background : heavy metals and pah s in flue gas have received considerable attention in recent years due to their mutagenic or carcinogenic properties. pah s are products of incomplete combustion of carbonaceous compounds at high temperatures. heavy metals are released into the ambient air from the same sources as those earlier mentioned for pah s . the present study was carried out to investig...

A research project dealing with the phytoremediation of a soil polluted by some heavy metals is currently running. The case study is represented by a mining area in Hamedan province in the central west part of Iran. The potential of phytoextraction and phytostabilization of plants was evaluated considering the concentration of heavy metals in the plant tissues and also the bioconcentration fact...

Heavy metals in textile wastewater represent a major environmental problem, and are a potential danger to human health when present on textiles. Furthermore, the presence of some metals influences the production of textiles. Heavy metals are often used as oxidizing agents, as metal complex dyes, dye stripping agents, fastness improvers, and finishers. Thus, they act as hazardous sources through...

A greenhouse experiment has been planned for this study to delineate the benefits of two types of rice husk biochars (namely B300 and B600 which are prepared at 300°C and 600°C, respectvely) and coal fly ash (CFA), as soil amendments, for decreasing the amount of some heavy metals (like Pb, Cd, Ni, Cr, and Cu) as well as mobility and phytoavailability in an artificially-calcareous multi-element...

A greenhouse experiment has been planned for this study to delineate the benefits of two types of rice husk biochars (namely B300 and B600 which are prepared at 300°C and 600°C, respectvely) and coal fly ash (CFA), as soil amendments, for decreasing the amount of some heavy metals (like Pb, Cd, Ni, Cr, and Cu) as well as mobility and phytoavailability in an artificially-calcareous multi-element...

Brassinosteroids play a significant role in the amelioration of various abiotic and biotic stresses. In order to elaborate their roles in plants subjected to heavy metals stress, Chlorella vulgaris cultures treated with 10(-8) M brassinolide (BL) were exposed to 10(-6)-10(-4) M heavy metals (cadmium, lead and copper) application. Under heavy metals stress, the growth and chemical composition (c...

ría and coastal zone are, in particular, vulnerable to heavy metals pollution. concentrations of 10 metals in liver, muscle and kidney of the sole (solea vulgaris) from ría of vigo and its coastal zone (spain) were measured from april 2006 to february 2007 and the relationships between fish size age and metal concentrations in the tissues was investigated. concentrations of the heavy metals in...

ría and coastal zone are, in particular, vulnerable to heavy metals pollution. concentrations of 10 metals in liver, muscle and kidney of the sole (solea vulgaris) from ría of vigo and its coastal zone (spain) were measured from april 2006 to february 2007 and the relationships between fish size age and metal concentrations in the tissues was investigated. concentrations of the heavy metals in ...

In order to understand the heavy metals accumulation and transfer in a plant-soil system in sewage sludge applied soils, 15 familiar garden plants (including 7 herbages, 5 shrubs and 3 arbor species) were planted in soil with sewage land application at the experimental site in Shanghai, China. The experiment measured the changes in 7 heavy metals (Zn, Cu, Ni, Cd, Pb, Cr and As) fractions and co...

The selective recovery of heavy metals of Cu, Zn, Ni and Cr from a mixed plating sludge by sulfidation and oxidation treatment was targeted in this study. At first, the mixed plating sludge was simultaneously subjected to an extraction and Cu sulfidation process at pH=1.5 to dissolve heavy metals and to precipitate Cu as CuS. In the next step, the sulfidation treatment of Zn was carried out at ...