Site preparation plays a vital role in British Columbia’s regeneration program (Figure 1). Historically, prescribed fire has been the tool most commonly used to satisfy the needs of both hazard abatement and site preparation. Recently, the use of fire has decreased relative to other options (Figure 2), due to the increased cost of burning, the increased public concern in areas sensitive to smok...

original article   in order to achieve safe conditions at workplace should correctly understand the concept of hazard. in the hazard conceptual and common definition this means that dangerous event or situation that may lead to an emergency or disaster. it could also be a biological, chemical, or physical agent in (or a property of) an environment that may have an adverse health effect, or may ...

Harmful cyanobacterial blooms pose an environmental health hazard due to the release of water-soluble cyanotoxins. One most prevalent cyanotoxins in nature is microcystins (MCs), a class cyclic heptapeptide hepatotoxins, and they are produced by several common cyanobacteria aquatic environments. Once released from cells, MCs subjected physical chemical biological transformations natural can als...

Chemical warfare agent (CWA) simulants as well as their degradation and hydrolysis products were detected from surfaces using thermal desorption ion mobility spectrometry (TD-IMS). CWA simulant materials that closely mimic the chemical structures of real CWA G/V-type nerve and S-type vesicant simulants were used in this study. Reduced mobility constants (K0) in air were reported for 20 compound...

abstract rhizosphere is a small zone with chemical, physical, and biological properties different from those of the bulk soil. information regarding the kinetics of cu release in the rhizosphere soil is scant. throughout this research, kinetics of cu release was investigated in wheat crop rhizosphere vs. non-rhizosphere in 10 calcareous soils by use of rhizobox and in greenhouse conditions. ext...