Urban environmental geochemistry of trace metals.

By C. S. Wong, Xiangdong Li, I. Thornton. Environmental Pollution, 2006

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Soil amendments for immobilization of potentially toxic elements in contaminated soils: A critical review. (2019, background): “However, this approach may have limitations in urban contexts where soils may have originated from more than one source and have been redistributed by human activities (Wong et al., 2006).”
Assessment of heavy metal pollution and human health risk in urban soils of steel industrial city (Anshan), Liaoning, Northeast China. (2015, background): “various sources of industrial activities, coal and fuel combustion, vehicle emissions and municipal waste disposal (De Kimpe and Morel, 2000; Luo et al., 2012; Paterson et al., 1996; Poggio et al., 2009; Wei and Yang, 2010; Wong et al., 2006).”
Biota as toxic metal indicators (2014, background): “Trace metal assessments of urban soils frequently examined to detect metals that were traditionally significant for the environment and health, particularly Cu, Zn, Pb, and Cd (Wong et al. 2006).”
Urban ecological systems: scientific foundations and a decade of progress. (2011, background): “For urban soils, elevated heavy metal concentrations are almost universally reported, often with high variances (Thornton, 1991; Li et al., 2004; Wong et al., 2006).”