... amount of
contamination coming from abrasion of brakes, tires of vehicles, etc. In calculation
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Amount of metals in the runoff compared ... removal of Pb by three
HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION IN SOILS OF URBAN HIGHWAYS:
COMPARISON BETWEEN RUNOFF AND SOIL CONCENTRATIONS AT
CI...
... The main parameters in uencing
heavy metal adsorption are soil pH, type and speciation of
metal ion involved, heavy metal competition, soil composi-
tion and aging.
The individual behavior of Cd, ... matrix)
containing minerals and organic matter and fluid phases (the
soil water and the soil air), which interact with each other
and ions entering the soil sy...
... electroplating, smelting, and ore
processing (ATSDR 1994). Mine tailings and drainage from mines can contain high
concentrations of zinc (Cobb et al. 2000).
The fate and transport of zinc (Zn
+2
) in ... metal uptake (Khan and Frankland 1983).
Soil pH significantly influences heavy metal concentrations in both soil and plant tissues.
The effect of soil p...
... properties
of the Interface, and geochemists and engineers interested in modelling
behaviour in complex natural systems or in designing processes to remove
heavy metals from water streams.
The metal ... side effect of human activities. For
example, acid mine drainage teaches metals from rocks and soils, oxides of
cadmium and zinc are vaporized and released to the ai...
... 0.3 mg/kg in plants and 0.001-0.01 mg/l
in surface water. Contamination in soils and plants were found higher much larger than
those in surface water flown from the tailing of gold mining disposal ...
management in near future, the samples of top soils, water and plants were collected from
the surrounding area of Gold Mine, within watershed covering gold mine an...
... Bio-
analyzer. In the absence of CSPs and in the presence
of the equivalent amount of BSA in the according buf-
fer a distinct band of transcription product was also
present as a small amount of undigested ... lgÆmL
)1
CAT
in 1 h using an mRNA concentration of 33 lgÆmL
)1
.
When CSPs were present in concentrations where
complete inhibition of the combined in vitr...
... the spleen and lungs
by homogenizing tissues in 5 mL of NaCl ⁄ P
i
containing
0.05% Tween-80, and the number of viable bacteria in the
organs of infected mice were determined by plating serial
dilutions ... postinfection, we observed a
marked difference between the number of CFUs of
the wild-type strain and that of the PMM56 mutant
strain in lungs and in the sple...
... difference in distances traveled by pulp and paper in the supply chain for China’s industry, and for the U.S.
(NewPage) supply chain turned out to be striking. Pulp in the Chinese supply chain takes ...
Transportation
The scope of transportation emissions considered here includes the shipping of pulp to paper mills (in cases of
non-integrated production) and the shippin...