SEPTICITY WITHIN A sewerage system occurs when microorganisms present in sewage and adhering to submerged surfaces have utilised all the dissolved oxygen and any nitrates that may be present in the sewage (derived from ground-water infiltration or present in the water supply). When anaerobic conditions have developed, bacteria in the sewage reduce the organic compounds of sulphur to sulphide an...

Salt efflorescences from metal sulphides and their waste are important drivers of pollution both in around mining areas. However, little is known about these supergene minerals, particularly the areas Mediterranean. This study aims to characterise saline leachates a Mediterranean area located Southeast Spain. The physicochemical characteristics were determined using stereomicroscopy composition...

The development of contact hypersensitivity to temporary tattoos has been on an increase all over the world. Skin painting with henna is a traditional practice in the Moslems and Hindu, and has recently been increasingly used in western countries. Black henna is obtained by adding paraphenylenediamine to the natural occurring henna. The risk of sensitization increases with the length of contact...

This study, carried out in tailings from two sediment-hosted stratiform copper deposits the Lublin-Głogów Copper District Poland (Kupferschiefer-type deposit) and Zhezkazgan (cupriferous sandstone-type Kazakhstan, analysed mineralogy of copper, zinc, lead minerals as related to metal accumulation sediments. Microscopic study reflected light SEM–EDS (Scanning Electron Microscope—Energy Dispersiv...

The nature of organosulphur compounds formed during the reductive supercritical water treatment sewage sludge, miscanthus and Spirulina was investigated by gas chromatography coupled to a sulphur chemiluminescence detector (GC-SCD). Methanethiol found be dominating species after hydrothermal liquefaction gasification all process waters, along with its derivatives dimethyl disulphide trisulphide...