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  • Front Cover; Trace-Element Contamination of the Environment; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. Trace-Element Contaminants; 1.1 General Considerations; 1.2 Lead; 1.3 Cadmium; 1.4 Mercury; Chapter 2. Factors Affecting the Trace-Element Composition of Soils; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Effect of Parent Material; 2.3 Effect of Lime and Fertilisers; 2.4 Depletion from Cropping; 2.5 Sulfur; 2.6 Assessing Availability; 2.7 Urban and Rural Soils; Chapter 3. Trace-Element Contamination of the Atmosphere; 3.1 General Considerations; 3.2 Lead from Petrol; 3.3 Fluorine
  • Chapter 4. Sources of Trace-Element Contamination of Soils4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination; 4.3 Dumped Wastes; 4.4 Waste Materials Deliberately Added to the Soil; 4.5 Pesticides; Chapter 5. Availability of Trace Elements in the Soil; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Relationship between Plant Uptake and 'Available' Level in Soil; Chapter 6. Consequences of Trace-Element Contamination of Soils; 6.1 General Considerations; 6.2 Composition of Herbage in Urban Areas; 6.3 Composition of Cabbages in Urban Areas
  • 6.4 Effects of Application of Sewage Sludge to Soil on Plant Composition6.5 Effects of Applications of Municipal Compost on Plant Composition; 6.6 Effects on Crops and Animals; Chapter 7. Tracegeneral Element Contamination of the Hydrosphere; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Pollution Potential of Trace Elements; 7.3 Problems of Inadequate Dispersal; 7.4 Conclusion; Chapter 8. Prevention of Dispersion of Metals in the Environment; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Need to Recycle Metals; 8.3 Disposal of Municipal Refuse; 8.4 Municipal Wastewaters and Sewage Sludge
  • 8.5 Measures Required to Minimise Dispersal of MetalsReference; Author Index