Comment on: “A novel approach to peatlands as archives of total cumulative spatial pollution loads from atmospheric deposition of airborne elements complementary to EMEP data: Priority pollutants (Pb, Cd, Hg)” by Ewa Miszczak, Sebastian Stefaniak, Adam Michczyński, Eiliv Steinnes and Irena Twardowska

Francois de Vleeschouwer; Sandrine Baron; Joanna M. Cloy; Maxime Enrico; Vojtech Ettler; Nathalie Fagel; Heike Kempter; Malin E. Kylander; Chuxian Li; Jack Longman; Antonio Martínez Cortizas; Sam Marx; Nadine Mattielli; Timothy Mighall; Tiina M. Nieminen; Natalia Piotrowska; Xabier Pontevedra-Pombal; Steve Pratte; Virginie Renson; William Shotyk; Emma Shuttleworth; Jarek Sikorski; Nicola Stromsoe; Julie Talbot; Clemens von Scheffer; Dominik Weiss; Claudio Zaccone; Gaël Le Roux

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138699

Comment on: “A novel approach to peatlands as archives of total cumulative spatial pollution loads from atmospheric deposition of airborne elements complementary to EMEP data: Priority pollutants (Pb, Cd, Hg)” by Ewa Miszczak, Sebastian Stefaniak, Adam Michczyński, Eiliv Steinnes and Irena Twardowska

Francois de Vleeschouwer^*, Sandrine Baron, Joanna M. Cloy, Maxime Enrico, Vojtech Ettler, Nathalie Fagel, Heike Kempter, Malin E. Kylander, Chuxian Li, Jack Longman, Antonio Martínez Cortizas, Sam Marx, Nadine Mattielli, Timothy Mighall, Tiina M. Nieminen, Natalia Piotrowska, Xabier Pontevedra-Pombal, Steve Pratte, Virginie Renson, William ShotykEmma Shuttleworth, Jarek Sikorski, Nicola Stromsoe, Julie Talbot, Clemens von Scheffer, Dominik Weiss, Claudio Zaccone, Gaël Le Roux

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A recent paper by Miszczak et al. (2020) examines metal contamination of mires in Poland and Norway. The authors conclude that lead (Pb) records in ombrotrophic peatlands cannot be used to reconstruct the chronological history of anthropogenic activities due to post-depositional mobility of the metal. We contest this general conclusion which stands in contrast with a significant body of literature demonstrating that Pb is largely immobile in the vast majority of ombrotrophic peatlands. Our aim is to reaffirm the crucial contribution that peat records have made to our knowledge of atmospheric Pb contamination. In addition, we reiterate the necessity of following established protocols to produce reliable records of anthropogenic Pb contamination in environmental archives.

Original language	English
Article number	138699
Number of pages	5
Journal	Science of the Total Environment
Volume	737
Early online date	15 Apr 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138699
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2020

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Acknowledgements
We are thankful to P.G. Appleby, R. Bindler, J. Sonke, B. Smieja-Krol and three anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments.

Keywords

lead
immobility
ombrotrophic peatland
bog
geochemistry
enrichment factor
metal accumulation rate
Geochemistry
Ombrotrophic peatland
Metal accumulation rate
Immobility
Enrichment factor
Lead
Bog
JURA MOUNTAINS
CORES
LEAD-DEPOSITION
TRACE-METALS
INDUSTRIAL
SPHAGNUM MOSSES
PEAT BOGS
NORTHERN ALBERTA
CARBON ACCUMULATION
ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION

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de Vleeschouwer, F., Baron, S., Cloy, J. M., Enrico, M., Ettler, V., Fagel, N., Kempter, H., Kylander, M. E., Li, C., Longman, J., Martínez Cortizas, A., Marx, S., Mattielli, N., Mighall, T., Nieminen, T. M., Piotrowska, N., Pontevedra-Pombal, X., Pratte, S., Renson, V., ... Le Roux, G. (2020). Comment on: “A novel approach to peatlands as archives of total cumulative spatial pollution loads from atmospheric deposition of airborne elements complementary to EMEP data: Priority pollutants (Pb, Cd, Hg)” by Ewa Miszczak, Sebastian Stefaniak, Adam Michczyński, Eiliv Steinnes and Irena Twardowska. Science of the Total Environment, 737, Article 138699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138699

Comment on: “A novel approach to peatlands as archives of total cumulative spatial pollution loads from atmospheric deposition of airborne elements complementary to EMEP data: Priority pollutants (Pb, Cd, Hg)” by Ewa Miszczak, Sebastian Stefaniak, Adam Michczyński, Eiliv Steinnes and Irena Twardowska. / de Vleeschouwer, Francois; Baron, Sandrine; Cloy, Joanna M. et al.
In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 737, 138699, 01.10.2020.

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de Vleeschouwer, F, Baron, S, Cloy, JM, Enrico, M, Ettler, V, Fagel, N, Kempter, H, Kylander, ME, Li, C, Longman, J, Martínez Cortizas, A, Marx, S, Mattielli, N, Mighall, T, Nieminen, TM, Piotrowska, N, Pontevedra-Pombal, X, Pratte, S, Renson, V, Shotyk, W, Shuttleworth, E, Sikorski, J, Stromsoe, N, Talbot, J, von Scheffer, C, Weiss, D, Zaccone, C & Le Roux, G 2020, 'Comment on: “A novel approach to peatlands as archives of total cumulative spatial pollution loads from atmospheric deposition of airborne elements complementary to EMEP data: Priority pollutants (Pb, Cd, Hg)” by Ewa Miszczak, Sebastian Stefaniak, Adam Michczyński, Eiliv Steinnes and Irena Twardowska', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 737, 138699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138699

de Vleeschouwer F, Baron S, Cloy JM, Enrico M, Ettler V, Fagel N et al. Comment on: “A novel approach to peatlands as archives of total cumulative spatial pollution loads from atmospheric deposition of airborne elements complementary to EMEP data: Priority pollutants (Pb, Cd, Hg)” by Ewa Miszczak, Sebastian Stefaniak, Adam Michczyński, Eiliv Steinnes and Irena Twardowska. Science of the Total Environment. 2020 Oct 1;737:138699. Epub 2020 Apr 15. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138699

de Vleeschouwer, Francois ; Baron, Sandrine ; Cloy, Joanna M. et al. / Comment on : “A novel approach to peatlands as archives of total cumulative spatial pollution loads from atmospheric deposition of airborne elements complementary to EMEP data: Priority pollutants (Pb, Cd, Hg)” by Ewa Miszczak, Sebastian Stefaniak, Adam Michczyński, Eiliv Steinnes and Irena Twardowska. In: Science of the Total Environment. 2020 ; Vol. 737.

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