Pb pollution from leaded gasoline in South America in the context of a 2000-year metallurgical history

• DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1400196
• Publication Date: 2015-03-07T03:32:31Z
• Authors: Anja Eichler; Gabriela Gramlich; Thomas Kellerhals; Leonhard Tobler; Margit Schwikowski
• Keywords: 530 Physics; 13. Climate action; 540 Chemistry; 570 Life sciences; biology; 15. Life on land; 01 natural sciences; Research Articles; 0105 earth and related environmental sciences

Ice core records show that anthropogenic Pb pollution levels from road traffic in South America exceed those of any historical metallurgy.