Research on the assessment of pollution of soil and vegetation with heavy metals in the vicinity of road traffic zones

Abstract

The project refers to level assessment pollution with heavy metals (Cd, As, Pb, Cu, Ni, Zn) of soil and vegetation in the vicinity of road traffic zones. In the project was developed and implemented a conceptual model for the assessment of soil pollution with heavy metals and vegetation near the road traffic zones. Were also developed methodologies for estimating induced pollution on soil and vegetation in areas with road traffic. From the results, it is found that in most of samples analyzed the metal concentrations fitting in normal values imposed by Romanian Legislation. By relating to control samples, metal concentrations in both soil and vegetation samples is higher than in control samples, inducing a significant pollution on soil and vegetation investigated