Environmental sciences
What is the difference between a geochemical anomaly and anthropogenic contamination?
A geochemical anomaly is a natural variation in the chemical composition of the environment, while anthropogenic contamination results from human activities and often has negative effects on nature and human health.
The involvement of IOS Geosciences in various environmental characterization programs for advanced mining projects, coupled with our experience in exploration geochemistry, has led to the development of a unique expertise in contaminant source identification. Whether to characterize a receiving environment, prevent contamination, or explain the source of an anomaly, the approaches are similar, and our expertise is applicable.
IOS Geosciences also offers an exclusive service for characterizing contaminant sources by electron microscopy with the aim of certifying anthropogenic or non-anthropogenic origins of various contaminations.
