Toxicological Risk Assessment of Soil Contaminants

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Contaminated Urban Soils

“…Moreover, accessories and ingredients buried together with the corpse, amalgam fillings in teeth (Hg) and coffin fittings (Zn) can be sources of soil contamination in cemeteries (Evans 1963;Hawrylewicz et al 1966;Kalberlah et al 1997;Urban 2002). Moreover, accessories and ingredients buried together with the corpse, amalgam fillings in teeth (Hg) and coffin fittings (Zn) can be sources of soil contamination in cemeteries (Evans 1963;Hawrylewicz et al 1966;Kalberlah et al 1997;Urban 2002).…”