The subject of natural resources and environment under capitalism (2) is distinguished by its absence from the list of time-honored topics of inquiry on the left. I know of only a handful o f academic contributions in recent years as part of the revival of Marxist and related radical echolarehip. (See e.g. Enzenberger, 1974; England 6 Bluestone, 1971; Mumy, 1974; DiNorcia, 1974; Edel, 1973; Per...

Vineyard soils are frequently polluted with high concentrations of copper due application of copper sulfate in order to control fungal diseases. Bioremediation is an efficient process for the treatment of contaminated sites. Efficient copper sorption bacteria can be used for bioremoval of copper from contaminated sites. In this study, a total of 106 copper resistant bacteria were examined for r...

Objective: The aim of the current study was to evaluate adverse effects of Zataria multiflora essential oil on epididymal sperm quality, and testicular tissue following experimentally induced copper poisoning in mice. Methods: The study comprised of four different groups of twelve mice as follows: Group N (Normal) and group Cu (Copper) received pure drinking water, while Groups Z (Zataria multi...

The coordinative chemistry of the tridentate thiosemicarbazone ligand 2-pyridinecarboxaldehyde 4-N-ethylthiosemicarbazone (HL(Et)) has been explored by using an electrochemical methodology. All the complexes have been characterized using analytical and spectroscopic techniques. In the case of copper we have isolated two different complexes, with Cu(L(Et))(2).4H(2)O (6) and [Cu(2)(L(Et))(2)(SO(4...

The injection into the cerebrospinal fluid of cats of 52 to 208 gamma of copper in the form of an albumin complex or as cupric sulfate, was followed by small elevations in the content of metal in the neural tissues, but regularly and promptly produced persistent quadriplegia and conspicuous histologic changes. Smaller amounts of copper caused less, or no, neurologic manifestations or histologic...

Lactococcus lactis IL1403, a lactic acid bacterium widely used for food fermentation, is often exposed to stress conditions. One such condition is exposure to copper, such as in cheese making in copper vats. Copper is an essential micronutrient in prokaryotes and eukaryotes but can be toxic if in excess. Thus, copper homeostatic mechanisms, consisting chiefly of copper transporters and their re...

In the structure of the title compound, [Cu(2)(C(6)H(6)N(4))(2)(H(2)O)(2)]SO(4), the asymmetric unit contains half each of two 2,2'-diimidazole ligands, one Cu(+) cation, one water mol-ecule and half of a sulfate anion (2 symmetry). The dinuclear complex is completed through a twofold rotation axis, leading to a twisted ten-membered ring mol-ecule. The dihedral angle between the two symmetry-re...

The PAQUES Bio Systems’ core technology, marketed under the name THIOPAQ, consists of various high-rate biological processes for metal-sulfur-water systems, complemented with common solid/liquid and gas separation steps. Sulfur species are converted to sulfide, which is a valuable component as it can be used for metals reduction and precipitation. Selective recovery of valuable metals can be em...

Antiemetic effects of serotonin 5-HT3 receptor antagonists (ICS205-930, zacopride, BRL43694, GR38032F) were investigated in Suncus murinus. Veratrine, nicotine, copper sulfate, cisplatin, cyclophosphamide and motion sickness were used as emetic stimuli. Serotonin 5-HT3 receptor antagonists did not inhibit emetic responses to veratrine, nicotine, copper sulfate and motion sickness. However, cisp...

A series of legal decisions culminated in 2002 with the California State Water Resources Control Board funding the San Francisco Estuary Institute to develop and implement a 3-year monitoring program to determine the potential environmental impacts of aquatic herbicide applications. The monitoring program was intended to investigate the behavior of all aquatic pesticides in use in California, t...