Research on heavy metal pollution on the city-roads in Beijing

Abstract

As the sign of social development, the vehicles and traffic flux have been increasing and have greatly influenced the ecological environment. The soil and snow samples which collected on the Songyu Road in Beijing were studied in the present investigation with ICP, and the contents of Pb and Zn with different soil depth and different time were analyzed. Based on the analyzing the condition of the roads, rainfall and so on, the serious pollution of heavy metals on the road in Beijing was described. Finally the method to prevent from the heavy metal contamination by porous cementations materials was discussed. © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.