caa a22 4500 477094295 CHVBK 20180405111523.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01771288 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01771288 Lead pollution in East Trinidad resulting from lead recycling and smelting activities [Elektronische Daten] [Terry Mohammed, Ivan Chang-Yen, Isaac Bekele] Several problems of acute lead poisoning in children have been identified over the past three years in Trinidad. In all cases investigated so far, continual exposure to lead from battery recycling or from lead-smelter wastes have been found responsible. In East Trinidad, illicit dumping of lead wastes from such sources has resulted in several sites becoming heavily contaminated. Some of these sites are in environmentally sensitive areas, including rivers and wetlands, and require urgent remedial action. Results of monitoring studies at several of these sites show lead levels as high as 75% by weight. The potential for surface and ground water contamination exists, as evidenced by leaching of lead into surrounding areas. Chapman & Hall, 1996 Lead nationallicence soil nationallicence pollution nationallicence environmental contamination nationallicence atomic absorption spectrometry nationallicence Mohammed Terry Department of Chemistry, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad aut Chang-Yen Ivan Department of Chemistry, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad aut Bekele Isaac Department of Crop Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad aut Environmental Geochemistry and Health Kluwer Academic Publishers 18/3(1996-09-01), 123-128 0269-4042 18:3<123 1996 18 10653 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01771288 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01771288 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mohammed Terry Department of Chemistry, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chang-Yen Ivan Department of Chemistry, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bekele Isaac Department of Crop Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Geochemistry and Health Kluwer Academic Publishers 18/3(1996-09-01), 123-128 0269-4042 18:3<123 1996 18 10653 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer