Arsenic and antimony contamination of waters, stream sediments and soils in the vicinity of abandoned antimony mines in the Western Carpathians, Slovakia

► We study antimony and arsenic environmental contamination in five abandoned Sb mines. ► High concentrations of both metalloids were found in all environmental compartments. ► Discharged waters from adits and impoundments represent a source of both, As and Sb. ► Sb is more soluble than As in most solid samples regardless of their sources.