Lead contamination in street soils of Nairobi City and Mombasa Island, Kenya

Journal Article · Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991 · Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01689968· OSTI ID:7240708

Onyari, J M; Wandiga, S O; Njenga, G K; Nyatebe, J O ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Nairobi (Kenya)

The advent of modern industrialization and, in particular, the motor vehicle has witnessed dramatic increases in lead usage both as a component of lead-acid storage battery and from 1923 as organic lead alkyl anti-knock additive in petroleum. Several workers have established a correlation between increasing lead concentration in roadside soils and vehicular traffic density. Although researchers studied the heavy metal content in Lake Victoria sediments, no urban roadside soils were investigated. Since lead is used as a petrol additive in Kenya, it is necessary to document the extent and magnitude of lead contamination of roadside soils in inland and coastal urban environments and evaluate its environmental implications.

• OSTI ID: 7240708
• Journal Information: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (United States), Vol. 46:5; ISSN 0007-4861
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
LEAD COMPOUNDS
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
SOILS
CONTAMINATION
URBAN AREAS
AIR POLLUTION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EXHAUST GASES
KENYA
VEHICLES
AFRICA
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