Environmental pollution by antibiotics and by antibiotic resistance determinantsJose Luis Martinez
Departamento de Biotecnologia Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, and CIBERESP, Spain
Environ Pollut 157:2893-902. 2009
..Along the article, we review the impact that pollution by antibiotics or by antibiotic resistance genes may have for both human health and for the evolution of environmental microbial populations...
Environmental parasitology: relevancy of parasites in monitoring environmental pollutionBernd Sures
Zoology I, Department of Ecology and Parasitology, University of Karlsruhe, Kornblumenstrasse 13, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
Trends Parasitol 20:170-7. 2004
- Marinobacter gudaonensis sp. nov., isolated from an oil-polluted saline soil in a Chinese oilfield
Jun Gu
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, State Joint Key Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57:250-4. 2007
..On the basis of these data, it is proposed that strains SL014B61A(T) and SL014B11A represent a novel species, Marinobacter gudaonensis sp. nov. The type strain is strain SL014B61A(T) (=DSM 18066(T)=LMG 23509(T)=CGMCC 1.6294(T))...
- Tracking hydrocarbon plume transport and biodegradation at Deepwater Horizon
Richard Camilli
Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
Science 330:201-4. 2010
..Dissolved oxygen concentrations suggest that microbial respiration rates within the plume were not appreciably more than 1 micromolar oxygen per day...
- Long-term ecosystem response to the Exxon Valdez oil spill
Charles H Peterson
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Institute of Marine Sciences, Morehead City, NC 28557, USA
Science 302:2082-6. 2003
..Delayed population reductions and cascades of indirect effects postponed recovery. Development of ecosystem-based toxicology is required to understand and ultimately predict chronic, delayed, and indirect long-term risks and impacts...
- Contaminants reduce the richness and evenness of marine communities: a review and meta-analysis
Emma L Johnston
Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
Environ Pollut 157:1745-52. 2009
..Survey studies identified larger effects than laboratory or field experiments. Anthropogenic contamination is strongly associated with reductions in the species richness and evenness of marine habitats...
- The importance of biological factors affecting trace metal concentration as revealed from accumulation patterns in co-occurring terrestrial invertebrates
Frederik Hendrickx
Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Department Biology, Ghent University, K L Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Environ Pollut 127:335-41. 2004
..A hypothetical example clarifies these findings...
- Environmental science: nutrients in synergy
Eric A Davidson
Nature 449:1000-1. 2007
- Practical considerations for addressing uncertainties in monitoring bulk deposition
Ulrich Dämmgen
Institute of Agroecology, Federal Agricultural Research Centre, Bundesallee 50, D 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
Environ Pollut 134:535-48. 2005
..The dependence of measurement accuracy on the number of replicates and the sampling area exposed is discussed. Recommendations are given for sampling strategies, and for making corrections and substitution of missing data...
- Phytodegradation of organic compounds
Lee A Newman
University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, 800 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Curr Opin Biotechnol 15:225-30. 2004
..Although still a relatively new area of research, there are many laboratories studying the underlying science necessary for a wide range of applications for plant-based remediation of organic contaminants...
- Phytoextraction of toxic metals: a review of biological mechanisms
Mitch M Lasat
U S Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Research, Washington, DC 20460, USA
J Environ Qual 31:109-20. 2002
..The review concludes with an assessment of the current status of technology deployment and suggestions for future phytoremediation research...
- Lysosomal and autophagic reactions as predictive indicators of environmental impact in aquatic animals
Michael N Moore
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, UK
Autophagy 2:217-20. 2006
..Finally, coupled measurement of lysosomal-autophagic reactions and modelling is proposed as a practical toolbox for predicting toxic environmental risk...
- Solid waste treatment and disposal: effects on public health and environmental safety
Geoffrey Hamer
Biofocus Foundation and Chemical Engineering Department, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Biotechnol Adv 22:71-9. 2003
..The probable and relative effects on both public health and environmental safety of tradition and modern landfill technologies will be evaluated with respect to proposed alternative treatment technologies...
Economic gains resulting from the reduction in children's exposure to lead in the United StatesScott D Grosse
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Environ Health Perspect 110:563-9. 2002
..76-2.38%. With discounted lifetime earnings of $723,300 for each 2-year-old in 2000 dollars, the estimated economic benefit for each year's cohort of 3.8 million 2-year-old children ranges from $110 billion to $319 billion...
- On-line and in situ biosensors for monitoring environmental pollution
Yossi Paitan
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
Biotechnol Adv 22:27-33. 2003
..Here we survey the potential application of electrochemical biosensors in monitoring of general toxicity as well as hydrocarbons and heavy metals...
- Initial studies for the phytostabilization of a mine tailing from the Cartagena-La Union Mining District (SE Spain)
Héctor M Conesa
Soil Protection Group, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, Universitatstrasse 16, CH 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Chemosphere 66:38-44. 2007
..H. hirta accumulated around 150 mg kg(-1) Pb in both shoots and roots. Zn concentration was 750 mg kg(-1) in Z. fabago shoots. DTPA-extractable Zn and Cu were positively correlated to plant uptake...
- Hydrocarbon spills on Antarctic soils: effects and management
Jackie M Aislabie
Landcare Research, Private Bag 3127, Hamilton, New Zealand
Environ Sci Technol 38:1265-74. 2004
..This review summarizes current understanding of the extent and effects of hydrocarbon spillage on Antarctic soils; the observed physical, chemical, and biological responses of such soils; and current gaps in knowledge...
- Rates of urbanisation and the resiliency of air and water quality
Jiunn Der Duh
Department of Geography, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA
Sci Total Environ 400:238-56. 2008
..Based on these results we offer a framework for systematically assessing changes in air and water quality in megacities...
- Agroecosystems, nitrogen-use efficiency, and nitrogen management
Kenneth G Cassman
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583 0915, USA
Ambio 31:132-40. 2002
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- Impacts of an environmental disaster on psychosocial health and well-being in Karakalpakstan
Eric J Crighton
Sunnybrook and Women s College Health Sciences Centre, Department of Family Medicine, Primary Care Research Unit, M4N 3M5, Toronto, Ont, Canada
Soc Sci Med 56:551-67. 2003
..Environmental problems are commonly perceived to be the cause of somatic symptoms and are significantly related to self-rated health status...
- Factors affecting the phase-out of pesticide use in public areas in Denmark
Palle Kristoffersen
Forest and Landscape Denmark, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
Pest Manag Sci 60:605-12. 2004
..The models used account for up to 30% of the total variations, meaning that the pesticide use of individual municipalities is very much influenced by other, non-definable factors such as tradition...
- The Aral Sea disaster and self-rated health
Eric J Crighton
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Sunnybrook and Women s College Health Sciences Centre, Primary Care Research Unit, Room E 354, Toronto, Ont, Canada M4N 3M5
Health Place 9:73-82. 2003
..It is also clear that psychosocial health is strongly associated with health perceptions. Thus, to improve the overall health of this population, health remediation measures must address physical as well as psychosocial health problems...
- Transgenic plants for phytoremediation: helping nature to clean up environmental pollution
Benoit Van Aken
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
Trends Biotechnol 26:225-7. 2008
Phytoremediation is the use of plants to clean up environmental pollution. However, detoxification of organic pollutants by plants is often slow, leading to the accumulation of toxic compounds that could be later released into the ..
- Export of toxic chemicals - a review of the case of uncontrolled electronic-waste recycling
M H Wong
Croucher Institute for Environmental Sciences, and Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, PR China
Environ Pollut 149:131-40. 2007
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- Environmental pollution and asthma
L Di Giampaolo
Immunotoxicology and Allergy Unit, Ageing Research Center, University of Chieti Foundation, Chieti, Italy
Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 24:31S-38S. 2011
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- Molecular epidemiology studies of carcinogenic environmental pollutants. Effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in environmental pollution on exogenous and oxidative DNA damage
Peter B Farmer
Cancer Biomarkers and Prevention Group, Biocentre, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
Mutat Res 544:397-402. 2003
..We are currently extending these studies by an investigation of populations exposed to environmental pollution in three European countries, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic and Bulgaria...
- Biomarkers in environmental and human health risk assessment
Tamara S Galloway
Ecotoxicology and Stress Biology Research Centre, School of Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8 AA, UK
Mar Pollut Bull 53:606-13. 2006
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- Feed formulations to reduce N excretion and ammonia emission from poultry manure
K H Nahm
Feed and Nutrition Laboratory, College of Life and Environmental Science, Taegu University, Gyong San 712 714, South Korea
Bioresour Technol 98:2282-300. 2007
..Reductions in environmental pollution can be achieved through improved diet formulation based on available nutrients in the ingredients, ..
- E-waste: an assessment of global production and environmental impacts
Brett H Robinson
Department of Soil and Physical Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln 7647, Canterbury, New Zealand
Sci Total Environ 408:183-91. 2009
..There is evidence that E-waste associated contaminants may be present in some agricultural or manufactured products for export...
- Export of electronics equipment waste
Joseph LaDou
Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA 94143 0924, USA
Int J Occup Environ Health 14:1-10. 2008
..Manufacturers must develop clean products with longer lifespans that are safe and easy to repair, upgrade, and recycle and will not expose workers and the environment to hazardous chemicals...
- The influence of lead and cadmium environmental pollution on anthropometric health factors in children
A Huzior-Bałajewicz
Chair of Pediatrics Medical Faculty College of Medicine, Jagiellonian University in Krakow
Przegl Lek 58:315-24. 2001
..The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between environment pollution (lead and cadmium) and selected anthropological factors...
- Phytoremediation: novel approaches to cleaning up polluted soils
Ute Krämer
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muhlenberg 1, D 14476 Golm, Germany
Curr Opin Biotechnol 16:133-41. 2005
b>Environmental pollution with metals and xenobiotics is a global problem, and the development of phytoremediation technologies for the plant-based clean-up of contaminated soils is therefore of significant interest...
- Nucleic acid biosensors for environmental pollution monitoring
Ilaria Palchetti
Dipartimento di Chimica, Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019, Sesto, Fiorentino, Italy
Analyst 133:846-54. 2008
Nucleic acid-based biosensors are finding increasing use for the detection of environmental pollution and toxicity...
- Herbicides: feminization of male frogs in the wild
Tyrone Hayes
Laboratory for Integrative Studies in Amphibian Biology, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, and Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3140, USA
Nature 419:895-6. 2002
- Phytoextraction of metals and metalloids from contaminated soils
Steve P McGrath
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK
Curr Opin Biotechnol 14:277-82. 2003
..More fundamental understanding of the traits and mechanisms involved in hyperaccumulation are needed so that phytoextraction can be optimised...
- Allelic diversity of metallothionein in Orchesella cincta (L.): traces of natural selection by environmental pollution
M J T N Timmermans
Department of Animal Ecology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Heredity (Edinb) 98:311-9. 2007
..This study illustrates that, in addition to statistical tests, field observations on allele frequencies are needed to gain understanding of selection and adaptive evolution...
- Socioeconomic consequences of mercury use and pollution
Edward B Swain
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, St Paul 55155, USA
Ambio 36:45-61. 2007
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- A spatially-evaluated methodology for assessing risk to a population from contaminated land
J Rebecca Gay
Environmental Processes and Systems Research Group, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, Royal School of Mines Building, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Environ Pollut 142:227-34. 2006
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- Environmental pollution and the global burden of disease
David Briggs
Small Area Health Statistics Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK
Br Med Bull 68:1-24. 2003
Exposures to environmental pollution remain a major source of health risk throughout the world, though risks are generally higher in developing countries, where poverty, lack of investment in modern technology and weak environmental ..
- The impact of environmental pollution on congenital anomalies
Helen Dolk
University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, UK
Br Med Bull 68:25-45. 2003
..at congenital anomalies as a possible outcome of community exposure to chemical exposures associated with environmental pollution. These include studies of drinking water contaminants (heavy metals and nitrates, chlorinated and ..
- Impact of effluents from a car battery manufacturing plant in Nigeria on water, soil, and food qualities
Orish Ebere Orisakwe
Department of Pharmacology, College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus, Nigeria
Arch Environ Health 59:31-6. 2004
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- Today's epidemics in children: possible relations to environmental pollution and suggested preventive measures
Peter van den Hazel
Public Health Services Gelderland Midden, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Acta Paediatr Suppl 95:18-25. 2006
..Obesity: stop smoking in pregnancy, avoid parental obesity, longer night sleep. Hearing problems: lower noise levels in discothèques, promote the day-evening-night level to avoid noise (longer night sleep)...
- The notion of hormesis and the dose-response theory: a unified approach
M A Murado
Grupo de Reciclado y Valorizacion de Materiales Residuales, Instituto de Investigacions Marinas CSIC, r Eduardo Cabello 6, 36208 Vigo, Galicia, Spain
J Theor Biol 244:489-99. 2007
..Finally, it also allows to discuss some factors which prevent the use of the notion of hormesis-perhaps useful in a clinical context, under strictly controlled conditions-to make decisions on environmental protection measures...
- Burden of disease attributable to selected environmental factors and injury among children and adolescents in Europe
Francesca Valent
Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, DPMSC, University Hospital, University of Udine, Italy
Lancet 363:2032-9. 2004
..We have estimated the burden of disease attributable to outdoor and indoor air pollution, inadequate water and sanitation, lead exposure, and injury among European children and adolescents...
- Taiwan's industrial heavy metal pollution threatens terrestrial biota
M J Hsu
Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan
Environ Pollut 143:327-34. 2006
..This study for the first time presents data on the impact of heavy metal pollution on various terrestrial organisms in Taiwan...
- Stress-70 proteins in marine mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis as biomarkers of environmental pollution: a field study
B Hamer
Ruder Boskovic Institute, Center for Marine Research, Laboratory for Marine Molecular Toxicology, G Paliaga 5, HR 52210 Rovinj, Croatia
Environ Int 30:873-82. 2004
..The usefulness of stress-70 proteins as biomarkers of environmental pollution is discussed.
- Bacterial community changes during plant establishment at the San Pedro River mine tailings site
Karyna Rosario
Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0038, USA
J Environ Qual 36:1249-59. 2007
..The results suggest that compost is not necessary for plant establishment at this site and that plants, rather than added compost, is the primary factor enhancing bacterial heterotrophic counts and affecting community composition...
- Metal contamination and infiltration into the soil at refuse dump sites in Awka, Nigeria
John Kanayochukwu Chiemezugo Nduka
Department of Industrial Chemistry at Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Nigeria
Arch Environ Occup Health 61:197-204. 2006
..The metal levels exceed the limits set forth by the US Environmental Protection Agency. This study suggests that the refuse dumps in Awka may increase the level of environmental heavy metals in Nigeria...
- Residential proximity to industrial plants and non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Kenneth C Johnson
Surveillance and Risk Assessment Division, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Epidemiology 14:687-93. 2003
..A U.S. analysis suggested a relation between self-reported residential proximity to industrial plants and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) risk...
- [Environmental pollutants and prostate cancer: epidemiological data]
L Multigner
Inserm U625, Universite Rennes 1, Avenue General Leclerc, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
Gynecol Obstet Fertil 36:848-56. 2008
..In the face of these uncertainties, rigorous studies are required, with objective measurements of exposure, taking into account confounding factors and individual risk factors, making it possible to assess gene-environment interactions...
- Environmental pollution affects the plumage color of Great tit nestlings through carotenoid availability
Tapio Eeva
Section of Ecology, University of Turku, Turku 20014, Finland
Ecohealth 5:328-37. 2008
..carotenoid-based plumage coloration of Great tit, Parus major, nestlings is associated with the degree of environmental pollution. Breast feathers of birds in territories exposed to heavy metals are less yellow than those in unpolluted ..
- Phytoremediation: synergistic use of plants and bacteria to clean up the environment
Bernard R Glick
Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G1
Biotechnol Adv 21:383-93. 2003
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- Impact of environmental pollution on the eye
Rohit Saxena
Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110-029, India
Acta Ophthalmol Scand 81:491-4. 2003
..There were very high levels of subclinical ocular surface changes among persons travelling in highly polluted areas...
- [Environmental health and industrial pollution in the 1890s]
A Storesund
Institutt for allmenn og samfunnsmedisin Universitetet i Oslo Postboks 1130 Blindern 0318 Oslo
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 121:3561-5. 2001
..The present article discusses how the local health administration responded to the first extensive industrial pollution of air and water...
- Environmental pollution with soil-transmitted helminths in Sanliurfa, Turkey
M Ulukanligil
Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dali, Harran Universitesi Tip Fakültesi Arastirma Hastanesi, Sanliurfa, Turkey
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 96:903-9. 2001
..Improving environmental sanitation is imperative for the control of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Sanliurfa...
- Revegetation of an abandoned uranium millsite on the Colorado Plateau, Arizona
E P Glenn
US Department of Energy, Grand Junction, CO 81503, USA
J Environ Qual 30:1154-62. 2001
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- Ecological effects, transport, and fate of mercury: a general review
D W Boening
Lockheed Martin Environmental Services Assistance Team, Port Orchard, WA 98366, USA
Chemosphere 40:1335-51. 2000
..With few exceptions, terrestrial plants (woody plants in particular) are generally insensitive to the harmful effects of mercury compounds...
- Is public support for environmental protection decreasing? An analysis of U.S. and New Jersey data
Michael R Greenberg
E J Bloustein School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901 1958, USA
Environ Health Perspect 112:121-5. 2004
..Key words: age, environmental laws and regulations, perception, polls, public support, race/ethnicity, trends...
- An integrated biomarker-based strategy for ecotoxicological evaluation of risk in environmental management
Michael N Moore
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, West Hoe, Plymouth PL1 3DH, UK
Mutat Res 552:247-68. 2004
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- Electrical and electronic waste: a global environmental problem
Balakrishnan Ramesh Babu
Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi 630 006, India
Waste Manag Res 25:307-18. 2007
..Finally, the e-waste recycling industry in India is also discussed...
- Perceptual differences regarding health and environmental problems and their remedies in two states of the former Czechoslovakia
H Slachtova
Regional Institute of Hygiene, Partyzanske nam 7, 728 92 Ostrava, Czech Republic
Cent Eur J Public Health 11:44-9. 2003
..In both countries environmental and health problems were seen as important, but the perceived responsibility for finding a solution was placed with different kinds of institutions...
- Assessment of biological effects of environmental pollution along the NW Mediterranean Sea using mussels as sentinel organisms
Izaskun Zorita
Biologia Zelularra eta Histologia Laborategia, Zoologia eta Biologia Zelularra Saila, Zientzia eta Teknologia Fakultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
Environ Pollut 148:236-50. 2007
..In conclusion, the application of a battery of effect and exposure biomarkers provided relevant data for the assessment of biological effects of environmental pollution along the NW Mediterranean Sea.
- Distribution and movement of nutrients and metals in a Pinus radiata forest soil following applications of biosolids
Ronald G McLaren
Centre for Soil and Environmental Quality, Agriculture and Life Sciences Division, P O Box 84, Lincoln University Canterbury, New Zealand
Environ Pollut 147:32-40. 2007
..There was also firm evidence of some movement of Cu, Ni and Zn into the underlying mineral soil. The potential environmental issues resulting from these changes in nutrient and metal status are discussed...
- Effect of soil properties on lead bioavailability and toxicity to earthworms
Karen D Bradham
U S Environmental Protection Agency, 109 T W Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, USA
Environ Toxicol Chem 25:769-75. 2006
..Soil properties are important factors modifying metal bioavailability and toxicity and should be considered during the ecological risk assessment of metals in contaminated soils...
- Effect of soil properties on copper release in soil solutions at low moisture content
Alexander A Ponizovsky
Center for the Study of Metals in the Environment, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
Environ Toxicol Chem 25:671-82. 2006
..e., -log{Cu2+}) of 0.77...
- Kinetics of zinc and cadmium release in freshly contaminated soils
Hao Zhang
Department of Environmental Science, Lancaster University, Lancaster LAI 4YQ, United Kingdom
Environ Toxicol Chem 25:664-70. 2006
..However, devices such as DGT, which respond to the kinetics of supply, are necessary to assess available metal in low pH, sandy, and silty soils...
- Fate of metal-associated POM in a soil under arable land use contaminated by metallurgical fallout in northern France
Jerome Labanowski
INRA, UR 251 Unité PESSAC, RD 10, F 78026 Versailles Cedex, France
Environ Pollut 149:59-69. 2007
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- Leaching behavior and immobilization of heavy metals in solidified/stabilized products
Rachana Malviya
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, School of Energy and Environmental Studies, Devi Ahilya University, Takshila Campus, Khandwa Road, Indore-17, M.P, India
J Hazard Mater 137:207-17. 2006
..Dominant leaching mechanism was surface wash off in the initial stages followed by diffusion for Pb, Zn, Cu, Fe and Mn. Diffusion coefficient was above 11.5 indicating low mobility in the cement matrix...
- Laboratory and field testing for utilization of an excavated soil as landfill liner material
Ilknur Bozbey
Department of Civil Engineering, Istanbul University, Avcilar, 34320 Istanbul, Turkey
Waste Manag 26:1277-86. 2006
..Contrary to laboratory findings, higher compaction efforts did not result in lower hydraulic conductivities in field scales. The study verified the importance of in situ hydraulic conductivity testing in compacted liners...
- Influence of brown coal on limit of phytotoxicity of soils contaminated with heavy metals
A Pusz
Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Institute of Environmental Engineering Systems, ul Nowowiejska 20, 00 653 Warsaw, Poland
J Hazard Mater 149:590-7. 2007
..Results of the paper show that tested fertilizer could be applied on soils strongly contaminated with heavy metals giving long-lasting improvement of reclaimed soils...
- Nitrogen balance and groundwater nitrate contamination: comparison among three intensive cropping systems on the North China Plain
X T Ju
Key Laboratory of Plant-Soil Interactions, Ministry of Education, College of Agricultural Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing
Environ Pollut 143:117-25. 2006
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- Characterization of contamination in and toxicities of a shipyard area in Hong Kong
S W Chiu
Department of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China
Environ Pollut 142:512-20. 2006
..Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus cereus. Thus, ex situ remediation was needed...
- Report: management problems of solid waste landfills in Kuwait
Anwar F Al-Yaqout
Department of Civil Engineering, Kuwait University, Safat
Waste Manag Res 20:328-31. 2002
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- Linking biosensor responses to Cd, Cu and Zn partitioning in soils
J J C Dawson
School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Cruickshank Building, St Machar Drive, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, UK
Environ Pollut 142:493-500. 2006
..Consequently, biosensors provide a link between biologically defined hazard assessments of metals and standard soil-metal physico-chemical parameters for determining critical metal loadings in soils...
- Trace elements in agroecosystems and impacts on the environment
Zhenli L He
MOE Key Lab, Environment Remediation and Ecosystem Health, College of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Zhejiang University, Huajiachi Campus, Hangzhou 310029, China
J Trace Elem Med Biol 19:125-40. 2005
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- Air-vegetation transfer of PCDD/PCDFs: an assessment of field data and implications for modeling
Marta Schuhmacher
Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Rovira i Virgili University, San Lorenzo 21, 43201 Reus, Spain
Environ Pollut 142:143-50. 2006
..The results of this investigation can have a potential interest in risk assessment studies and environmental fate models...
- Effects of metal-contaminated forest soils from the Canadian shield to terrestrial organisms
Natalie C Feisthauer
Stantec Consulting, 361 Southgate Drive, Guelph, Ontario NIG 3M5, Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 25:823-35. 2006
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- Ambient copper concentrations in agricultural and natural European soils: an overview
Dagobert G Heijerick
European Center for Risk Assessment EURAS, Rijvisschestraat 118 Box 3, B 9052 Gent Zwijnaarde, Belgium
Environ Toxicol Chem 25:858-64. 2006
..g., soil type associated with specitic soil uses, addition of fertilizers and pesticides, and presence of cattle)...
- Residues of organochlorinated pesticides in soils from the Czech Republic
Penka Shegunova
RECETOX Research Centre for Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 3 126, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Environ Pollut 146:257-61. 2007
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- Life-cycle impacts of the use of industrial by-products in road and earth construction
U M Mroueh
VTT Chemical Technology, Finland
Waste Manag 21:271-7. 2001
..A large part of the emissions to atmosphere originates from energy production. In the expert assessment, consumption of natural materials and leaching behaviour were also regarded as being of great significance...
- Environmental biotechnology in China: progress and prospect
Weihong Zhong
College of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
Biotechnol J 1:1241-52. 2006
..The effect of government policy and fund on the progress of environmental biotechnology is also discussed...
- Mobility of copper in greenhouse soils
A Kokkinaki
Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, 73100 Chania, Greece
J Hazard Mater 149:557-61. 2007
..The results suggest that the kinetics of Cu leaching were fast and the leachate concentration was relatively low, whereas Cu sorption kinetics were rapid and the sorbed concentrations were significant...
- A study for evaluation of contaminant transport characteristics through fine-grained soil
Sunil Kumar
Solid Waste Management Division, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, India
Water Environ Res 78:2261-7. 2006
..One-dimensional mathematical modeling was used to describe the dynamics of the process. The present investigation was carried out at an ash pond site of a thermal power plant situated in West Bengal, India...
- Effects of 2,4-dichlorophenol, pentachlorophenol and vegetation on microbial characteristics in a heavy metal polluted soil
Qi Lin
Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, People s Republic of China
J Environ Sci Health B 42:551-7. 2007
..The beneficial microbial effect of vegetation could cause the rapid dissipation of 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) that has less chlorinated and less toxicity in the planted soils...
- Removal and distribution of iron, manganese, cobalt, and nickel within a Pennsylvania constructed wetland treating coal combustion by-product leachate
Z H Ye
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Univ of California at Berkeley, 94720, USA
J Environ Qual 30:1464-73. 2001
..81, 2.75, and 1.05% for Fe, Co, and Ni, respectively. Considerably higher concentrations of metals were associated with cattail roots than shoots, although Mn was a notable exception...
- Variations of landfill leachate's properties in conjunction with the treatment process
S Park
Analytical Chemistry Department, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Taejeon
Environ Technol 22:639-45. 2001
..The reverse osmosis process showed a high efficiency for removal of high molecular weight constituents. However, the final effluent showed an unexpectedly high oxygen demand...
- Environmental changes reflected by sedimentary geochemistry in recent hundred years of Jiaozhou Bay, North China
Jicui Dai
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China
Environ Pollut 145:656-67. 2007
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- Changes in the soil environment from excessive application of fertilizers and manures to two contrasting intensive cropping systems on the North China Plain
X T Ju
Key Laboratory of Plant Soil Interactions, Ministry of Education College of Agricultural Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
Environ Pollut 145:497-506. 2007
..Due to excessive fertilizer application in greenhouse vegetable production in northeast China, excessive salt and nitrate concentrations may accumulate and soil quality may deteriorate faster than in conventional wheat-maize rotations...
- Life cycle modelling of environmental impacts of application of processed organic municipal solid waste on agricultural land (EASEWASTE)
Trine Lund Hansen
Institute of Environment and Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Waste Manag Res 24:153-66. 2006
..These effects should be considered in conjunction with the results of the life cycle assessment...
- PCDD/F concentrations of agricultural soil in the vicinity of fluidized bed incinerators of co-firing MSW with coal in Hangzhou, China
J H Yan
State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute for Thermal Power Engineering of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
J Hazard Mater 151:522-30. 2008
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- Recycling mineral nutrients to farmland via compost application
Y Y Liu
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Tokiwadai 2 16 1, Ube, Yamaguchi 755 8611, Japan
Water Sci Technol 53:111-8. 2006
..The controlled composting process and farmland uses are believed necessary for reducing the heavy metal accumulation in agricultural plants...
- Management of agricultural nonpoint source pollution in China: current status and challenges
Xiaoyan Wang
College of Resource, Environment and Tourism, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, P R China
Water Sci Technol 53:1-9. 2006
..The management of agricultural nonpoint source pollution requires multidisciplinary approaches that will involve a range of government departments, institutions and the public...
- Accelerated carbonation for treatment of MSWI bottom ash
S Arickx
Department of Chemical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, W de Croylaan 46, B 3001 Leuven, Belgium
J Hazard Mater 137:235-43. 2006
..After 3 months of natural ageing only the upper 4 cm underwent a significant carbonation, while after one week of accelerated carbonation the total sample was carbonated. A model was developed to predict these experimental results...
- Changes in soil chemical and microbiological properties during 4 years of application of various organic residues
M Odlare
Department of Public Technology, Malardalen University, Box 883, SE 721 23 Västerås, Sweden
Waste Manag 28:1246-53. 2008
..This suggests that soil microbial processes can function as more sensitive indicators of short-term changes in soil properties due to amendment of organic wastes...
- [Extraction procedure for leaching toxicity of fly ash from municipal solid waste incinerators under Co-disposal scenario in landfill]
Wei Wang
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Huan Jing Ke Xue 28:2867-72. 2007
..3 mol x L(-1) HAc solution and L/S =20. This procedure would definitely provide disposal of MSWI fly ash in China with reliable safeguard and effective management...
- The use of the barbell cluster ANOVA design for the assessment of environmental pollution: a case study, Wigierski National Park, NE Poland
Zdzisław M Migaszewski
Pedagogical University, Institute of Chemistry, Geochemistry and the Environment Div, ul Checinska 5, 25 020 Kielce, Poland
Environ Pollut 133:213-23. 2005
..This fact enabled us to study concentrations that are close to regional background levels...
- Chemical changes in agricultural soils of Korea: data review and suggested countermeasures
I S Jo
National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, 249, Seodundong Gweonseongu Suwon 441 707, Republic of Korea
Environ Geochem Health 26:105-17. 2004
..Land use techniques should be changed to be harmonious with the environment to increase yield and income. Soil function characteristics should be taken into account...
- [Characters of greening tree species in heavy metal pollution protection in Shanghai]
Xuejun Yang
Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Science, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 201101, China
Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao 15:687-90. 2004
..The other tree species such as Distylium racemosum, Nerium indicum, and Photinia serrulata might be also available in greening for heavy metal pollution protection...
- Pesticide persistence and bound residues in soil--regulatory significance
Andrew Craven
Pesticides Safety Directorate, Mallard House, Kings Pool, York YO1 7PX, UK
Environ Pollut 133:5-9. 2005
..The present EU regulatory position on soil non-extractable or bound residues is examined and possible future improvements to the system are described and discussed...
- Regulatory evaluation and acceptance issues for phytotechnology projects
Felix W Flechas
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8, Solid and Hazardous Waste Program, 999 18th Street, Denver, Colorado 80202, USA
Adv Biochem Eng Biotechnol 78:171-85. 2003
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- Biobeds for environmental protection from pesticide use--a review
María Del Pilar Castillo
Department of Microbiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7025, SE 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
J Agric Food Chem 56:6206-19. 2008
..Factors affecting the efficiency of biobeds in terms of degradation and retention of pesticides are discussed, with particular emphasis on the microbial processes involved...
