In the U.S., the chief source of new osmium is copper refining, where this metal is produced as a byproduct. Probably less than 10% of the osmium in the original copper ore is recovered, and 1000-3000 oz troy of osmium is lost each year to the environment as the toxic, volatile tetroxide from copper smelters. In 1971, about 2000 oz troy of osmium was domestically refined, most of which was from...

Metallic copper surfaces rapidly and efficiently kill bacteria. Cells exposed to copper surfaces accumulated large amounts of copper ions, and this copper uptake was faster from dry copper than from moist copper. Cells suffered extensive membrane damage within minutes of exposure to dry copper. Further, cells removed from copper showed loss of cell integrity. Acute contact with metallic copper ...

Animal peroxidases are iron-containing proteins that catalyze the oxidation of a variety of substances by hydrogen peroxide. Histochemically, the myeloperoxidase of granulocytes is the most easily detected (1). Tyrosinase (dopa oxidase) is a copper-containing enzyme complex capable of converting both tyrosine to dopa (slowly) and dopa to dopa quinone (rapidly) in the melanin synthetic pathway (...

Nucleation-dependent protein aggregation ("seeding") and amyloid fibril-free formation of soluble SDS-resistant oligomers ("oligomerization") by hydrophobic interaction is an in vitro model thought to propagate beta-amyloid (Abeta) deposition, accumulation, and incur neurotoxicity and synaptotoxicity in Alzheimer's disease (AD), and other amyloid-associated neurodegenerative diseases. However, ...

Tourmaline-bearing quartz veins and replacement deposits, commonly copperand gold-bearing, are found in unusual concentration in northwestern Nevada and adjacent northeastern California in Triassic and Jurassic arc rocks and in the Cretaceous plutons that intrude them. Mines and prospects that exploit the tourmaline-bearing deposits are found in a zone approximately 70 miles long and 50 miles w...

The fact that the pharmacological action of certain drugs was due to the formation of chelates with essential or trace metal ions of biological significance prompted many research workers all over the world to investigate the structural features of the metal chelates of drug substances both in solid state and in solution. So it was considered interesting and useful to study the metal complexes ...

Welding is a major industrial process used for joining metals. Occupational exposure to welding fumes is a serious occupational health problem all over the world. The degree of risk to welder's health from fumes depends on composition, concentration, and the length of exposure. The aim of this study was to investigate workers' welding fume exposure levels in some industries in Jeddah, Saudi Ara...

BACKGROUND The metal mining industry employs approximately 15% of formally employed workers in Zambia, but there is little information about the magnitude of occupational injuries among the miners. AIMS To determine the frequency rates of occupational injuries and fatalities among copper miners in Zambia. METHODS A retrospective study of occupational injuries and fatalities at one of the la...

In order to determine "base-line" values of hair metal concentrations in unpolluted, non-industrial areas of Greece, a random sample of 144 agricultural workers (75 males and 69 females) was selected from the Civil Registry of communities of southwest Greece. All subjects were at least 50 years old and had lived in the same community for at least 10 years prior to the investigation. Bulk hair s...