Arsenic uptake in orchard trees: implications for dendroanalysis |
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| Authors: | Martin R R Tomlin A Marsello B |
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| Institution: | Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. rrhm@julian.uwo.ca |
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| Abstract: | The distribution of arsenic in the stems of fruit trees grown in soils exposed to arsenical pesticides has been studied using neutron activation analysis. The results show arsenic to be confined mainly to heartwood near the pith and active xylem tissue in the most recent annual growth rings. These results suggest that dendroanalysis for arsenic in fruit trees will not yield a reliable chronology of arsenic exposure. |
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