Environ. Sci. Technol. 43, 9071–9076
Evaluation of Small Arms Range Soils for Metal Contamination and Lead Bioavailability DESMOND I. BANNON,* JOHN W. DREXLER, GENEVIEVE M. FENT, STAN W. CASTEEL, PENELOPE J. HUNTER, WILLIAM J. BRATTIN, AND MICHAEL A. MAJOR United States Army, Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, Directorate of Toxicology, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010-5403
Received June 22, 2009. Revised manuscript received October 26, 2009. Accepted November 3, 2009.
Although small arms ranges are known to be contaminated with lead, the full extent of metal contamination has not been described, nor has the oral bioavailability of lead in these soils. In this work, soil samples from ranges with diverse geochemical backgrounds were sieved to
