Shark fin, a symbol of wealth and good fortune may pose health risks: the case of mercury.

abstract：:The contamination of bodies of water by potentially hazardous elements has in recent decades become an environmental problem that poses serious risks to humans, fauna, flora and microbiota, compromising the quality of life of the present ecosystem. Therefore, effluents must be properly treated in a legally acceptable ...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Santana AH,Araújo JAS,Bento AMS,Santos AR,Santos LG,Gomes HO,da Costa JGM,Menezes JMC,Coutinho HDM,Filho FJP,Teixeira RNP

更新日期：2020-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Perfluorinated compounds (PFC) in water, sediment, soil, and biota from the coastal industrial area of Tianjin, China, were measured to provide baseline information and to determine possible sources and potential risk to wildlife. Perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) was the predominant PFC with maximum concentrations of 1...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Wang T,Lu Y,Chen C,Naile JE,Khim JS,Giesy JP

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determining the main sources of pollution (MSP) in groundwater is crucial to improve water quality (WQ) status. Field studies were conducted in this research, where five sampling campaigns were carried out from 36 wells in the southern Tehran aquifer. In all samples, WQ parameters were measured and evaluated regarding...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Ghahremanzadeh H,Noori R,Baghvand A,Nasrabadi T

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior surveys conducted have found higher proportion of arsenic-contaminated wells in villages along river Indus in Pakistan. This study aims to determine the prevalence of arsenicosis skin lesions among population exposed to higher exposure in taluka Gambat district Khairpur in Sindh. The cross-sectional survey was c...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Fatmi Z,Abbasi IN,Ahmed M,Kazi A,Kayama F

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioleaching of As from the soil in an abandoned Ag-Au mine was carried out using Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans. A. ferrooxidans is an iron oxidizer and A. thiooxidans is a sulfur oxidizer. These two microbes are acidophilic and chemoautotrophic microbes. Soil samples were collected f...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Ko MS,Park HS,Kim KW,Lee JU

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews from the geological and biological perspectives the achievements of Russian researchers in the field of geophagy, which have not been published in English. It is focused on publications in Russian language about (1) animal behavior related to geophagy, (2) mineral and chemical composition as well as...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Panichev AM,Golokhvast KS,Gulkov AN,Chekryzhov IY

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urban soils in medium- and large-sized cities generally have shown elevated contents of environmentally important trace metals (e.g. lead, copper, zinc). Such high concentrations in soils of green areas, mainly recreational areas, can be a source of potentially toxic elements and pose a risk for human health. Thus the...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Madrid F,Romero AS,Madrid L,Maqueda C

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The solution culture, paddy soil culture and the simulation experiments in the laboratory were conducted to clarify the interactions between selenium and phosphorus, and its effects on the growth and selenium accumulation in rice. Results revealed that a suitable supply of selenium could promote rice growth and excess...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Liu Q,Wang DJ,Jiang XJ,Cao ZH

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major causes of toxicity in slaughterhouse wastewater are identified by analyzing the relationship between representative pollutants and the acute toxicity of Daphnia magna. Experimental results demonstrate that organic matters are strongly associated with the acute toxicity. Among many organic pollutants, protein...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Kim HJ,Lee D,Won CH,Kim HW

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Livestock wastewater effluent generated after the anaerobic treatment process contains the considerable amount of color-causing organic matter. In this study, a quantitative comparison of three carbon-based adsorbents included granular activated carbon (GAC), expanded graphite (EG), and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Kim H,Yun YM,Lim KH,Do QC,Kang S

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：:The main aim of the present study was to examine the quality of the groundwater and decipher the sources of groundwater fluoride through mass balance modeling based on fluoride exposure in a geologically heterogeneous semi-arid region of southern India. This was achieved by hydrogeochemical analysis, graphical methods...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Karunanidhi D,Aravinthasamy P,Deepali M,Subramani T,Sunkari ED

更新日期：2020-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Baicalin (BC)-rare earth metal complexes [BMCs (BC-Ce, BC-La, and BC-Y)] were synthesized by a complexation coordination method. A mouse tumor model with SMMC-7721 cells was used to examine BMCs for their anti-tumor activities in vivo. The results show that the three new BMCs, Na3Ce (C21H16O11)3·10H2O, Na2La (C21H16O1...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Guo M,Gao X,Song H,Gu Y,Christie P,Wu S,Fan X

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The total content of trace elements was examined in some arable soils developed from boulder loam and silt formations of the Middle Poland and Baltic glaciations (62 profiles). Mean element concentrations calculated on the basis of chemical and statistical analyses were as follows: Mn = 322; Zn = 36; Cr = 30; Ni = 12....

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Czarnowska K,Gworek B

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of toxic metals in soil per se, and in soil impacted by mining, industry, agriculture and urbanisation in particular, is a major concern for both human health and ecotoxicology. The dual aim of this study was: to ascertain whether topsoil composition could influence the spatial distribution of mortality d...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： López-Abente G,Locutura-Rupérez J,Fernández-Navarro P,Martín-Méndez I,Bel-Lan A,Núñez O

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Operation performance and bacterial community structure of sulfur-based autotrophic denitrification (SAD) based on different sulfur sources served as electron donor was first parallelly compared among three sequencing batch reactors. Sulfur and sodium thiosulfate systems achieved similar operation performance and were...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Fu C,Li J,Lv X,Song W,Zhang X

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary objective of this study was to investigate the effect of biochar, produced from wheat residue at different temperatures, on the adsorption of diesel oil by loess soil. Kinetic and equilibrium data were processed to understand the adsorption mechanism of diesel by biochar-affected loess soil; dynamic and th...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Jiang YF,Sun H,Yves UJ,Li H,Hu XF

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess the intake of lead and cadmium by consumers of home grown vegetables in urban areas, replicated experimental plots of uniform size, comprising summer and winter crops, were established in 94 gardens and allotments in nine towns and cities in England.The geometric mean lead and cadmium concentrations...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Moir AM,Thornton I

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study deals with the analyses of springs and wells at the base of Montepugliano Hill that represents the SE edge of the wide carbonate Matese massif (Campania, southern Italy). At the base of the hill, from west to east and for almost one kilometre, cold springs HCO3-Ca type (Grassano springs, ~ 4.5 m3/s; TDS: abo...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Corniello A,Guida M,Stellato L,Trifuoggi M,Carraturo F,Del Gaudio E,Del Giudice C,Forte G,Giarra A,Iorio M,Marzaioli F,Toscanesi M

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:It is imperative to comprehend the level and spatial distribution of soil pollution with heavy metals to find sustainable management approaches for affected soils. Selected heavy metals (Mn, Zn, Pb, Cu, Cr, Ni, As, Co, and Cd) and physiochemical parameters were appraised for 620 samples from industrial, agricultural a...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Keshavarzi A,Kumar V,Ertunç G,Brevik EC

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy metal pollution has always been a serious environmental problem widely concerned by researchers all around the world. On the other side, the accumulation of biowastes has also occupied a large amount of space and caused a series of environment pollution. In this study, the waste oyster shell, was applied as a ty...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Zhong G,Liu Y,Tang Y

更新日期：2020-11-11 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： Igalavithana AD,Farooq M,Kim KH,Lee YH,Qayyum MF,Al-Wabel MI,Lee SS,Ok YS

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rio Grande, the southernmost Brazilian port and industrial center, is marked by mercury-polluted ground cover. This pollution varies spatially, with levels exceeding 1,000 μg kg(-1) in 30% of the urban territory. The risk of Hg impact as a result of deliberate and involuntary geophagy is increased by restrained urban ...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Muccillo-Baisch AL,Mirlean N,Carrazzoni D,Soares MC,Goulart GP,Baisch P

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total concentrations of Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb in surface sediments were determined to investigate the regional trends of heavy metal contamination in 11 coastal areas in Korea. Enrichment factor (EF) of heavy metals was calculated by comparing the level of their regional background. The averages of EF values in st...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Choi KY,Kim SH,Chon HT

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case study was performed to determine whether the pollutants in water of urban park could bring health risk to human engaging in water-related activities such as swimming and provide evidence demonstrating the critical need for strengthened recreational water resources management of urban park. TN, NH4+-N, TP, Cu...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Lu Y,Xu J,Wang H,Liu X,Li W

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：:An argument is presented in which areas of natural arsenic contamination of modern groundwaters throughout Asia have a common origin. Arsenic originally accumulated in oceanic ferro-manganoan sediments of the eastern Palaeo-Tethys. This was further concentrated through oceanic crustal extinction in what later became t...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Stanger G

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-precision lead isotope ratios and lead concentrations have been compared statistically and graphically in women of child-bearing age (n = 77) from two smelter communities and one general urban community to evaluate the relative contributions to blood lead of tissue lead stores and lead from the contemporaneous en...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Gulson BL,Pisaniello D,McMichael AJ,Mizon KJ,Korsch MJ,Luke C,Ashbolt R,Pederson DG,Vimpani G,Mahaffey KR

更新日期：1996-12-01 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：: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