Fluoride distribution in the environment along the gradient of a phosphate-fertilizer production emission (southern Brazil).

abstract：:Transformations among different mercury species associated with sediments can have a major effect on the metal's mobility and potential for methylation and hence bioaccumulation. In the present study, various fractions of mercury in the sediments of Vembanad wetland system analysed. Total mercury (THg) concentration i...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Ramasamy EV,Toms A,Shylesh CM,Jayasooryan KK,Mahesh M

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an increasing public awareness of the relatively new and expanded industrial barium uses which are potential sources of human exposure (e.g., a shale gas development that causes an increased awareness of environmental exposures to barium). However, absorption of barium in exposed humans and a full spectrum of...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Kravchenko J,Darrah TH,Miller RK,Lyerly HK,Vengosh A

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unfortunately, in the original publication of the article, Prof. Yang Sik Ok's affiliation was incorrectly published. The author's affiliation is as follows. ...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Al-Wabel MI,Usman ARA,Al-Farraj AS,Ok YS,Abduljabbar A,Al-Faraj AI,Sallam AS

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lacustrine groundwater discharge (LGD) can play an important role in water and contaminant mass balance of lakes. Dongting Lake is the second largest fresh lake in China which is connected to Yangtze River and has quite prominent ecological status and function within Yangtze River basin. However, the effect of groundw...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Sun X,Du Y,Deng Y,Fan H,Tao Y,Ma T

更新日期：2020-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Dechlorane Plus (DP) is a high-production volume, chlorinated flame retardant comprising two major isomers, syn- and anti-DP. In this study, levels of DP were measured in soil and earthworm samples in farmland from a typical E-waste dismantling area in China. The concentrations of total DP ranged from 0.17 to 1,990 ng...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Xiao K,Wang P,Zhang H,Shang H,Li Y,Li X,Ren D,Chen W,Zhang Q

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary calculi have been recognized as one of the most painful medical disorders. Tenable knowledge of the phase composition of the stones is very important to elucidate an underlying etiology of the stone disease. We report here the results of quantitative X-ray diffraction phase analysis performed on 278 kidney sto...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Uvarov V,Popov I,Shapur N,Abdin T,Gofrit ON,Pode D,Duvdevani M

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coal-fired power stations are significant sources of soil contamination with heavy metals and a source of hazard to human health. The soil samples (n = 25) selected in the area around Novocherkassk Power Station (Rostov Region, Russia) within a radius of up to 20 km revealed the enrichment with Pb, Cu and Zn. The heav...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Linnik VG,Minkina TM,Bauer TV,Saveliev AA,Mandzhieva SS

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contamination and risk by nutrients (NH4+, NO2-, NO3- and PO43-), COD, BOD5, coliform and potentially toxic elements (PTEs) of As, Cd, Ni, Hg, Cu, Pb, Zn and Cr were investigated in urban river (Nhue River), Vietnam during 2010-2017. The extensive results demonstrated that concentrations of these contaminants show...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Nguyen KT,Nguyen HM,Truong CK,Ahmed MB,Huang Y,Zhou JL

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology (CKDu) has emerged as a serious health issue in Sri Lanka. The disease has been recorded in the North Central Province of the country. While studies have elicited many hypotheses concerning the pathogenicity of CKDu, none adequately explains the cause of CKDu and the measure...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Kulathunga MRDL,Ayanka Wijayawardena MA,Naidu R,Wijeratne AW

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bedrock groundwaters in Geumsan County, Korea, were surveyed to investigate the distribution and geochemical behaviors of arsenic and fluoride, mobilized through geogenic processes. The concentrations were enriched up to 113 μg/L for arsenic and 7.54 mg/L for fluoride, and 16% of 150 samples exceeded World Health Orga...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Ahn JS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite some researches indicating the possibility of correlation being induced by the common variable effect, correlation plots of ionic ratio (Na+/Cl-) versus ionic concentration (Cl-) still remain popular for interpreting the causes of groundwater salinization. There were doubts about relevance of spurious correlat...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Keesari T,Dauji S

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been increasing interest in employing electro-bioremediation, a hybrid technology of bioremediation and electrokinetics, to overcome the low bioavailability of hydrophobic organic contaminants (HOC) by homogenizing sorption-retarded HOC and immobilised microorganisms. Present electro-remediation approaches m...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Shi L,Müller S,Harms H,Wick LY

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Groundwater is the only reliable water resource for drinking, domestic, and agricultural purposes for the people living in the Mount Cameroon area. Hydrogeochemical and R-mode factor analysis were used to identify hydrogeochemical processes controlling spring water quality and assess its usability for the above uses. ...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Ako AA,Shimada J,Hosono T,Kagabu M,Ayuk AR,Nkeng GE,Eyong GE,Fouepe Takounjou AL

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red mud is highly alkaline (pH 13), saline and can contain elevated concentrations of several potentially toxic elements (e.g. Al, As, Mo and V). Release of up to 1 million m(3) of bauxite residue (red mud) suspension from the Ajka repository, western Hungary, caused large-scale contamination of downstream rivers and ...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Lehoux AP,Lockwood CL,Mayes WM,Stewart DI,Mortimer RJ,Gruiz K,Burke IT

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ingestion of food grain grown in metal-contaminated soils may cause serious effects on human health. This study assessed the concentrations of Pb, As, Cd and Zn in agricultural soils and in rice grains near a former secondary lead smelter in Khulna, Bangladesh. It analyzed 29 samples of surface soil and rice grain col...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Islam MA,Akber MA,Rahman MB,Rahman MA,Haque MA,Islam MA

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the abundant literature on metal contamination through road dust (RD) in urban/suburban and residential/highway regions, the RD of highways traversing through the Kaziranga National Park, NE India, has not been studied and lacks baseline data. The objective of the present study was to ascertain the possibility...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Devi U,Taki K,Shukla T,Sarma KP,Hoque RR,Kumar M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liming materials have been used to immobilize heavy metals in contaminated soils. However, no studies have evaluated the use of eggshell waste as a source of calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) to immobilize both cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) in soils. This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of eggshell waste on the...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Ok YS,Lee SS,Jeon WT,Oh SE,Usman AR,Moon DH

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of electrokinetic (EK) remediation technology has been successfully demonstrated for the remediation of heavy metal-contaminated fine-grained soils through laboratory scale and field application studies. Arsenic contamination in soil is a serious problem affecting both site use and groundwater quality. T...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Kim SO,Kim WS,Kim KW

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mineral natural waters and spas have been used for therapeutic purposes for centuries, with Portugal being a very rich country in thermal waters and spas that are mainly distributed by northern and central regions where Beira Interior region is located. The use of thermal waters for therapeutic purposes has always bee...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Araujo ARTS,Sarraguça MC,Ribeiro MP,Coutinho P

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Populations living in the Southwest United States are more likely to be exposed to elevated drinking water arsenic levels compared to other areas of the country. Skin changes, including hyperpigmentation and generalized hyperkeratosis, are the most common signs of chronic arsenic ingestion from drinking water. The pur...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Tollestrup K,Frost FJ,Cristiani M,McMillan GP,Calderon RL,Padilla RS

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study examined the impact of raking and fish bioturbation on modulating phosphorus (P) concentrations in the water and sediment under different trophic conditions. An outdoor experiment was set to monitor physicochemical and microbiological parameters of water and sediment influencing P diagenesis. A pilot study w...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Biswas JK,Hazra S,Majumdar J,Mandal SK,Shaheen SM,Sarkar SK,Meissner R,Meers E,Rinklebe J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the sources of drinking water for Derebogazi Village, Kahramanmaras Province, Turkey, in terms of hydrogeochemistry, isotope geochemistry, and medical geology. Water samples were obtained from seven different water sources in the area, all of which are located within quartzite ...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Uras Y,Uysal Y,Arikan TA,Kop A,Caliskan M

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent decades, the problem of the constantly increasin level of anthropogenic load on the environment is becoming more and more acute. Some of the most dangerous pollutants entering the environment from industrial emissions are heavy metals. These pollutants are not susceptible to biodegradation over time, which l...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Chaplygin V,Mandzhieva S,Minkina T,Sushkova S,Kizilkaya R,Gülser C,Zamulina I,Kravtsova N,Lobzenko I,Chernikova N

更新日期：2019-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The main objective of the present study is evaluation of groundwater aptness for crops and chromium concentration in vegetables from an industrial (leather tanning) sector of South India using geospatial techniques. Seventy groundwater samples were collected from the open and tube wells during November 2017, February ...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Venkatesan G,Subramani T,Sathya U,Karunanidhi D

更新日期：2020-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:As a major agricultural province in China, it is necessary to study the content of heavy metals in farmland soil and crop in Jilin Province and to evaluate the risks to ecology and human health. This study presented the work completed on 79 soil samples, 10 rice samples, 66 maize samples and 15 soybean samples collect...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Peng J,Li F,Zhang J,Chen Y,Cao T,Tong Z,Liu X,Liang X,Zhao X

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To fully understand the environmental quality of sediments in the Yarlung Tsangpo River Basin, surface sediments of the main stream of the Yarlung Tsangpo River and its five major tributaries were studied. In 2016, a total of 201 water samples from the Yarlung Tsangpo River and its tributaries were collected during th...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Li Z,Liu J,Chen H,Li Q,Yu C,Huang X,Guo H

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soils from old Au-mine tailings (La Petite Faye, France) were investigated in relation to the natural vegetation cover to evaluate the risk of metals and metalloids (Pb, As, Sb) mobilizing and their potential transfer to native plants (Graminea, Betula pendula, Pteridium aquilinum, Equisetum telmateia). The soils are ...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Wanat N,Joussein E,Soubrand M,Lenain JF

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess the geochemical mechanism liable for fluoride contamination in groundwater and its health effects on the people of the Shanmuganadhi River basin, Tamil Nadu, India, 61 groundwater samples were collected during post- and pre-monsoon seasons from the wells used for drinking purposes. Collected samples...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Aravinthasamy P,Karunanidhi D,Subramani T,Srinivasamoorthy K,Anand B

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence for on site biodegradation may be difficult to provide at heterogeneous sites without additional experiments in controlled laboratory conditions. In this study, microbial activities measured as CO2 and CH4 production were compared in situ, in intact soil cores and in bottle microcosms containing sieved soils....

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Björklöf K,Salminen J,Sainio P,Jørgensen K

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate potential human and ecological risks associated with metals in fish and crayfish from mining in the Tri-States Mining District (TSMD). Crayfish (Orconectes spp.) and fish of six frequently consumed species (common carp, Cyprinus carpio; channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus; ...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Schmitt CJ,Brumbaugh WG,Linder GL,Hinck JE

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00