Published in Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXII, Issue 1
Written by Andrei MOŢ, Roxana Maria MADJAR, Mircea MIHALACHE
Contamination of soils and crops by heavy metals is considered one of the most erious environmental problem due to their non-biodegradable nature, the long biological half-life and also their otential accumulation in different body parts of plants. In Romania there are areas of thousands of hectares of gricultural land polluted with heavy metals. The distribution of heavy metals in agricultural soil can serve as a basis for a better management of soil quality, as well as to protect human health and the soil environment. This paper aims to present n overview based on the data found in other studies and to obtain a mapping of each the most common heavy metals met i soils of Romania. Due to the fact that there are not enough studies for the whole country, some areas will be stimated and also, is possible that others will not be covered at all.
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