Test sites
Verdun, France
A former chemical ammunition treatment facility of the interwar period converted into agricultural land near Verdun, France
One of the most important historical area of chemical ammunition destruction of WW I, containing arsenical chemical warfare agents, located in a sensitive zone for agriculture and groundwater. The site will be used to assess the impacts of agricultural practices on As speciation, bioavailability and mobility through groundwater.
Saxony, Germany
Centre of mining industry, Saxony, Germany
Characterized by 800 years of ore mining; with focus on silver, lead and zinc. According to the Saxon State Office for Environment, Agriculture & Geology (LfULG), arsenic contents are high in agricultural land, up to several hundred mg/kg in soil.
