News you won't see in controlled mainstream media.

(The synop link for this study—which is only accessible by those who have an account with Springer Link—is a little hard to read but is simply saying that fly ash from coal-burning power plants contaminates soils.)


Elemental deposition downwind of a coal-fired power plant
Lawrence E. Wangen1 and Michael D. Williams2

(1) Health Research Division, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 87545 Los Alamos, NM, USA
(2) John Muir Institute, 87501 SantaFe, NM, USA

Received: 24 October 1977 Revised: 16 February 1978

Abstract Dry deposition of fly ash emitted by a coal-fired power plant has been calculated using a surface depletion Gaussian plume model. The subject plant is located in the southwestern United States. Soil samples collected downwind of this power plant have been chemically analyzed for selected trace elements (As, B, F, Hg, Se, Sr, U, and V) to determine concentration vs. distance trends. Gaussian plume deposition calculations predict very little increase of trace element concentrations in soils, except for those elements highly concentrated in fly ash emissions compared to soils. Trace element soil concentrations as a function of downwind distance generally confirm these predictions, with the possible exception of Se.

(emphasis mine)


A link to the study:
Elemental deposition downwind of a coal-fired power plant


A little help with the element list:

As: Arsenic
B: Boron
F: Fluorine
Hg: Mercury
Se: Selenium
Sr: Strontium
U: Uranium
V:Vanadium