ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Occurrence of arsenic, antimony and selenium in surface waters of
Drawienski National Park
Niedzielski P, Siepak J, Siepak M*, Kraska M**
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Department of Water and Soil Analysis, Adam Mickiewicz University, Drzymaly
24, 60-613 Poznan, Poland; e-mail: zawig@amu.edu.pl
* Department of Hydrogeology and Water Protection, Adam Mickiewicz University,
Poland
** Department of Waters Protection, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2002;11(1):41-45
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ABSTRACT
This paper reports the results of determinations of total
amounts of arsenic, antimony, selenium and macrocomponents in water samples
from lakes in Drawienski National Park. The total content of arsenic was
up to 0.95 ng/mL, antimony up to 0.53 ng/mL, while selenium was below 0.15
ng/mL, at the limits of detectability of 0.16 ng/mL 0.18 ng/mL and 0.15
ng/mL, respectively. The water samples studied had a relatively low content
of the elements determined in comparison to their content in water samples
from other regions of Poland. Taking into regard that the samples were collected
from an area under special protection, the contents of arsenic, antimony
and selenium determined in them can be interpreted as representing the natural
level of these elements.