title: [Soil contamination from industrial and community waste in the Cracow area].
abstract: Problems are discussed connected with the contamination of soil with industrial and community waste in the period 1980-1987. In the Cracow area 82 million tons of waste was accumulated on dumping grounds, waste heaps and in sedimentation ponds for sewage which cover already 1.2% of the area. Among this waste 34% is produced by steel plants, 16% is mineral waste, 9% waste is produced by power plants, and 8% by chemical plants. Particular risk is connected with toxic waste produced mainly by the Lenin Steel Plant, Alwernia Chemical Plant, and Bonarka Cracow Inorganic Industry Plant. In the last 4 years an increase was observed in the amount of processed waste and the amount of dumped waste has decreased by 7.6% in the years 1984-1987. Nevertheless, the problem of processing or neutralization of toxic waste remains to be solved.
authors: Instytutu Medycyny Klinicznej w Rzeszowie.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Jarosz
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Zołdak
mesh_terms: D006256:Hazardous Waste / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011044:Poland; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D006256:Hazardous Waste; D012989:Soil Pollutants
vernacular_title: Zagrozenie gleb przez odpady przemysłowe i komunalne w aglomeracji krakowskiej.