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Lead contamination of soil along road and its remediation

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With a rapid development of road systems and an associated drastic increase in number of automobiles, the traffic has induced more and more obvious environmental pollution such as noise, dust, emission and heavy metal contamination. Lead, as one of the most harmful heavy metal contaminants, can execute a significant impact on soil quality and plant growth, depending on its form, as well as its transport and accumulation in soil. This paper describes the source and characteristics of Pb contaminant in soil along a road, and reviews the results of research on remediation of Pb-contaminated soils, aiming at identifying promising approaches to soil remediation along roads.

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  1. Institute of Mountain Disaster and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 610041, Chengdu, China

    Xu Pei & Liao Chaolin

  2. Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100039, Beijing, China

    Xu Pei & Liao Chaolin

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This research work was granted by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 90202007).

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Pei, X., Chaolin, L. Lead contamination of soil along road and its remediation. Chin. J. Geochem. 23, 329–333 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02871304

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