A 3300-year atmospheric metal contamination record from Raeburn Flow raised bog, south west Scotland

Küttner, Anke; Mighall, Tim; Vleeschouwer, François De; Mauquoy, Dmitri; Cortizas, Antonio Martínez; Foster, Ian D L; Krupp, Eva M.

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2014.01.011

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“…Despite modern technologies of exhaust gas purification, sewage treatment, and improvement of mining and metal processing methods, contaminants deposited in the environment in recent years remain of major concerns (EFSA 2009, 2010; Küttner et al 2014). Toxic trace elements are present not only in the vicinity of industrial areas but also in natural and agricultural ecosystems away from emission sources (Giżejewska et al 2015).…”

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Can red deer antlers be used as an indicator of environmental and edible tissues’ trace element contamination?

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Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Venison is an attractive product for consumers concerned with healthy lifestyle; however, it can contain high levels of toxic elements, and therefore, it is a possible source of hazardous contaminants in human diet. Antlers are suitable bioindicators of environmental metal contamination, and herein, we assessed the ability of trace element levels in antlers to indicate levels in edible soft tissues. We determined the concentrations of lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg), arsenic (As), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), and iron (Fe) in the liver, kidney, muscle, and antlers of 14 free-ranging red deer (Cervus elaphus) from northeastern Poland using atomic absorption spectrometry. We found the highest concentrations of Pb (0.321 ± 0.165 mg/kg), As (0.045 ± 0.074 mg/kg), Zn (105.31 ± 16.33 mg/kg), and Fe (220.92 ± 117.18 mg/kg) in antlers; of Cd (4.974 ± 1.90 mg/kg) and Hg (0.048 ± 0.102 mg/kg) in kidney; and of Cu (7.29 ± 7.02 mg/kg) in the liver. A positive relationship between concentrations in antlers and muscle was found only for Cu (p = 0.001), and it therefore appears that red deer antlers cannot be used as an index for element concentrations in soft tissues. While our results confirm that the Mazury region is little polluted, consumption of red deer offal from this area should be limited according to extant legal limits set for livestock consumption.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s11356-017-8798-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Can red deer antlers be used as an indicator of environmental and edible tissues’ trace element contamination?

Giżejewska

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Nawrocka

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“…A considerable percentage of TMs released to the atmosphere is often carried by long range transport, deposited by precipitation or as aerosols, and stored in and between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in remote areas. Long term records to quantify accumulation of TMs in natural geological archives are helpful to differentiate and document the temporal trends of natural versus anthropogenic TMs [4][5][6][7][8]. The magnitude and history of changes in past metal deposition have been studied in a variety of environmental records in the Northern Hemisphere, such as ice core [9], lake sediment [10,11] and ombrotrophic peat [12,13].…”

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Atmospheric Deposition History of Trace Metals and Metalloids for the Last 200 Years Recorded by Three Peat Cores in Great Hinggan Mountain, Northeast China

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A large number of studies on trace metals and metalloids (TMs) accumulations in peatlands have been reported in Europe and North America. Comparatively little information is available on peat chronological records of atmospheric TMs flux in China. Therefore, the objective of our study was to determine the concentrations and accumulation rates (ARs) of TMs in Motianling peatland from Great Hinggan Mountain, northeast China, and to assess these in relation to establish a historical profile of atmospheric metal emissions from anthropogenic sources. To meet these aims we analyzed 14 TMs (As, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sr, Sb, Tl, and Zn) and Pb isotopes ( Pb ratio close to 1.9. ARs and enrichment factors (EFs) of TMs suggested enhanced metal concentrations near the surface of the peatland (in peat layers dated from the 1980s) linked to an increasing trend since the 2000s. This pollution pattern is also fingerprinted by the Pb isotopic composition, even after the ban of leaded gasoline use in China. Emissions from coal and leaded gasoline combustions in northern China are regarded as one of the major sources of anthropogenic Pb input in this region; meanwhile, the long-distance transportation of Pb-bearing aerosols from Mongolia should be also taken into consideration. The reconstructed history of TMs' pollution over the past ca. 200 years is in agreement with the industrial development in China and clearly illustrates the influence of human activities on local rural environments. This study shows the utility of taking multi-cores to show the heterogeneity in peat accumulation and applying PCA, EF and Pb isotope methods in multi-proxies analyses for establishing a high resolution geochemical metal record from peatland.

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“…However, as reported by historical studies (Cucagna 1961;De Lorenzo 1999;Vergani 2003), local mining activity during the Roman period is likely, and its effects may have been recorded in the peat bog. During the Roman period, Pb was mined all around Europe, as shown by many palaeoenvironmental studies carried out mainly on lakes and mires in Spain (Martínez Cortizas et al 1997Monna et al 2004a;Kylander et al 2005), in the British Isles (Le Mighall et al 2009Mighall et al , 2014Küttner et al 2014), in Switzerland (Shotyk 1996;Shotyk et al 1998), in France (Monna et al 2004b) and in Sweden (Brännvall et al 1997(Brännvall et al , 1999Klaminder et al 2003).…”

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Holocene vegetation history and human impact in the eastern Italian Alps: a multi-proxy study on the Coltrondo peat bog, Comelico Superiore, Italy

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Veget Hist Archaeobot

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The present study aims to reconstruct vegetation development, climate changes and human impact using an ombrotrophic peat core from the Coltrondo bog in the eastern Italian Alps. Evidence from pollen, micro-charcoal, major and trace elements, and lead isotopes from this 7,900 years old peat deposit has been combined, and several climatic oscillations and phases of human impact detected. In particular, human presence was recorded in this area of the Alps from about 650 cal bc, with periods of increased activity at the end of the Middle Ages and also at the end of the 19th century, as evidenced by both human-related pollen and the increase in micro-charcoal particles. The enrichment factor of lead (EF Pb) increased since the Roman period and the Middle Ages, suggesting mainly mining activities, whereas the advent of industrialization in the 20th century is marked by the highest EF Pb values in the whole core. The EF Pb data are strongly supported by the 206 Pb/ 207 Pb values and these are in general agreement with the historical information available. Therefore, the multi-proxy approach used here has allowed detection of climatic events and human impact patterns in the Comelico area starting from the Iron Age, giving new insights into the palaeoecology as well as the course of the interaction among humans, climate and ecosystems in this part of the eastern Italian Alps.

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A 3300-year atmospheric metal contamination record from Raeburn Flow raised bog, south west Scotland

Cited by 38 publications

References 58 publications

Can red deer antlers be used as an indicator of environmental and edible tissues’ trace element contamination?

Can red deer antlers be used as an indicator of environmental and edible tissues’ trace element contamination?

Atmospheric Deposition History of Trace Metals and Metalloids for the Last 200 Years Recorded by Three Peat Cores in Great Hinggan Mountain, Northeast China

Holocene vegetation history and human impact in the eastern Italian Alps: a multi-proxy study on the Coltrondo peat bog, Comelico Superiore, Italy

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