Water contamination with heavy metals is increased due to environmental contaminants. Arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead are well-known toxic for humans. Lactobacillus acidophilus an ideal absorbent the removal of from drinking water. In this study, ability treated untreated L. ATCC 4356 remove four metals, simultaneously, multi-metallic contaminated water in 24 h was investigated. addition, s...

The aim of this study was to describe the incidence distribution of colorectal cancer in Fortaleza, Ceará State, and Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, and the time trend in the disease from 1990 to 1999. Mean annual age-adjusted incidence rates and estimated annual percent change were calculated by gender, using population-based cancer registries. EAPC showed an increase in the rat...