Linking historical smelter emissions across Humberside (UK) to enhanced soil metal concentrations using geostatistics and preserved environmental samples

Trophic transfer of heavy metals along a pollution gradient in a terrestrial agro-industrial food web

“…However, a non-negligible fraction could have been transported over longer distances, of up to 24 km in the case of Pb and Sn (Rawlins et al, 2006). Here, we report that a contamination gradient exists for Ni and Cr from the pollution source onwards, with soil values of the two metals remaining at high levels at the more distant studied sites, thus introducing high toxicity risks for the wildlife.…”