Ecological Risk Assessment Industrial Impact on Marsh Soils at the Bahia Blanca Ria, Argentina

final products contaminate the surrounding areas via atmospheric pollutants and effluents, which have been The Baho´a Blanca Estuary is located in southern Buenos Aires dumped in the estuary for almost 30 years. The industrial province, Argentina. The area is linked to a petrochemical industrial complex, whose raw materials and final products contaminate the waste that reaches the sea through atmospheric precipisurrounding areas via atmospheric pollution and effluents, which are tation and the introduction of urban waste are often dumped in the estuary waters. To establish the effects of the industrial responsible for the entry of heavy metals into the marine waste disposal on the nearest coastal soils, 17 samples were taken at environment and their incorporation into the soils and