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Sustainability 2010, 2, 3258-3269; doi:10.3390/su2103258 OPEN ACCESS sustainability ISSN 2071-1050 /journal/sustainability Article Depth Profiling (ICP-MS) Study of Toxic Metal Buildup in Concrete Matrices: Potential Environmental Impact Mirella Elkadi 1,*, Avin Pillay 1, Sai Cheong Fok 2, Fadi Feghali 3, Ghada Bassioni 4,† 1 and Sasi Stephen 1 Department of Chemistry, The Petroleum Institute, P.O. Box 2533, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; E-Mails: apillay@pi.ac.ae (A.E.P.); sstephen@pi.ac.ae (S.S.) 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Petroleum Institute, P.O. Box 2533, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; E-Mail: sfok@pi.ac.ae (S.C.F.) 3 Al Husam Group, P.O. Box 2431, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; E-Mail: fadijfeghali@alhusam.ae; (F.F.) 4 Department of Chemical Engineering, The Petroleum Institute, P.O. Box 2533, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; E-Mail: gbassioni@pi.ac.ae (G.B.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: E-Mail: melkadi@pi.ac.ae; Tel.: +9712-607-5434; Fax: +9712-607-5423. † on leave from the Chemistry Department, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Received: 1 September 2010; in revised form: 24 September 2010 / Accepted: 30 September 2010 / Published: 18 October 2010 Abstract: This paper explores the potential of concrete material to accumulate toxic trace elements using ablative laser technology (ICP-MS). Concrete existing in offshore structures submerged in seawater acts as a sink for hazardous metals, which