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muianmenl pmhlams. ll Is not nolad as lono I| lbw
Imls in aims, bin can become tone in high layels in
unnsd Iood.
sl mlmnylsbuslolawie.
5:, Iodine m, DIIICKBHEIEI noon: in wealheied
basalts. musing 9mm pioblams and germ; lhase m
remmled by fish and smlnuh, seaweed d l liai now
I oomnion radicimlve lall-oul Iioni alaniio plnnls and
hm, ll poison: mllk om mdl asses, and aliens
mymid luneiion Indlm eon causl unoai. dlllh ol
ouldren m hyponhyioioosi . veal nsk Iloin alomic
eaabllsnnionl and lesls.
50 Mary 1le is a mmmun poison nil-sud by
nunas, maul piooeses. am (am, and is man. aclive
in oipanically oolluied areas In means very SBIIWI
movfllnaunn and “My pmblanis oenlral nervuus
syalem mallunenan, bone dalormny, Insunily.
el. mlllum In; is a lawn izuslod hinh dniovmlr
(M. Ilius my HHWWS.
52 usd in) is a common pdson Iioin osinsli old
painls, balleiy buinlnp. II is a soiious uiban soil
pollulanl, "Ming heavy urglmc soils In blodi uplako,
DY yamayal ol loadwoneanluling yooolallon loy
diiposol. Eannwoms may canodnhale lead Io lolhal
levels in pollined soils
361-10" (fin) is a pas hom Inc may bl umlllum.
Seeps up in mosl soils, ospeqafly we! mu! amas,
ipnsous yaak, and can pollula super-insulaiad
buildings ll lha alr ls nol exaunoad. 5mm milllon
homes in me uk and USA haw high levels ol iadon,
Avoid building poolly yonlilalod homes in aioas oi
ladomlw alas. gianilcs, and basalls, ur me use ol
such nods: or crushed melala in bdildings ll houses
are“) be auper—Insolaled oi diauanudolsd, lhen
adequula heel exchanglvs musl be lined lo bnhp in
dull an
i "din paeelsal
(sniklny, oi by being paessiiied upwards by an
aquifer llow in peiineablesednnenls.
« Walei iaayels by mmughllow, lnveling by lhe
elleeis ol yayiiydownslope in lhe piolile
Thl Ialnei elleei piodnees soil iypes ealled (alum:
e la slope. diainage, look lype, and landseape
{Figun all
INFILTRmoN elleels aie inns. marked in soils
wheie, ioi my hang peiiods, a sueeession ol hgm
iniensiiy rims have ahshiaiely weued and ihen dned
oui in the soil Al the weiediy boundnry we lind
eoneenlialions ol oasily soluble salts and deposus oi
mineralsond nulne'nls lsomdxmzs in oyeesupplyl
Tho seeond sel ol ellecls on eleineni hanspon ais
blolog l Elemenes aie aflnely sought obi orseleded,
and eiiher onneenliaied oi dispused by liying
olginlsllu These eileas aie myriad in ml, bul sonie
bl lhe ways thls is known lo happen ale
- CONCENTRATION av SELECHVE SPECIES or
iungl, banmn, and inyenebiales which ean seek oul,
assemble, and change speeilie eoinpounds lo sub]:
new lotms as ooneiehons oi nodules lmn.
lmnrmanganese, calcium, phosphale, zine, nickel,
copper. selenium, eadiniuni, phosphale and mlmgell
aid all so selecled and mn<enlraled by one or olhei
liool ningil, badena, i-iiollusss, oi
nlgae,
- CONCENTRATION BY ACCUMULATION or
DEl'KITUS Diaiains, swanip peais, whole loiesls,
Synnges (and iheii spicules ol silieal, niolliisss, and
vertebrfles are an linies buried b) vulcanlsiu,
sedimeniahon, m deposinon in omnie deeps lo ioiin
spediieally mummified sedunenls, and evenhially oie
bod in m<k lypes (mail, me eanlis, oi mnganise
deposilsl
. DISPERSAL BY TRANSFIRATION Many walei
planls seem lo be able lo dissoeiale and hanspiie a
sisal yaneiy oi subslanees In nunospheie Reeds do
ihis duly mlnlry, hydiogeu and olhee elenienss [mm
phospholas lo eldonne NM all 0{ ihese aie yapoui-issd
lo an on in me winds; mny aie deposiled in special
leaf isposuones, oi evapoialed |o a Wax, dual, or
embiessencs on the Iesyes and items ol "26, min
wheie lhey are washed down again no eanh by iain
|hmghln|l. In llus way, both mayor plani nulfienls and
mum eleinenls aae eoiieenuaied in he bop t eni Ilez
inehesl oi soil below liees. Meials, ondes, halogens,
aods, alkalls and Saks aie also eonesnuaied,
. CONCENTRATION by METABOLIC rko-
cassas Wo build our bodies up by xngflhng a Ianee
mug: oi eoniplex loods, as do all living lhmgs me
lhess Ingesmd bodies, inalenals ale seleeied io build
oui bouts, nesh. blood, and biain (Isflll nr organs,
nails and halr, his and milk Thus, ouiown bodies and
ihose el oihei nniinals are sonipiex slorlgrs oi
elemenls, even our laeeos package yeiy dlflerznt
mclnuan'anx ol poiash. nabes, and pollulanls from
line dilleienl mneennanons ol foods (hm we eal. And,
by mu hehwioues, lhese m yanoiisly disposed bl in a
persanahsed, culturallyrdnerminld, or species?
speah: way in ihe envxmnmenl planls and aniinals
ceaselessly mgesl and delccate, ieleoi and exude over
iheii whole lumines, lhus alluring lhe eonceniianon ol
niinienis in lhen unniediale enynonnieni.
3.5
pH AND SOILS
OI ihe paieni aoeks oi soils, we speak ol ACID .oeks as
contalnmg ml. or move nl silica 15iOz),
INTERMEDIATE Mk5 it SO-Gl7-, BASIC al 40-50%,
and ULTRABASIC al less lhan my siliea oi soils
lheniselyes, we speak ol aeidiiy and alkaliiuiy in beans
ol a loganlhmie seale, in which edeh poinl is in nines
lhe mmnmhnn ol hydmgen ions less lhan lhe sic-k
poinl below ll, so mal pH 5 Ialkalinel is m x In x m x
In oi Imam liuies less andie ihan pH A, and pH 3 ien
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