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Based on previous preliminary survey results, elevated heavy metal concentrations of the agricultural soils of the villages of the Kremikovtzi region east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia were attributed to pollution from dusts emitted by the iron smelter in the centre of the region. Additional sampling in a test area indicated that high metal concentrations in this area could also be of geogenic origin...