background: the removal of toxic metals from sewage and wastewaters is one of the most important concerns in the twenty first century. the removal of poisonous cr(vi) from aqueous solution by different low-cost available nanoporous adsorbents was investigated in the present study.  methods: fumed silica, bentonite (bn), hydrotalcite (ht), mcm-41, na-y, mordenite (mor) and sapo-34 were used at d...

Background: The present study investigated the impact of land use on health risks (cancerous and non-cancerous) of heavy metals in soil along the Hemmat Highway of Tehran, Iran. Materials and Methods: A total of 28 soil samples were collected in August 2014 from the roadside soil of the Hemmat Highway. The collected samples were air-dried and digested, and then, analyzed for heavy metals usi...

U.S. Service Members and civilians are at risk of exposure to a variety of environmental health hazards throughout their normal duty activities and in industrial occupations. Metals are widely used in large quantities in a number of industrial processes and are a common environmental toxicant, which increases the possibility of being exposed at toxic levels. While metal toxicity has been widely...

Diseases caused by occupational exposure to sensitizing metals including platinum (Pt), rhodium (Rh), nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr), cobalt (Co), gold (Au), mercury (Hg), zirconium (Zr) and beryllium (Be) are reviewed. Allergic reactions induced by the metals are described according to the classification by Coombs and Gell. Metals with unproven sensitizing potential are not discussed if reports on...

phytoremediation of heavy metals is employed as a technological approach for a non-destructive remediation of contaminated soils. one of the most recently studied tree species used in phytoremediation applications are poplars. in this study, the one-year old rooted seedlings of populus nigra l. used to decontaminate hexavalent chromium-contaminated soils. five treatments of cr (vi) supply (were...

The possible health risks of heavy metals contamination to local population through food chain were evaluated in Beijing and Tianjin city cluster, China, where have a long history of sewage irrigation. The transfer factors (TF) for heavy metals from soil to vegetables for six elements including Cu, Zn, Pb, Cr, As and Cd were calculated and the pollution load indexes (PLI) were also assessed. Re...

Vegetable fields near villages in China are suffering increasing heavy metal damages from various pollution sources including agriculture, traffic, mining and Chinese typical local private family-sized industry. 268 vegetable samples which included rape, celery, cabbages, carrots, asparagus lettuces, cowpeas, tomatoes and cayenne pepper and their corresponding soils in three economically develo...

introduction we can obtain useful information about aquatic systems by studying heavy metals in surface sediments. marine sediments can bring out the aquatic contamination. due to heavy metal toxicity, hard biodegradation and easy bioaccumulation in aquatic ecosystems, various indices have been developed such as sediment quality guidelines (sqgs), enrichment factor (ef), pollution load index (i...