2. Unidad Academica de Estudios Nucleares, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Apdo. Postal 336, 98000, Zacatecas, Zac, Mexico

    Eduardo Manzanares-Acuña, Consuelo Letechipia-de Leon, Víctor Martin Hernandez-Davila & Hector Rene Vega-Carrillo

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Salas-Luevano, M.A., Manzanares-Acuña, E., Letechipia-de Leon, C. et al. Lead concentration in soil from an old mining town. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 289, 35–39 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-011-1054-6

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