METALLIC CONTAMINANTS IN STREET SOILS OF MONCTON, NEW-BRUNSWICK, CANADA

In recent years, a good deal of attention has been focused toward the analysis of metal contents of street dusts and soils. Elements of major concern from health hazards view point are Pb, Zn, Cd, Ni and Cu. Some of these elements result from automobile exhausts while others result from industrial operations. This paper reports on a study to evaluate metallic and saline contamination in the street soils of the city of Moncton, a small and relatively non-industrialized town situated in eastern Canada. The elements Pb, Cd, Zn, Mn, Fe, Cu, Na and Ca in street soils have been determined by atomic absorption and flame photometric procedures. The objective was to compare such data with those of the larger industrial towns, where such contaminants have been encountered and documented. Refs.