Medieval Heavy Metal Pollution Still An Issue

Submitted by JaneStockton on Tue, 2006/08/22 - 22:15. French | Medicine | Metalworking | Mining | Modern Society

Scientists have tracked down the source of heavy metal pollution on a site in Northern France to the remains of medieval metallurgical workshops.

The residue of lead, antimony, arsenic, copper, and zinc are still an issue 800 years after the cessassion of production on the site.

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