Trans-Boundary Lead Pollution in Japanese Lake Beds (IMAGE)

Kumamoto University

Trans-Boundary Lead Pollution in Japanese Lake Beds

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Anthropogenic, trans-border lead pollution is discovered in Japanese lake sediment cores and tracked to its source in research from Associate Professor Takahiro Hosono of Kumamoto University, Japan.

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Associate Professor Takahiro Hosono

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This image may only be used in conjunction with the accompanying release, or stories written about the work described in the release with reference to the original work. Reprinted from <i>Sci. Total Environ.</i>, vol. 559, T. Hosono, K. Alvarez, and M. Kuwae, “Lead isotope ratios in six lake sediment cores from Japan Archipelago: Historical record of trans-boundary pollution sources,” pp. 24-37, 2016, Copyright 2016, with permission from Elsevier. (DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.138)

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