Mobility of asbestos fibers below ground is enhanced by dissolved organic matter from soil amendments

To prevent exposure of millions of people living near thousands of contaminated sites to asbestos, the sites are typically capped with soil and amendments, assuming asbestos mobility underground is negligible in all conditions. Here, we disprove this long-standing assumption and showed that the pres...

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Main Authors: Sanjay K. Mohanty, Ashkan Salamatipour, Jane K. Willenbring
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-11-01
Series:Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666911021000034