Environmental science & technologyChromiumSoil PollutantsSoilHot TemperatureWildfires
Landscape Position and Burn Intensity Influence Heat-Induced Soil Chromium Contamination.
Chelsea S Obeidy, Markus W Koeneke, Owen W Duckworth, Matthew L Polizzotto
Published: 202510.1021/acs.est.5c08315
Abstract
Wildfires are increasing in extent and severity, posing a worldwide threat to human and environmental health. Fire-induced oxidation of Cr in soils can generate hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)), a mobile and toxic Class A carcinogen, but the controls on…
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