Ingestional Toxicity of Radiation-Dependent Metabolites of the Host Plant for the Pale Grass Blue Butterfly: A Mechanism of Field Effects of Radioactive Pollution in Fukushima [PDF]
Life, 2022 Biological effects of the Fukushima nuclear accident have been reported in various organisms, including the pale grass blue butterfly Zizeeria maha and its host plant Oxalis corniculata. This plant upregulates various secondary metabolites in response to
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Soil Microbes and Plant-Associated Microbes in Response to Radioactive Pollution May Indirectly Affect Plants and Insect Herbivores: Evidence for Indirect Field Effects from Chernobyl and Fukushima [PDF]
MicroorganismsThe biological impacts of the nuclear accidents in Chernobyl (1986) and Fukushima (2011) on wildlife have been studied in many organisms over decades, mainly from dosimetric perspectives based on laboratory experiments using indicator species.
Ko Sakauchi, Joji M. Otaki
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Local Charge Density Enhancement Strategy in Nitrogen‐rich Covalent Organic Framework for Boosted Iodine Removal From Water [PDF]
Advanced ScienceThe leakage of nuclear pollution highlights the critical importance of effectively separating radioactive pollutants. Radioactive iodine, a high‐yield fission product of nuclear reactions, poses serious environmental and health risks.
Yue Ma +9 more
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GEOLOGICAL RISK MANAGEMENT PROCESS AND ITS PARTICULARITIES FOR A URANIUM SITE – CASE STUDY [PDF]
Sustainable Extraction and Processing of Raw Materials Journal, 2022 . Anthropogenic radioactive pollution of the environment resulting from the research and exploitation of uranium resources is a topical issue for the scientific community because it represents a threat to people’s health conditions and has a highly ...
Diana-Maria Banu +3 more
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021 In this study, human health risk derived from radioactive pollution in drinking water of China was assessed based on gross alpha and beta. Considering the presence of numerous data under the detection limits, the left-censored handling methods were ...
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Modeling studies for adsorption of phenol and co-pollutants onto granular activated carbon prepared from olive oil industrial waste [PDF]
Advances in Environmental Technology, 2018 Granular activated carbon (OSAC) which was derived from olive oil industrial solid waste was chemically activated with different concentrations of phosphoric acid.
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Application of membrane distillation for purification of radioactive liquid
Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 2023 Low-level radioactive wastewater contains not only radionuclides but also a variety of inorganic and organic pollutants, which have an increasingly profound negative impact on the environment and humans.
Mingchao Jiang +5 more
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Forecasting Radiation Effects on Wildlife in Japan After the Fukushima Nuclear Accident, Based on Limited Information of Post-Accident Early Stage in 2011 [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2014 Due to the 11 March 2011 Tohoku earthquake, massive radioactive materials were released from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (Fukushima NPP).
M. U. Saito, T. Doko, F. Koike
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Life, 2022 The biological impacts of the Fukushima nuclear accident, in 2011, on wildlife have been studied in many organisms, including the pale grass blue butterfly and its host plant, the creeping wood sorrel Oxalis corniculata. Here, we performed an LC–MS-based
Ko Sakauchi, Wataru Taira, Joji M. Otaki
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Heliyon, 2020 Background: Ionizing radiation and chemical pollution can disrupt normal embryonic development and lead to congenital malformations and fetal death. We used official government statistical data for 2000–2017 to test the hypothesis that radioactive and ...
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