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Arsenic Pollution in the Southwest of Tuscany: Monitoring of Cornia Catchment Basin

2006

The territory of Colline Metallifere, in SW Tuscany, is characterized by the presence of strong arsenic anomalies. Some hypotheses, formulated in the last 20 years, based on geological and mineralogical factors have failed to explain the peculiar distribution of this toxic element in soil, fluvial sediments and ground water. Our research group has been studying for four years the problem of arsenic pollution in this district to investigate the origin and the mechanism of As diffusion in the environment. In particular we started a comparative study based on the extensive sampling of the stream sediments of the main waterways of Colline Metallifere (Pecora, Bruna and Cornia and their tributar…

HydrologyArsenic pollutiongeographyanthropogenic activitygeography.geographical_feature_categorysoil pollutionarsenic pollution; anthropogenic activity; soil pollutionDrainage basinarsenic pollutionFluvialStructural basinHuman settlementTributaryEnvironmental scienceHistorical seriesGroundwater
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