Two different hydrotalcite-like compounds were prepared and used as substrates for the electrochemical removal of extremely toxic pollutant cations, such as Cd(ii) and Pb(ii), from aqueous solutions, and their subsequent recovery for further potential applications. By deposition on the hydrotalcite electrode, it was possible to remove 75% of Cd(ii) contained in a starting 5.2 mM solution of CdC...

As a global problem, environmental pollution is an important factor to shape the microbial communities. The elucidation of the succession of microbial communities in response to pollutants is essential for developing bioremediation procedures. In the present study, ten batches of soil-enrichment subcultures were subjected to four treatments: phenanthrene, n-octadecane, phenanthrene + n-octadeca...

Cadmium (Cd) pollution around the world is a serious issue demanding acceptable solutions, one of which is phytoremediation that is both cost-effective and eco-friendly. Removal of Cd from contaminated water using plants with high growth rates and sufficient Cd accumulation abilities could be an appropriate choice. Here, we investigated a potential Cd accumulator, Wolffia, a rootless duckweed w...

Attachment of EDTA-like chelators to carbon coated metal nanomagnets results in a magnetic reagent for the rapid removal of heavy metals from solutions or contaminated water by three orders of magnitude to concentrations as low as microg L(-1).

Milk is an essential component of human food, and natural source many important elements. Besides elements it also became a toxic metals due to heavy environmental pollution. In order assess the (calcium) (cadmium lead) in milk, sixty different fresh milk samples were analyzed by using atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). Accuracy precession checked external standard addition method. Calcium w...

One of the important abiotic stresses that negatively affect cereals such as wheat is heavy metals. Soil pollution with heavy metals has become one of the major environmental concerns resulting from the industrial development and use of fertilizers containing heavy metals. One way to counteract the negative effects of heavy metals in plants which produce reactive oxygen species is the activatio...

introduction: with increasing of population and the valuable water resource pollutions, a demand has been felt for new and inexpensive methods in order to remediation and improving of water quality. cadmium is a trace element. in low concentration, this heavy metal is harmful to life, and considered as a dangerous pollutant. cadmium leads to pollution and reduction of water quality; sometimes e...

increasing in concentration of heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, nickel, chromium and zinc cause considerable harmful effects on soil and environment. these elements are also hazardous to health of humans and wildlife. petrochemical plants and refineries pollution increase the amount of carcinogenic and tratogenic compounds in environment. the main goal of recent paper is the studying of soil...

The content of heavy metals in fish different ecological groups the conditions Argazinsky reservoir (Russia) has been studied, its safety when used as a product nutrition was given. material study “local” (bream, pike, perch, roach, whitefish) caught by fishermen. determined atomic absorption method. Compared to muscular tissue, bone tissue found accumulate more manganese, zinc, cadmium, lead, ...