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A multi-faceted, environmental forensic characterization of a paradigmatic brownfield polluted by hazardous waste containing Hg, As, PAHs and dioxins

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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 726, 期 -, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138546

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Mining-metallurgy pollution; C&D waste; Arsenic; Mercury; PAHs; Dioxins

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  1. LIFE project [UE-17-SUB-PRODUCTS-LIFE16-481]
  2. University of Oviedo [SV-17-HUNOSA-1]
  3. HUNOSA [SV-17-HUNOSA-1]

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Hg and As mining-metallurgy plants have severely impacted environmental compartments. La Soterrana site (northern Spain) has been previously studied in this context. However, here we used a novel multi-purpose forensic approach to examine accumulations not only of mining-metallurgical waste (volumes above 80,000 t) but also C&D waste as a repository of pollutants (above 10% of As leached in standard tests) at this site. High Hg and As content in very fine grain-size fractions (up to 100,000 mg/kg of As in metallurgy waste below 10 mu m) was significant, as was the predominance of As (III) in metallurgy waste. In addition, GC-MS techniques revealed the predominance of PAHs (secondarily Oxy-PAHs and PCBs), which showed a pyrogenic fingerprint, as determined by molecular ratios. Moreover, toxic organometallics (Hg-aromatics) were detected and metallurgy waste was identified as a source of dioxins and furanes (TEQ close to 30). On the basis of our observations, La Soterrana emerges as one of the most polluted sites in Europe and therefore requires urgent remediation. Our key findings indicate that C&D waste should be considered hazardous. Metallurgy waste, in turn, raises maximum concern given the simultaneous presence of toxic inorganic and organic contaminants. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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