During the past decade, considerable concern has been expressed by environmental scientists over the increasing levels of a range of toxic elements in the environment. Among the most potentially hazardous are the so-called ‘heavy metals’, a term applied to cover a range of transition elements, including copper, zinc and nickel and other elements such as cadmium, mercury and lead. Acutely toxic ...

Many research works are going on to save or protect the environment from different hazardous or toxic gases, chemicals and other harmful effects. Different construction materials (both renewable & non-renewable) are used while constructing any structure, road, railway, tunnel, etc. But every Engineer must know the concept of sustainable development and the particular application of construction...

Water plays a vital and essential role in our ecosystem. This natural resource is becoming scarce, making its availability a major social and economic concern. Use of a large variety of synthetic dyes in textile industries has raised an hazardous environmental alert. About 17 20% of freshwater pollution is caused by textile effluents. These effluents are recalcitrant to biodegradation and cause...

in tehran megacity with 7705036 populations, 7000 tons solid waste a day has been generated in 2008. according to the municipality`s division, tehran is divided to 22 local zones. quality and quantity are the basis of planning for hazardous waste management system. in this context, selection a combination of techniques, technology and management program is imperative to achieve purposes of wast...

The paper examines the rise of environmental justice issues in Australia, evident in two toxic disputes; the first, in a Perth outer suburb in Western Australia where residents faced both a hazardous waste dump and the nation's biggest chemical fire; and the second, in the Sydney suburb of Botany where residents were confronted with the destruction of what is thought to be, the world's largest ...

Resource management in the of medical waste is a cruicial issue midst Covid-19 pandemic. This study aims to analyze hazardous and toxic resources at Islamic Hospital (RSI) Malang City by adopting descriptive research through qualitative approach. Findings this found discrepancy between Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) realization activities field, especially when there was surge patients due...

This paper investigates whether the choice experiment approach can be used to assess peoples’ preferences and the determinants of these preferences in order to estimate the costs and benefits of different configurations of transports of hazardous materials on railways. In the study, changes in the exposure to hazardous materials that affected people are subjected to are used rather than changes...