Comment on: "A novel approach to peatlands as archives of total cumulative spatial pollution loads from atmospheric deposition of airborne elements complementary to EMEP data: Priority pollutants (Pb, Cd, Hg)" by Ewa Miszczak, Sebastian Stefaniak, Adam Michczyński, Eiliv Steinnes and Irena Twardowska.
Bog
Enrichment factor
Geochemistry
Immobility
Lead
Metal accumulation rate
Ombrotrophic peatland
Journal
The Science of the total environment
ISSN: 1879-1026
Titre abrégé: Sci Total Environ
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0330500
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Oct 2020
01 Oct 2020
Historique:
received:
17
01
2020
revised:
06
04
2020
accepted:
12
04
2020
pubmed:
8
5
2020
medline:
8
5
2020
entrez:
8
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
A recent paper by Miszczak et al. (2020) examines metal contamination of mires in Poland and Norway. The authors conclude that lead (Pb) records in ombrotrophic peatlands cannot be used to reconstruct the chronological history of anthropogenic activities due to post-depositional mobility of the metal. We contest this general conclusion which stands in contrast with a significant body of literature demonstrating that Pb is largely immobile in the vast majority of ombrotrophic peatlands. Our aim is to reaffirm the crucial contribution that peat records have made to our knowledge of atmospheric Pb contamination. In addition, we reiterate the necessity of following established protocols to produce reliable records of anthropogenic Pb contamination in environmental archives.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32376094
pii: S0048-9697(20)32216-6
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138699
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doi:
Types de publication
Letter
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
138699Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no conflict of interest.