Title:
Lingering toxic legacy of bushfires: Study shows they release pollutants trapped by forests
Authors:
Cynthia Faye Isley and Mark Patrick Taylor, Macquarie University
Published:
Cosmos, 29 September 2020
From the article:
Our new research examined air samples from four major bushfires near Sydney between 1984 and 2004. We found traces of potentially toxic metals sourced from the city’s air — lead, cadmium and manganese — among the fine particles of soil and burnt vegetation in bushfire smoke.