Pope et al. (2007) found lowered monthly mortality rates during a 1967–1968 copper smelter strike, coincident with and attributed to widespread reduced airborne sulfate levels. The authors cited three “intervention” studies associating particulate emissions reductions with mortality reductions as supportive. Evidence below suggests that mortality reductions in the study by Pope et al. and “inte...

Metal contaminants in soil environments derived from industrial pollution have clearly established the need for research on bioavailability and potential health risks. Much research has been conducted on metal sorption in soils. However, there is still a need to better understand the availability of metal contaminants to plants and microbes. Such information will enhance both human health and d...

Air pollution coming from industrial activities is a matter of interest since their emissions can seriously affect to the human health nearby populations. A more detailed study about required in order discriminate different contributing pollutant sources. In this sense, gaseous pollutants (NO2, SO2 and O3) PM10 levels has been studied complex area southwest Spain (La Rabida city Huelva) during ...

Publication 1. A. Manceau et al, “Quantitative Zn speciation in smelter-contaminated soils by EXAFS spectroscopy,” Am. J. Sci. (in press, 2000). Figure 3 (top) Soil samples were taken at several depths from a contaminated site. (bottom) Model compounds derived from polarized-EXAFS data at the ESRF and μ-EXAFS data at the ALS provide a good fit with powder-EXAFS spectra from a soil sample, there...