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Air Quality Assessments in Sudbury, Volume 2,
Effects of Sulphur Dioxide and Heavy Metals on Vegetation and Soils,
1970 - 1977

The Ministry of the Environment has monitored the effects of sulphur dioxide and heavy metals emitted from smelters in the Sudbury area since 1970. The report summarizes the data from all the ministry's monitoring programs from 1970 to 1977.

• Table of Contents [PDF]
• Sections I-IV [PDF]
  • Summary
  • Introduction
  • Sulphur Dioxide Monitoring
  • Potentially Injurious Fumigations
• Sections V-VI [PDF]
  • Complaints of Vegetation Injury by Air Pollutants
  • Vegetation Injury Observed in 1975, 1976 & 1977
• Section VII [PDF]
  • Sampling and Chemical Analysis of Vegetation and Soil (1970-1976)
• Sections VIII-XI [PDF]
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgements
• Appendix a [PDF]
• Appendix b [PDF]
• Appendix c [PDF]
• Appendix d [PDF]
• Appendix e [PDF]
• Appendix f [PDF]
• Appendix g [PDF]
• Appendix h [PDF]
• Appendix i [PDF]
• Full Report [PDF 9146KB]

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