TITLE:
Influence of Soil pH, Organic Matter, and Clay Content on Environmentally Available Lead in Soils: A Case Study in Muncie, Indiana, USA
AUTHORS:
Abdulgadir Elnajdi, Adam Berland, Jess Haeft, Carolyn Dowling
KEYWORDS:
Soil Acidity/Alkalinity, Lead Leaching, Lead Solubility, Health Risks, Lead Mobility
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Soil Science,
Vol.13 No.10,
October
25,
2023
ABSTRACT: Due to historical and ongoing industrial practices, lead contamination in urban soils presents substantial health risks, primarily due to its capacity to readily migrate from the soil to humans. This research focused on the influence of soil pH, organic matter, and clay content on extractable lead amounts. Sixty-four soil samples from Muncie, Indiana, were analyzed, revealing that the examined factors accounted for 21.71% of the Pb mg/Kg-dry variable variance (p −0.4, p