Lead pollution of shooting range soils

Nicholas Sehube; Rosemary Kelebemang; Otlogetswe Totolo; Masego Laetsang; Obed Kamwi; Pogisego Dinake

doi:10.17159/0379-4350/2017/v70a4

Lead pollution of shooting range soils

Nicholas Sehube
, Rosemary Kelebemang
, Otlogetswe Totolo
, Masego Laetsang
, Obed Kamwi
, Pogisego Dinake

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A total of eight military shooting ranges were used for this study. Soil samples were collected at each of the eight shooting ranges at the berm, target line, 50 and 100 m from berm. In all of the shooting ranges investigated the highest total lead (Pb) concentrations were found in the berm soils. Elevated Pb concentrations of 38 406.87 mg kg^-1 were found in the berm soils of TAB shooting range. Most of the shooting range soils contained high levels of Pb in the range above 2000 mg kg^-1 far exceeding the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) critical value of 400 mg kg^-1. The predominant weathering products in these shooting ranges were cerussite (PbCO₃) and hydrocerussite (Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂). The Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure (SPLP) Pb concentrations exceeded the USEPA 0.015 mg kg^-1 critical level of hazardous waste indicating possible contamination of surface and groundwater.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	21-28
Number of pages	8
Journal	South African Journal of Chemistry
Volume	70
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.17159/0379-4350/2017/v70a4
Publication status	Published - 2017

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