Erichsen-Jones

But Smith s research had relatively little impact on the scientihc community over the next seven decades. During this time, acid deposition continued to be of some minor interest to scientists in parts of Europe. For example, the Swedish biologist J. R. Erichsen-Jones reported in the late 1930s that acid from rainwater dissolved aluminum in soil and that that dissolved aluminum was toxic to certain types of aquatic organisms. 

Duffus, J.H. 2002. Heavy metals A meaningless term PureAppl. Chem. 74 793-807. Erichsen Jones, J.R. 1940. A further study of the relation between toxicity and solution pressure, with Polycelis nigra as test animal. J. Exp. Biol. 17 408 15. 

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