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Study of the Levels of Concentration of As, Cd and Ni in a Ceramic Cluster

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The main objective of this paper is to check the fulfilment of the European Directive 2004/107/CE, which refers to the limit values of arsenic, cadmium and nickel that will have to be carried out the first of January 2010. Three sampling points have been chosen (Alcora, Vila-real and Castellón), forming a triangle that comprise most of the ceramic cluster of the province of Castellón (Spain). This is a problematic area in relation to the fulfilment of the directive, due to its high industrial development. Apart from this main objective, the following are raised: a) The analysis of the temporal evolution of the levels of As, Cd, Ni and PM10 in the atmosphere during the year 2002; b) The identification of similar behaviour patterns and of the possible common origins in the studied pollutants; c) To show the existence of differences in the behaviour and evolution of As, Cd, Ni and PM10 in the atmospheric medium depending on the location of the sampling point; d) To check whether the levels of As, Cd, Ni and PM10 are influenced by the environmental temperature. The concentration levels of arsenic, cadmium and nickel in Alcora, Vila-real and Castellón have been determined during the year 2002, in order to check whether they are below the limits established in the future directive on these elements. The following conclusions are reached from the results obtained after the chemical analysis (using ICP–MS) of the samples collected in the three locations.

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  1. Unidad de Mineralogía Aplicada y Ambiental. Departamento de Ciencias Experimentales, Universitat Jaume I, Campus de Riu Sec s/n, 12080, Castellón, Spain

    S. Pallarés, A. B. Vicente & T. Sanfeliu

  2. Departamento de Agroquímica y Medio Ambiente, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Avda. de la Universidad s/n, 03202, Elche (Alicante), Spain

    M. M. Jordán

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Pallarés, S., Vicente, A.B., Jordán, M.M. et al. Study of the Levels of Concentration of As, Cd and Ni in a Ceramic Cluster. Water Air Soil Pollut 180, 51–64 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-006-9249-0

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