Over one billion tons of agricultural, municipal, and industrial wastes with potential uses in agriculture are generated annually in the United States. Many of these materials are applied to agricultural land because of the benefits they provide. These benefits include: providing a nutrient source for crops; improving soil chemical, physical and biological properties; improving water storage an...

The operating conditions in spouted bed regime of uniform beds consisting of different biomass wastes dry and wet have been studied to determine the applicability of conical spouted beds with a draft tube in the drying of biomass wastes. This experimental study has been carried out at room temperature and the effect of the solid humidity on the stability of beds of biomass wastes has been deter...

Current United States military chemical protective ensembles do not provide for feeding, removing body wastes, or ensuring the hygiene of troops operating in a contaminated environment. As part of a nuclear-biological-chemical life support demonstration program, systems were developed to provide these capabilities. The nutrient system consisted of foods packaged in tube dispensers and a deliver...

Heavy metals are introduced into aquatic ecosystems from industrial wastes, agricultural runoff and mining activities. The toxicity of heavy metal ions in solution to microalgae is well known. The essentiality and toxicity of heavy metals has been a subject of extensive research (Stokes 1983). From a biological point of view, heavy metals can be divided into two categories: essential and non-es...

Hospital wastewater has special importance since having pathogens, radioactive materials, pharmaceutical wastes and heavy metals. Removing them into environment without any treatment may cause serious problems for the public health. Membrane Biological Reactor is the combination of the activated sludge and membrane filters. This research has investigated the performance of the Nano-Filtration i...

In several countries, low-level radioactive wastes are treated and stored awaiting construction and operation of a final repository. In some cases, interim storage may be extended for decades requiring special attention regarding security issues. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recommends segregation of wastes that may be exempted from interim storage or ultimate disposal. The pap...

This work is devoted to the investigation of the methanogenic archaea involved in anaerobic digestion of cattle manure and maize straw on the basis of terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis of archaeal 16S rRNA genes. The biological diversity and dynamics of methanogenic communities leading to anaerobic degradation of agricultural organic wastes with biogas producti...

This study examines whether plankton of the Lagoon of Venice could be considered as a bio-indicator of areas subjected to various anthropogenic influences. This study was a two year hydrochemical and biological survey in five areas of the Lagoon of Venice, each with different environmental conditions due to pollution from urban, industrial, thermal and agricultural wastes. Phytoplankton associa...

Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713597269 Review of potential environmental impacts of transgenic glyphosate-resistant soybean in Brazil Antonio L. Cerdeira a; Dionsio L. P. Gazziero b; St...