Abstract
Investigation of zinc and lead contamination of soil at the abandoned Edendale mine, Mamelodi (Pretoria, South Africa) using a field-portable spectrometer
Highlights
Many mines in South Africa were inappropriately closed and left unattended during the last century
Soil from the old Edendale lead mine property in Mamelodi Extension 11, east of Pretoria, which was suspected to be contaminated with lead, was analysed
Thirty-six of the soil samples that were analysed by portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) on site were selected and analysed in the laboratory using inductively coupled plasmaoptical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) for verification purposes
Summary
Many mines in South Africa were inappropriately closed and left unattended during the last century. Investigation of zinc and lead contamination of soil at the abandoned Edendale mine This investigation was aimed at evaluating the extent of pollution at the abandoned Edendale mine to assess the risk that zinc and lead toxicity poses to local communities.
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