The assessment of content polychlorinated biphenyls in soils of Moscow
RUDN Journal of Ecology and Life Safety, 2014 There are given the measurement results of polychlorinated biphenyls concentration in the soils at a different functional areas of Yasenevo district in Moscow. Found that the major source of PCB in the district’s soils today are motorways.
Y I Baeva, D S Ivanova
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Airborne environmental injuries and human health. [PDF]
, 2006 The concept that the environment in which we live can have detrimental effects on our health has existed for centuries. Obvious examples of substances that can cause human diseases include infectious agents, poisons, chemicals and other noxious agents ...
Borchers, Andrea T +3 more
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Environment International, 2013 Background: Recent evidence suggests that exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) increases the risk of hypertension in environmentally exposed populations.
Beatriz Valera +3 more
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Environmental toxicants in breast milk of Norwegian mothers and gut bacteria composition and metabolites in their infants at 1 month. [PDF]
, 2019 BACKGROUND:Early disruption of the microbial community may influence life-long health. Environmental toxicants can contaminate breast milk and the developing infant gut microbiome is directly exposed.
Dahl, Cecilie +10 more
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International Journal of Environmental Health Engineering, 2013 Aims: The biodegradability of oil containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from electrical transformer by the anaerobic sequencing biofilm batch reactor (ASBBR) with was assessed.
Heshmatollah Moradpour +8 more
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Isolation and identification of aerobic polychlorinated biphenyls degrading bacteria
International Journal of Environmental Health Engineering, 2013 Aims: The purpose of this study was to isolate and identify aerobic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) degrading bacteria. Materials and Methods: This study was performed in lab scale aerobic sequencing batch biofilm reactor.
Bibi Fatemeh Nabavi +3 more
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Report on Mini-conference on Sludge Disposal Alternatives in the Ocean off Southern California, 8 September 1976 [PDF]
, 1976 The purpose of the conference was to review the status of our capability to predict the environmental effects of the disposal of digested sewage sludge in the ocean off the coast of Southern California.
Brooks, Norman H., Isaacson, Morton S.
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Bacterial degradation of polychlorinted biphenyls in sludge from an industrial sewer lagoon [PDF]
A laboratory experiment was conducted to determine if polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) found in an industrial sewer sludge can be effectively degraded by mutant bacteria.
Kim, W. S. +2 more
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Normal background concentrations of contaminants in the soils of England : available data and data exploration [PDF]
, 2011 This draft report describes the completed Work Package 1 and 2 tasks of the Defra commissioned Science and Research Project SP1008 - Establishing data on normal/background levels of soil contamination in England.
Ander, E.L. +3 more
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Developing a Long-Term Monitoring Protocol for Assessing Freshwater Contaminants for the National Park Service in Southeast Alaska [PDF]
, 2012 We are developing a long-term monitoring protocol for the National Park Service (NPS) through a collaboration with the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) and University of Alaska Southeast (UAS).
Bly, Mattie
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