Ondřej Zvěřina, Pavel Coufalík, Jan Šimůnek, Přemysl Kachlík, Radka Chlupová, Jindra Pavelková
In this study, the occurrence of lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), and zinc (Zn) in the environment of the Moravian Library in Brno, the second largest library in Czechia, was in focus. The materials of interest were airborne particles, dust originating from books, and also book pages. Total suspended particles (TSP) were sampled in different areas of the library, including the reading room, the book depository, and an external book warehouse. Samples of dusts were obtained from the book-cleaning system, and, moreover, some pages taken from old books were also analyzed...
November 19, 2020: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment