Stability of mercury concentrations in frozen avian blood samples.

abstract：:The sorption of radium 226 ((226)Ra) on different clay materials (bentonite, illite and a mixture of bentonite-illite) was studied. Clay materials are used in the construction of disposal pits for technically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials (TENORM) wastes (i.e., contaminated soil and sludge) genera...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Alhajji E,Al-Masri MS,Khalily H,Naoum BE,Khalil HS,Nashawati A

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the spatial distribution of total mercury (THg) and total arsenic (TAs) in water, soil and cassava (Manihot esculenta) (leaves and roots) samples taken from areas in Rwamagasa village in northwestern Tanzania where daily living activities occur in close proximity to extensive artisanal and small sc...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Nyanza EC,Dewey D,Thomas DS,Davey M,Ngallaba SE

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the effects of elevated O(3) and elevated CO(2,) singly and in combination, on the contents of nonvolatile terpenoids in leaves of Ginkgo Biloba. The results showed that elevated CO(2), alone and in combination with elevated O(3) increased concentrations of all the determined ter...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Huang W,He X,Chen W,Chen Z,Ruan Y,Xu S

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four paddy herbicides and their transformation products (TPs) were monitored in the Sakura River, Japan, during the rice growing seasons of 2009 and 2010. Toxicity tests to an attached diatom, Mayamaea atomus, and a green alga, Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata, were also conducted. Clomeprop propionic acid, which forms...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Iwafune T,Ara T,Ishihara S,Yokoyama A,Nagai T,Horio T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Avoidance tests with collembolans provide a quick assessment of soil quality. However, some parameters of the procedure can be modified in order to increase its performance. In this study we assessed the tendency of Folsomia candida to avoid soils contaminated with boric acid [350-700-1400-2800-5600 mg/kg soil dry wei...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Bori J,Riva MC

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth, oxidative damage and antioxidant response of Exophiala pisciphila ACCC32496, a dark septate endophyte isolated from an abandoned lead-zinc mining area, were measured at cadmium (Cd) concentrations of 0, 25, 50, 100, 200 and 400 mg L(-1). The EC50 values of E. pisciphila ACCC32496 to Cd were 332.2 mg L(-1) ...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Zhan F,He Y,Li T,Yang YY,Toor GS,Zhao Z

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated a suite of legacy organochlorine contaminants in the milk of two breeds of goats raised in the central region of Mexico, where this agricultural production is of national (Mexican) economic importance. Forty milk samples from Alpine and Saanen goats were assessed. It was found that the concentr...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Schettino B,Gutiérrez R,Ortiz R,Vega S,Urban G,Ramírez A

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new analytical method for the determination of 14 pesticide residues in fresh peppermint was developed based on the QuEChERS sample preparation technique followed by gas chromatography coupled to electron capture and nitrogen phosphorus detectors (GC/ECD/NPD). The validation study clearly demonstrated suitability of...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Słowik-Borowiec M,Szpyrka E,Walorczyk S

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study provides novel data regarding levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (DDTs) in muscle tissue of European conger eel (Conger conger) from Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea). The mean concentration of PCBs (891 ng g(-1) lipid weight) was higher than those of DDTs (543 ng g...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Storelli MM,Perrone VG,Busco VP,Spedicato D,Barone G

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochar has limited capacity to adsorb oxytetracycline (OTC). Here we have used bamboo willow biochar (BC) as a carrier to produce nMnO2-loaded biochars (MBC) by a co-precipitation method. Their chemical compositions, morphological features, specific surface area, and surface functional groups were observed or determi...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Feng L,Yuan G,Xiao L,Wei J,Bi D

更新日期：2020-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:During the summer of 2015, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the atmosphere were collected by passive air samplers in typical urban-rural fringe of Wuhan-Ezhou region, Central China. The results showed that 16 kinds of PAHs were ubiquitous with the concentrations of ∑16PAHs from 14.69 to 136.30 ng·m-3 and the...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Wu D,Liu H,Wang Z,Zhang J,Zhan C,Liu S,Liu T,Zheng J,Yao R,Cao J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An oral dose of 0.5 mg/kg/day malathion continuously administered for one year has been investigated to produce no change in biochemical (RChE, PChE, aspartate- and alanine aminotransferases, blood glucose, serum urea and plasma total proteins) or haematological (Hb, PCV, tRBC and tWBC) parameters and, therefore, cons...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Gupta RC,Paul BS

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of dissolved cadmium, lead, chromium and níquel were determined in surface water column and pore water, collected from the extensive tidal plain at Bahía Blanca estuary, Argentina. Three different polluted areas were selected to study the spatial variation of these metals. The concentration ranges w...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Botté SE,Freije RH,Marcovecchio JE

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found selenium dixoide an effective antagonist to the toxic effects of mercuric chloride in the northern creek chub (Semotilus atromaculatus). Selenium pretreatment increased the whole body accumulation of mercury at lower environmental Hg concentrations. It decreased mercury accumulation in survivors at higher, ac...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Kim JH,Birks E,Heisinger JF

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gaseous elemental mercury (GEM) concentrations were determined within an academic chemistry building by cold vapor atomic fluorescence spectrometry. Concentrations varied depending on the room activity, with night time and weekend levels the lowest and most stable (typically between 10 and 20 ng/m(3)), and daytime wee...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Cizdziel JV,Jiang Y

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water samples were collected to evaluate the groundwater quality in the shallow unconfined alluvial aquifer in the eastern part of Abu-Dhabi Emirate, UAE. The chemical monitoring revealed some spatial variability in chemical parameters as influenced by matrix aquifer changes in geological formations. Results show that...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Mohamed MM,Murad A,Chowdhury R

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil arsenic (As) pollution has become a global problem. It is urgent to improve the phytoextraction efficiency of soil As. This study found chemical activators (Span 80/SDS and GSH/Span 80/SDS) that can significantly improve the availability of As and the phytoextraction efficiency of As by Pteris vittata L. in As-co...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Xiang D,Liao S,Tu S,Zhu D,Xie T,Wang G

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed if the concentrations of methylmercury (MeHg) in predatory and non-predatory fish caught in the Upper Solimões River are safe for human consumption, according to the reference values established by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA). MeHg concentrations were evaluated in m...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： da Silva SF,Pereira JPG,Oliveira DC,Lima MO

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphate and colloidal gas aphrons (CGAs) generated from saponin extracted from Sapindus mukorossi fruit, were evaluated for washing low levels of arsenic from an iron rich soil. Phosphate is one of the most commonly dispersed chemicals that increases arsenic mobility in soil due to their structural similarities, mak...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Mukhopadhyay S,Mukherjee S,Hashim MA,Sen Gupta B

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and n-alkanes was investigated in the surface sediment from the Shinano River in Niigata, Japan. The total concentrations of the PAHs and n-alkanes ranged from 102 to 10,450 ng/g dry weight and from 160 to 3,530 ng/g dry, respectively. Perylene (Per) in the s...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Hori T,Shiota N,Asada T,Oikawa K,Kawata K

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A field study in the Pearl River Delta of China was conducted in order to describe to the spatial and seasonal variation of occurrence and concentrations of total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) in surface water and sediments. Petroleum hydrocarbons and isoprenoid alkanes were quantified by UV spectroscopy and gas chromat...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Zhao J,Yin P,Zhao L,Yu Q,Lu G

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five-week-old female albino rats were given 0.2 or 20.0 mg of lead acetate by gastric intubation daily for seven days. Calcium-47, applied orally or intraperitoneally, was used as marker to assess calcium retention in the body and its excretion by faeces and urine. The animals were killed three days after the last app...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Gruden N,Buben M

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The brown shrimp, Penaeus aztecus, is subject to dual stresses of environmental hypoxia and contamination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The effects of hypoxia and sedimentary naphthalene, administered alone and in combination, on epidermal activity of N-acetyl-beta-glucosam...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Zou E

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistence behavior of two combination mix formulations of insecticides viz. profenofos + cypermethrin (Roket 44EC) and chlorpyrifos + cypermethrin (Nacraj-505) were studied in eggplant fruits following spray application at recommended and double dose. Half-life values were calculated from first order dissipation kin...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Mukherjee I,Aman Kumar,Ashok Kumar

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Speciation of 238U, 210Po and 210Pb in six different types of Syrian soil (Entisols, Inceptisol, Aridisol, Mollisols, Vertisols and Rock outcrops) was studied using a four-step sequential extraction procedure. The binding nature of 238U, 210Po and 210Pb was correlated with soil properties including soil particles, pH,...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Al-Masri MS,Nashawati A,Amin Y,Al-Masri W,Al-Howary MA

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study investigated the efficiency of sepiolite (SE), sodium humate (HS), microbial fertilizer (JF) and SE combined with JF/HS in a ratio of 2:1 (w/w) (JF-2SE and HS-2SE) on Cd, Pb and As bioavailability in field trials with rice (Oryza sativa L.). The results showed that all the amendments remarkably decre...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Nong X,Zhang C,Chen H,Rong Q,Gao H,Jin X

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term impact of prenatal methylmercury (MeHg) exposure on the stress response during active learning was investigated. Pregnant rats were gavage fed MeHg (8 mg/kg) on gestational day 15. Ninety-day-old rats born to both MeHg- and saline-treated dams were subjected to an active avoidance test. The active avoida...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Carratù MR,Coluccia A,Modafferi AM,Borracci P,Scaccianoce S,Sakamoto M,Cuomo V

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agricultural lands are exposed to pesticides continuously, which impact on habitat of wild species, such birds. The purpose of this study was to determine the plasma cholinesterase activity in two passeriform wild birds, the house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) and the house sparrow (Passer domesticus), from agricultura...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： González-Escalante L,Mercado-Hernández R,González-Rojas JI,Bermúdez de León M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When male and female coturnix quail (Coturnix coturnix) were given a single subacute oral dose (5.62 mg/kg) of the avian frightening agent 4-aminopyridine (4AP) and paired with untreated mates, there was no effect on the reproductive performance of males; egg production of females was reduced the third week after trea...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Schafer EW,Brunton RB,Lockyer NF

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study six adsorbents viz. wood charcoal, fly ash, coconut charcoal, saw dust, coconut fiber and baggasse charcoal were studied for their capacity to remove atrazine from water. The removal efficiency of different adsorbents varied from 76.5% to 97.7% at 0.05 ppm concentration and 78.5% to 95.5% at 0.1 p...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Sharma RK,Kumar A,Joseph PE

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00