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Anthropogenic heavy metals in organic forest soils [PDF]
The continuous heavy metal accumulation in organic topsoils in forests will pose problems for soil microbial health for many years to come. The primary objective of this thesis was to investigate heavy metal pollution in forest soils and its effects on ...
Åkerblom, Staffan
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Heavy metals’ removal from aqueous environments using silica sulfuric acid
There is a growing environmental and health concern associated with contamination by heavy metals. It has also been intensified due to an increase of the exposure to such pollutants as a result of industrial and technological growth.
Nasrin Hosseinahli +2 more
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Application of nanomaterials for the removal of heavy metals from wastewater [PDF]
Heavy metals ions like mercury, copper, zinc, lead etc. are found in the environment as they are released by various industries directly or indirectly into the soil and water leading to the adverse effects on the nature and its entities so it is a matter
Kaur Hardeep, Athwal Shinar
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Heavy metal distribution in recent sediments along the Tietê River basin (São Pauro, Brazil) [PDF]
The distribution of heavy metals in recent sediments deposited along the Tietê River, a highly polluted river in southeast region of Brazil was studied.
Probst, Jean-Luc +2 more
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With the increasing emphasis on low-carbon environmental protection, alkali activated cementitious materials are gradually being used as a substitute for cement in vertical cutoff walls for polluted sites.
Kaiqiang Geng +3 more
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Lipid production and heavy metals adsorption by an Aspergillus fumigatus GAH1 isolate
Few species of filamentous fungi can accumulate considerable amounts of intracellular lipids when grown under certain stress conditions; thus, they can be used for biodiesel production.
El-Shall, H.S. +5 more
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Adsorption study of heavy metal ions from aqueous solution by nanoparticle of wild herbs
Wild herbs (Equisetum, EH and Teucrium, TH) were used as environment friendly adsorbents in the present study. This study focuses on the investigation of the adsorption ability of Co, Cd and Li from aqueous solution.
Ghadah M. Al-Senani, Foziah F. Al-Fawzan
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Bacteria in heavy metal contaminated soil: diversity, tolerance and use in remediation [PDF]
The objectives of this project were to determine the bacterial diversity in a heavily contaminated metal region of Portugal. Both traditional and molecular based methods were used to identify tolerant strains and species. The most tolerant species were
Pires, Carlos
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Background Intensive and large-scale aquaculture has a high biological density, and a large amount of artificial feed must be provided. As a result, residual feed would be discharged into natural water bodies with water exchange.
Sufeng Wang +5 more
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This paper describes the adsorption of heavy metals ions from aqueous solution by hydrous niobium oxide. Three heavy metals were selected for this study: cadmium, lead and silver. Adsorption isotherms were well fitted by Langmuir model.
Gerônimo V Tagliaferro +3 more
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