Non-essential metal contamination is a common issue worldwide. In the last decades, the
primary contamination sources have been associated mainly with anthropogenic activities …

Lead (Pb) is a chemical element with extreme toxicity that is classified as one of the ten
chemicals of most significant concern to human health. The main problem involving Pb is its …

(1) Background: Leaded petrol became a worldwide vehicle fuel during the 20th century.
While leaded petrol was totally banned on 30 August 2021, its lead (Pb) dust legacy remains …

Lead is a ubiquitous pollutant with well-known effects on human health. As there is no lower
toxicological threshold for lead in blood and since data gaps on lead exposure still exist in …

Peat cores were collected from six bogs in northern Alberta to reconstruct changes in the
atmospheric deposition of Pb, a valuable tracer of human activities. In each profile, the …

Forty years ago, in a seminal paper published in Science, Settle and Patterson used
archeological and historical data to estimate the rates of worldwide lead production since …

Lead (Pb) is a metal of special importance because of its long history of commercial and
industrial use, global atmospheric contamination accelerated by the use of gasoline …

We report on the chemical and Pb isotopic compositions of epiphytic lichens collected from
small tree branches in the urban area of the city of Metz (NE France). Lichens were collected …

In this study, we measured Ni, Co, Cd, and Pb concentrations in the whole blood of farmers
from southeast Brazil to address the factors influencing human exposure in this population …

Abstract During three winter seasons (2009–2011), Pb concentrations were measured in
precipitation at 10 high-elevation sites in the Czech Republic, close to the borders with …