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Field hyperspectral data and OLI8 multispectral imagery for heavy metal content prediction and mapping around an abandoned Pb–Zn mining site in northern Tunisia

Heliyon, 2022
Mining and smelting releases toxic contaminants such as zinc (Zn), lead (Pb) or cadmium (Cd) into the soil thereby poisoning it and rendering it unproductive.
Nouha Mezned, Faten Alayet, Belgacem Dkhala, Saadi Abdeljaouad   +3 more
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203Pb with High Specific Activity for Nuclear Medicine [PDF]

, 2014
The heavy metal pollution due to their industrial production, waste repository or accident as the cyanide spill in river Tisza in 2002, increase the scientific interest for using an ideal trace isotope for monitoring these type of events.
Andrási, Dávid, Kovács, Béla, Máthé, Domokos, Szűcs, Zoltán, Takács, Sándor   +4 more
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Isolation and Screening of Microorganisms from Waste Dumping Sites for Biosorption of Cadmium and Lead

AgroEnvironmental Sustainability, 2023
Heavy metal poisoning of the environment poses a serious threat to ecosystems and human health. Landfills have been found to harbor diverse microbial communities capable of bioremediating such contaminants via biosorption.
Meenu Butola, Neelesh Babu, Vishal Kumar Deshwal   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Palladium-bismuth intermetallic and surface-poisoned catalysts for the semi-hydrogenation of 2-methyl-3-butyn-2-ol [PDF]

, 2015
The effects of poisoning of Pd catalysts with Bi and annealing in a polyol (ethylene glycol) were studied on the semi-hydrogenation of 2-methyl-3-butyn-2-ol (MBY).
Anderson, James A., Cherkasov, Nikolay, Ibhadon, Alex O., Johnston, Shaun K., McCue, Alan J.   +4 more
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Cellular Ultra Structural Damage by Heavy Metal Cadmium Toxicity

Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2008
The toxic effect of heavy metal ( Cadmium ) was investigated using a species of freshwater aquatic insect - nymph of Ephemeroptera , Cloeon dipterum ( L.) .
Hussain A. Sheriff
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Effect of vitamin C and quercetin treatment on the liver histopathologic profile in congenital lead exposed male rat pups [PDF]

, 2015
Introduction: Lead is one of the most important environmental pollutants due to its vast use in various industries. Lead accumulation in different organs, especially the brain, liver and kidneys can cause serious health problems.
Beheshti, N., Ganji, F., Sepehri, H.
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Arsenic Exposure to Fish and Shellfish Consumption Among Community in Makassar, Indonesia [PDF]

, 2016
Fish and shellfish contaminated by Arsenic (As) heavy metals from people activity discharge into the coast. Coastal community was exposure risk by As due to consumption of marine products.
Damayanty, S. (Sri), Musfirah, M. (Musfirah)   +1 more
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Effect of lead intoxication and D-penicillamine treatment on hematological indices in rats [PDF]

, 2007
Lead is one of the most important environmental pollution which is toxic to many organ systems. D-penicillamine (D-P) is a chelator drug which is used for treatment of lead toxicity for several years.
Ghafari, S., Golalipour, M.J., Kalavi, K., Kalavi, M., Roshandel, D., Roshandel, G.   +5 more
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Heavy metals in Lake Yanaka, Japan, an artificial retarding basin established for remediation of heavy metals contamination in the Watarase River

Journal of Trace Elements and Minerals, 2022
Background: The Watarase Retarding Basin (WRB) involving Lake Yanaka was established for the sedimentation of the heavy metals contaminating the Watarase River in 1989.
Chisato Kataoka, Takumi Ikushima, Shosaku Kashiwada   +2 more
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Assessment of the environmental toxicity and carcinogenicity of tungsten-based shot. [PDF]

, 2009
The toxicity of elemental tungsten released from discharged shot was assessed against previous studies that established a 1% toxic threshold for soil organisms.
Harrison, Paul T. C., Roberts, Michael J., Thomas, Vernon G.   +2 more
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