BACKGROUND The C8 Health Project was established in 2005 to collect data on perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA, or C8) and human health in Ohio and West Virginia communities contaminated by a fluoropolymer production facility. OBJECTIVE We assessed PFOA exposure via contaminated drinking water in a subset of C8 Health Project participants who drank water from private wells. METHODS Participants p...

In this study, a simple one-step hydrothermal reaction is developed to prepare composite based on Prussian blue (PB)/reduced graphene oxide foam (RGOF) for efficient removal of radioactive cesium ((137)Cs) from contaminated water. Scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy show that cubic PB nanoparticles are decorated on the RGO surface. Owing to the combined benefits of...

background: depleted uranium (du) is uranium with low content of u 235 produced as a result of uranium enrichment. du has high density (19.05 g /cm3), which is 2.54 more than iron, so it’s high penetrating power makes it preferable as emanations with high penetration power. it was used in second gulf ware in 1991 for first time. the radioactivity of soil, plants, fruit, meat, milk and water is ...

background: this study was conducted to estimate the level of heavy metals accumulate in vegetables irrigated with contaminated water compared with those irrigated with fresh water in hamadan, west of iran in 2012. methods: sixty samples of different vegetables i.e., parsley, tarragon, sweat basil and leek irrigated with contaminated water and thirty six samples from three different adjacent ar...

Laboratory and small-scale field experiments have shown that sunlight in conjunction with a simple catalyst can be used to detoxify water contaminated with a variety of hazardous chemicals. This study builds on previous analyses and recent field test data to predict the cost and performance of a representative commercial water detoxification system. Three different solar operating configuration...

Introduction Arsenic from irrigation water is accumulating in soils (Ullah, 1998; Panaullah et al., 2003). The presence of high As in Bangladeshi soils and continuing use of As contaminated irrigation water may affect the movement of As in soil and accumulation of As in rice (Abedin et al., 2002). Transport of As in soil, as well as uptake by plants is governed by mobility, yet mobility of As i...

The depuration effectiveness of Poliovirus 1 and HAV contaminated mussels, when subjected to flowing ozonized water, was evaluated. Mussels were experimentally contaminated and then depurated up to 72 hours using a pilot depuration system with ozone treated and untreated water. The results showed that viral infectivity titter decreased more rapidly in mussels subjected to ozonized water (from 1...