Impact of human activities on the soil in vaslui county
1 Environmental Protection Agency Vaslui, 63 Calugareni Street, Vaslui County, Romania
2 Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Faculty of Chemical Engineeringand Environmental Protection, Department of Environmental Engineering and Management, 71 Mangeron Blvd., 700050, Iasi, Romania
2 Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Faculty of Chemical Engineeringand Environmental Protection, Department of Environmental Engineering and Management, 71 Mangeron Blvd., 700050, Iasi, Romania
Abstract
The soil is a fundamental component of both urban and rural environment, the main reason behind the fact that the protection of soil and subsoil is a matter of national importance. By its position and characteristics, the soil is, in fact, the convergence area of all the pollutants, of which the most are airborne. The present paper, which presents the sources of heavy metals as well the impact of those on the soil from Vaslui county, is part of a series of papers published as preparation of the PhD. thesis Contributions to the impact assessment on the quality of the soil of the activities in Vaslui County .
Keywords
heavy metals; impact; pollution sources; soil; waste