...Lucie Soucková; Dana Kominkova Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the historical pollution of the Hostivar Reservoir (largest reservoir in Prague) sediment by metals, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and identify the trends in pollution of aquatic...

... caused by a steel making plant. Design/methodology/approach – The authors focussed on the detection and quantification of inorganic pollutants such as heavy metals in the soil and in the air in the surrounding area of the steel making plant. The presented data, concerning a plant in the North part...

... Chromatography analysis. The same samples were submitted to acid digestion before Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy Analysis. Continuous daily PM10 samples were collected to characterize ambient air. PM10 samples were also analysed to estimate metals content. The PM size distribution was achieved...

...Shervin Shahvi; Enrico Orsi; Roberto Canziani; Enrico Larcan; Gianfranco Becciu Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the transformation of some macropollutants including hydrocarbons, surfactants and metals in Milan west sewer basin. The study is part of a wider research (named...

... Faria Alvim Wasserman Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to validate and apply enrichment diagrams (EDs) to determine metal and as enrichment and contamination in the sediments of Sepetiba Bay. Design/methodology/approach – Through inducted coupled plasma – optical emission spectrophotometry...

...Guang Jin; A.J. Englande, Jr; Chih‐Yang Hu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the investigation of distribution of metals in water and sediment samples of Poydras‐Verret wetland, an area that has received approximately 40 years input of secondarily treated municipal effluent...

... waste in a submerged arc furnace, and the third is processing of agglomerated waste with liquid cast iron. The last approach facilitates the reactions of metal oxide reduction by carbon and silicon from the iron with a corresponding decrease in energy and auxiliary material consumption. Findings...

... focus on heavy metals and chemical composition of soil and vegetables. Design/methodology/approach Industrial effluent was collected from one ghee mill, one flour mill, three textile industries and three hosieries located in Faisalabad, an industrial city of Pakistan highly affected with water...

...Guang Jin; Tim Kelley; Nara Vargas; Mike Callahan Pilot‐scale surface‐flow, subsurface‐flow and floating aquatic plant constructed wetland system designs were installed and evaluated to determine the effectiveness of constructed wetlands to immobilize and remove metals such as cadmium, zinc, copper...

...Martin A. Wills; John C. Haley; Gene L. Fabian; R. Mark Bricka Electrokinetics (EK) is an emerging remediation technology for the in situ removal of heavy metals, volatile organic compounds, and radionuclides from soils and sediments. Naval Air Weapons Station Point Mugu, California...

... the contact time increased the metal : carbon removal efficiency. The overall results showed that the breakthrough points for either Ni or Hg reflected their adsorption isotherms as indicated by k values. Concludes that the addition of an activated carbon filter is recommended for the treatment of drinking...

... year between 1993 and 1996 indicate human activity, the high temperatures reached by soils and the strong diurnal thermic turbulence resulting from these, as the primary source of these metals in atmospheric precipitation. The concentrations of lead, chromium and copper correlated with the industrial...

... to monitor not only direct inhalation of cigarette smoke, but also “second‐hand” smoking by innocent by‐standers. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Chemicals Cigarettes Environment Health Metals USA Although metals in different portions of a cigarette (tobacco, paper, filter) have been the object...

... , G.F. and Sager , P.R. (Eds), Biological Monitoring of Toxic Metals , Plenum Press , New York, NY , 1988 , pp. 567 ‐ 602 . 4 Miller , R.K. , Ng , W.W. and Levin , A.A. , “ The placenta: the relevance to toxicology ”, in Clarkson T. W. , Nordberg , G.F...

... as in the Zagreb urban area. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Diet Environment Health Metals Pollution Higher concentrations of lead and cadmium in the environment deserve attention due to their impact on health and human longevity. To make a full assessment of the pollution process and effects...

... concentrations, indicating that inhalable particles are of soil and sea origin. The metal concentrations of fine inhalable particles are much smaller than those of coarse inhalable particles, so that human health is hardly affected. The frequencies of daily metal concentrations (Fe, Zn, Co, Cr, Ni,Pb, Mn...