1. Valores anômalos de metais pesados em solo de cemitério (doi:10.4136/ambi-agua.838)
- Author
-
Pedro Daniel da Cunha Kemerich, Carlos Eduardo Balestrin Flores, Guilherme Antonio Moreira de Barros, Ademir Eloi Gerhardt, Willian Fernando de Borba, and Rodrigo Ferreira da Silva
- Subjects
Pollution ,education.field_of_study ,Soil test ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Population ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Barium ,Aquatic Science ,Contamination ,Copper ,Chromium ,chemistry ,Environmental chemistry ,Environmental science ,education ,Groundwater ,General Environmental Science ,media_common - Abstract
The necro chorume generated by the decomposition of human bodies has a high pollution load and depending on its location, it may reach and contaminate the soil, the surface and underground water resources. The problem is critical because the analyzed cemetery is located in a vulnerable area and the surrounding population makes use of the water under the influence of the necro chorume, and therefore, subjected to water carrying diseases. This study aimed to analyze the concentrations of heavy metals barium, copper, chromium and zinc in soil occupied by necropolis. An auger was used to collect soil samples in 10 different sites and depths. For determining the concentration of metals, the technique of fluorescence X-ray Energy Dispersive with the support of the software Surfer 10 was used to spatially generate concentration data maps. The concentrations of barium and copper indicated contamination of the soil in all sampled sites, while the chrome showed evidence of
- Published
- 2012
- Full Text
- View/download PDF