ORCID
- Andrew Turner: 0000-0003-0505-4561
Abstract
Fragments of flaking paint have been sampled from eighteen boats (including sailing barges, houseboats, a trawler and a ferry) abandoned on the intertidal mudflats of two estuaries in eastern England and analysed for Cu, Pb and Zn by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry. Median concentrations of Pb on each boat ranged from about 350 to 35,000 μg g(-1), with individual concentrations exceeding 200,000 μg g(-1) in several cases. Median concentrations of Cu and Zn ranged from about 50 to 1900 μg g(-1) and 50 to 10,000 μg g(-1), respectively, with respective maxima of 172,000 μg g(-1) and 239,000 μg g(-1). Because of peeling paint, local sediment (analysed by ICP following acid digestion) was often measurably contaminated by the metals and, based on median, Al-normalised enrichment factors, in the order Pb>Zn>Cu. Due to its abundance and persistence in old paints, Pb is of greatest concern from both environmental and human health perspectives.
DOI Link
Publication Date
2014-10-01
Publication Title
Sci Total Environ
Acceptance Date
2014-06-15
Keywords
Abandoned boats, Antifouling, Contamination, Metals, Paint, Sediment, England, Environmental Monitoring, Geologic Sediments, Lead, Ships, Water Pollutants, Chemical
First Page
313
Last Page
319
Recommended Citation
Rees, A., Turner, A., & Comber, S. (2014) 'Metal contamination of sediment by paint peeling from abandoned boats, with particular reference to lead.', Sci Total Environ, , pp. 313-319. Available at: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.06.064
