How is lead bound to vegetation on the street side?

Subject: How is lead bound to vegetation on the street side?

Date: Fri Jul 22 02:10:37 2005
Posted by George
Grade level: grad (science) School: Tshwane University Technology
City: Pretoria State/Province: Gauteng Country: South Africa
Area of science: Botany
ID: 1122016237.Bt

Message:


Lead(Pb) is comes from exhaust often deposited on vegetation. Are these lead 
particle absorbed into the molecular structure of the plant or simply stick on 
the surface of the leaf and stem? If they are absorbed do they have any 
secodary effect on the animals ingesting it?

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