Soil Arsenic in Miami-Dade County
A power plant in South Florida where Robert Stamp and others cleaned up arsenic in an area of the property using ferns. UF/IFAS Photo: courtesy of Robert Stamps.
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Li, Yuncong, Ashley Smyth, Jonathan Crane, Christopher Teaf, and Guangliang Liu. 2021. “Soil Arsenic in Miami-Dade County: SS696/SL483, 3/2021”. EDIS 2021 (2). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ss696-2021.

Abstract

This new 6-page factsheet provides information about soil arsenic (As) in Miami-Dade County, including basics, background concentrations, cleanup guidelines of soil As, and bioavailability of soil As related to plant and human health. Written by Yuncong Li, Ashley Smyth, Jonathan Crane, Christopher Teaf, and Guangliang Liu, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Soil and Water Sciences.
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ss696

https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ss696-2021
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