Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and metals are contaminants of industrial brownfield soils. Pollutants can have harmful effects on fungi, which major actors soil functioning. Our objective was to highlight fungal selection following long-term contamination Fungal diversity assessed 30 top-soil samples from ten sites gathered in three groups with different levels physico-chemical charact...

Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic metal with no beneficial biological function. The dissemination of cadmium to the surface environment, by industrial and agricultural practices, has led to increased human exposure. Food is the main source of exposure in the general non-smoking population however in areas close to industrial sources, contact with contaminated environmental media may also be important. Pr...

Background: Considering the toxic effects of heavy metals and microbial pathogens in industrial wastewaters, it is necessary to treat metal and microbial contaminated wastewater prior to disposal in the environment. The purpose of this study is to assess the removal of heavy metals pollution and microbial contamination from a mixture of municipal and industrial wastewater using membrane bioreac...

A major environmental concern due to dispersal of industrial and urban wastes generated by human activities is the contamination of soil. The release of heavy metals into the terrestrial ecosystem is a major problem. Accumulation of heavy metals in environment and particularly in soil is a serious environmental concern, as the accumulated heavy metal ions can find their way into living organism...

Industrial wastes are considered critical factors for disturbing the natural environment. Composite effluents tainted with different heavy metals are major environmental pollutants of varied wetland ecosystems (Wong 2003). Spread over 12 500 ha, The East Calcutta Wetlands, a Ramsar site in West Bengal, India (lat 22°33 ́ –22°40 ́N, long 88°25 ́–88°35 ́E), receives industrial runoff from at least 60...

On the basis of key ways of oily waste treatment in Russia which has been described in the article and on the example of oil-contaminated soil (OCS) treatment there can be considered two most widespread technologies: bioremediation and thermal recovery. We developed the process flow sheet of the equipment (UT-2S) for industrial oily wastes treatment on the basis of high temperature air tight de...